The school produced its first graduating class of five students in the spring of that year .
KSU became a land - grant college in 1890 , and the departments of home economics , agriculture and mechanics were added to the school 's curriculum .
The school produced KSU 's first graduating class of five students in the spring of that year .
KSU became a land - grant college in 1890 , and the departments of home economics , agriculture and mechanics were added to the school 's curriculum .