According to the General Board of Higher Education & Ministry of The United Methodist Church, Methodism has established over 1,200 schools in the United States. As of January 2011, 122 colleges are affiliated with the Methodist church. In the northeast they range from well-known schools like Syracuse University in New York to small schools like Green Mountain College in Poultney, Vermont. In the south, an example of a professional school is the Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee. Meharry Medical College is the largest, private, independent and historically black medical center in the United States. Its motto is "Worship of God through Service to Mankind." Another well known Methodist school is Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.
The Association of Presbyterian Colleges and Universities represents the schools that are affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). Most Presbyterian schools are small, liberal arts institutions. Some are single gender, like Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia, which accepts only female students. Presbyterian schools can be found in every part of the United States from Bloomfield College in Bloomfield, New Jersey, to Sheldon Jackson College in Sitka, Alaska.
The Lutheran Educational Conference of North America represents 40 colleges in the United States and Canada which share the heritage of the Lutheran Church. As the conference's website states, "Each of these institutions focus on developing the whole self through active learning that engages the mind, body and spirit." Examples of Lutheran colleges include California Lutheran University in Thousand Oaks, California, which was founded in 1959 to continue the history of Lutheran education. Another Lutheran school with a much longer tradition is Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio. Since its founding in 1845, Wittenberg University has provided a liberal arts education combined with the Lutheran tradition.
The Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities is "The Voice of Catholic Higher Education." According to its website, there are 244 Catholic institutions in the United States. Catholic colleges offer a wide range of programs. There are five Catholic medical schools, including Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska; Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.; Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois; New York Medical College in Valhalla, New York; and St. Louis University in St. Louis, Missouri. Twenty-eight Catholic colleges offer legal training. Among the 28 are Boston College in Massachusetts, Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington, and Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. Seven Catholic colleges provide architecture programs, including the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and the University of San Francisco in California. Two Catholic schools operate dental schools: Marquette and the University of Detroit Mercy in Michigan.