FY 2011:
K-State Athletics: $20 plus million in the Black.
ku: barely breaking even.
K-State projecting significant net profitability as far as the eye can see, ku's athletic director "Hoping" (Direct quote while on BITB) to break even.
Endowment
See also: List of U.S. colleges and universities by endowment
Texas (System-wide) - $14,052 million
Texas A&M (System-wide) - $5,738 million
Kansas (System-wide) - $1,055 million TCU - $1,048 million
Missouri (System-wide) - $975 million
Oklahoma - $968 million
Baylor - $872 million
Texas Tech (System-wide) - $775 million
Iowa State - $509 million
Oklahoma State - $495 million
West Virginia (System-wide) - $337 million
Kansas State - $278 millionFigures above are as of 2010.
And KU just had its worse year in football in a decade, and still came out with more total athletic revenue than K-State. Our deals with adidas, ING, ESPN, etc. put us way ahead of you guys. When football revenue is up, KU ranks near the top 10 in the country in total athletic budgets.