Rockhurst University is a Jesuit university with over 3,000 students. Rockhurst University focuses on the liberal arts, offering 16 Bachelor of Art degrees and 12 Bachelor of Science programs, as well as undergraduate degrees in business and nursing. Class sizes are kept small, and the average class has no more than 24 students. The school's athletics teams, the Rockhurst Hawks, are an NCAA Division II institution, which boasts entries in the Division II final four for basketball and final 16 for volleyball.
Rockhurst University
1100 Rockhurst Road
Kansas City, MO 64110
816-501-4000
rockhurst.edu
For the creatively minded student, Kansas City offers the Kansas City Art Institute. Students can earn their Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from this accredited university in 13 disciplines, including animation, ceramics, art history, creative writing, illustration, painting, sculpture and printmaking, among others. Courses of study are completed in 129 credit hours over four years. Classes include both studio and liberal arts time.
Kansas City Art Institute
4415 Warwick Boulevard
Kansas City, MO 64111
800-522-5224
kcai.edu
Concorde Career College is a multi-campus vocational institution with a location in Kansas City, Missouri. Concorde Career College focuses on providing students training in the health care industry. Majors include medical assisting, dental assisting, nursing, respiratory therapy, dental hygiene, and insurance billing and coding. The Kansas City campus is easy to reach either on the highway or the city's public transportation system.
Concorde Career College
3239 Broadway Street
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-531-5223
concorde-colleges.com
Kansas City is home to a campus of the University of Missouri system. The campus in Kansas City offers courses in humanities (including architecture, art history, English, philosophy and theater), hard sciences (with courses in chemistry, mathematics and physics) and social sciences (where students can examine history, political science, psychology and sociology) through the College of Arts and Science. The University has other schools including business, dentistry and education.
University of Missouri, Kansas City
5100 Rockhill Road
Kansas City, MO 64112
816-235-1000
umkc.edu
Metropolitan Community College offers several Associate degree programs that can transfer to four-year Bachelor degree programs. Students at Metropolitan study disciplines such as art, economics, education, dental assisting, game development, sociology, mathematics and mass communication, among many other subjects. The college has a variety of campuses throughout the city, each with its own athletics team in sports such as cross country, volleyball, baseball, softball and soccer.
Metropolitan Community College
3200 Broadway
Kansas City, MO 64111
816-604-1000
mcckc.edu