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Greater Kansas City Profile

Education

Public Elementary & Secondary Education

Greater Kansas City area residents are served by 57 public school districts, with over 400,000 students. Fourteen of these districts represent nearly 60 percent of area enrollments. The diverse options in education provides greater Kansas City residents with exceptional quality of life and provides an exceptional labor pool.

Distribution of Kansas City Area Public School Enrollment by District, 2011-2012

Source: Missouri Department of Elementary & Secondary Education, Kansas State Department of Education.

Institutions of Higher Learning
Four-Year Colleges and Universities	Location	Headcount Enrollment Fall 2010
Avila College	Kansas City, MO	1,876
Baker University	Baldwin City, KS	3,661
Benedictine College	Atchison, KS	1,909
Cleveland Chiropractic College	Overland Park, KS	595
DeVry Institute of Technology	Kansas City, MO	2,231
Haskell Indian Nations University	Lawrence, KS	958
Kansas City Art Institute	Kansas City, MO	739
Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences	Kansas City, MO	1,038
MidAmerica Nazarene University	Olathe, KS	1,764
Missouri Western State University	St. Joseph, MO	6,095
Ottawa University	Ottawa, KS	1,290
Park University	Parkville, MO	12,002
Rockhurst University	Kansas City, MO	2,895
University of Central Missouri	Warrensburg, MO	11,351
University of Kansas	Lawrence, Overland Park, & Kansas City, KS	28,697
University of Missouri-Kansas City	Kansas City, MO	15,259
University of Saint Mary	Leavenworth & Overland Park, KS	989
Washburn University	Topeka, KS	7,320
Webster University	Kansas City, MO	1,050
William Jewell College	Liberty, MO	1,060
Total		102,779
Two-Year Colleges
Donnelly College	Kansas City, KS	652
Hillyard Technical Center	St. Joseph, MO	150
Johnson County Community College	Overland Park, KS	20,865
Kansas City KS Community College	Kansas City, KS	7,556
Metropolitan Community College
> Blue River Community College	Blue Springs & Independence, MO	3,537
> Metropolitan Community College- Business & Technology	Kansas City, MO	827
> Longview Community College	Kansas City, MO	6,539
> Maple Woods Community College	Kansas City, MO	5,385
> Penn Valley Community College	Kansas City, MO	4,965
Wentworth Military Academy & Junior College	Lexington, MO	939
Total		51,406

Source: U.S. National Center for Education Statistics.

Graduate and Professional Schools

Fifteen institutions within the metro area offer graduate degrees in numerous disciplines. The University of Kansas and the University of Missouri also offer professional degrees in law, medicine, dentistry, and pharmacy. Degrees in osteopathic medicine are offered by the Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences.

Other Area Resources

Kansas State University in Manhattan, Emporia State University in Emporia, Kan., the University of Missouri's Columbia campus, and Northwest Missouri State University in Maryville are some of the nearby major institutions from which area employers also recruit.

 

DEFINING THE GREATER KC METRO AREA

Kansas City is a Missouri/Kansas bi-state metropolitan area. All statistical references made to Kansas City Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) include the counties of Cass, Clay, Clinton, Jackson, Lafayette, Platte and Ray in Missouri, and Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami and Wyandotte counties in Kansas. The greater Kansas City area also includes the adjoining Lawrence, KS, St. Joseph, MO, and Topeka, KS MSAs, as well as the Atchison, KS, Chillicothe, MO, Ottawa, KS, and Warrensburg, MO areas.