This is a list of colleges and universities in the U.S. state of Missouri. For the purposes of this list, colleges and universities are defined as accredited, degree-granting, postsecondary institutions. There are currently 67 such institutions operating in the state, including thirteen public universities, thirty-nine private 4-year institutions, and thirteen community colleges. In addition, many out-of-state institutions offer courses and degrees at locations in Missouri. Classifications are as defined by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[1]
[edit] University of Missouri System
The University of Missouri System is Missouri's state university system providing centralized administration for four universities, a health care system, an extension program, five research and technology parks, and a publishing press. More than 64,000 students are currently enrolled at its four campuses.[2]Headquartered in Columbia, Missouri on the original campus, the extension program provides distance learning and other educational initiatives statewide.[3] The UM System was created in 1963 when the University of Missouri and its offshoot, the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy, were combined with the formerly-private University of Kansas City and a newly-created campus in suburban St. Louis.
[edit] Public universities
- - Harris Teachers College was the City of St.Louis' teachers college for white students and Stowe Teachers College was for black students until 1954, when the School Board merged the two.
[edit] Private colleges and universities
| School |
Location(s)[4] |
Control[4] |
Type[4][b] |
Enrollment
(2009)[4] |
Founded |
| Avila University |
Kansas City |
Catholic |
Baccalaureate College |
1,837 |
1916 |
| Central Methodist University |
Fayette |
Methodist |
Baccalaureate College |
1,000 |
1854 |
| College of the Ozarks |
Point Lookout |
Presbyterian |
Baccalaureate College |
1,600 |
1906 |
| Columbia College |
Columbia |
Disciples of Christ |
Baccalaureate College |
3,000 |
1851 |
| Culver-Stockton College |
Canton |
Disciples of Christ |
Baccalaureate College |
821 |
1853 |
| Drury University |
Springfield |
Christian |
Master’s colleges and universities |
5,474 |
1873 |
| Evangel University |
Springfield |
Pentecostal |
Baccalaureate College |
1,850 |
1955 |
| Fontbonne University |
Clayton |
Catholic |
Baccalaureate College |
2,950 |
1923 |
| Hannibal-LaGrange University |
Hannibal |
Christian |
Baccalaureate College |
1,150 |
1858 |
| Lindenwood University |
St. Charles |
Presbyterian |
Master’s colleges and universities |
14,500 |
1827 |
| Maryville University |
Town and Country |
Nonsectarian |
Baccalaureate College |
3,600 |
1872 |
| Missouri Baptist University |
St. Louis |
Evangelical |
Baccalaureate College |
4,615 |
1957 |
| Missouri Valley College |
Marshall |
Presbyterian |
Baccalaureate College |
1,789 |
1889 |
| Park University |
Parkville |
|
Master’s colleges and universities |
1250 |
1875 |
| Rockhurst University |
Kansas City |
Jesuit |
Baccalaureate College |
3,000 |
1910 |
| Saint Louis University |
St. Louis |
Jesuit |
Doctoral/very high activity research university |
12,800 |
1818 |
| Southwest Baptist University |
Bolivar |
Baptist |
Baccalaureate College |
3,000 |
1878 |
| Stephens College |
Columbia |
private Women's College |
Baccalaureate College |
1,000 |
1833 |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
St. Louis |
Nonsectarian |
Doctoral/very high activity research university |
13,507 |
1853 |
| Webster University |
Webster Groves |
Non-denominational |
Master’s colleges and universities |
5,000 |
1915 |
| Westminster College |
Fulton |
Presbyterian |
Baccalaureate College |
1,064 |
1851 |
| William Jewell College |
Liberty |
Baptist |
Baccalaureate College |
1,050 |
1849 |
| William Woods University |
Fulton |
Disciples of Christ |
Baccalaureate College |
3,000 |
1870 |
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