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Colleges and Universities


With more than a dozen four-year universities and colleges, Greater St. Louis is a top-choice for students pursuing degrees in a variety of fields. Over 108,000 students are currently enrolled in area four-year institutions, which each year produce more than 23,000 new graduates with bachelor’s, master’s, doctorate, or professional degrees and attract to the area an enormously gifted workforce.

U.S. News & World Report named Washington University in St. Louis the third-best research medical school in the country and the 12th best university overall in 2009. The medical school ranked among the top ten in specialty fields of occupational therapy (1), physical therapy (2), audiology (5), pediatrics (7), and internal medicine (8), according to "America’s Best Graduate Schools” from U.S. News & World Report in 2009.

The National Science Foundation ranked Washington University in St. Louis sixth among private universities receiving federal research and development support, and the school routinely ranks in the top four in funding from the National Institutes of Health.

The oldest institution of higher education west of the Mississippi, Saint Louis University (SLU) ranked among the top 100 U.S. universities for 2010 and top five Catholic universities for 2006, according to U.S. News & World Report. The magazine also ranked SLU law school’s health law program No. 1 in the nation for the fifth consecutive year in 2009.

The University of Missouri — St. Louis’ international business program was named the 16th best international business program by U.S. News and World Report in 2009.

Webster University was named the 24th best university in the Midwest division of U.S.News & World Report’s “Best Universities-Master’s” category in 2009. Maryville University was named 29th on the same list, along with Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, which ranked as No. 47.

For more greater St. Louis higher education rankings, please visit the Ratings and Rankings section of our website.

Four-Year Schools Located in Illinois (In St. Louis, MO-IL MSA)

College

Total Enrollment

Bachelor's Degrees

Master's Degrees

Doctoral & 1st Professional Degrees

Blackburn College

617

101

0

0

Greenville College

1,528

357

66

0

McKendree University

3,312

587

300

0

Principia College

543

111

0

0

Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville

13,398

2,078

721

48

Totals

19,398

3,234

1,087

48



Four-Year Schools Located in Missouri (In St. Louis, MO-IL MSA)

College

Total Enrollment

Bachelor's Degrees

Master's Degrees

Doctoral & 1st Professional Degrees

Aquinas Institute of Theology

245

0

42

8

Barnes-Jewish College
Goldfarb School of Nursing

632

156

18

0

Chamberlain College of Nursing

1,452

285

0

0

Columbia College-St. Louis

1,013

116

2

0

Concordia Seminary

660

0

166

12

Covenant Theological Seminary

794

0

133

4

Eden Theological Seminary

213

0

7

29

Fontbonne University

2,969

468

344

0

Harris-Stowe State University

1,882

106

0

0

Hickey College

445

39

0

0

ITT Technical Institute-Arnold

912

36

0

0

ITT Technical Institute-Earth City

828

57

0

0

Kenrick Glennon Seminary

70

0

14

14

Lindenwood University

9,633

1,144

1,420

2

Logan College of Chiropractic

1,133

239

6

277

Maryville University

3,422

546

223

35

Midwest University

376

9

9

64

Missouri Baptist University

4,598

294

298

0

Missouri Tech

114

14

0

0

Patricia Stevens College

150

0

0

0

Ranken Technical College

1,743

32

0

0

Saint Louis Christian College

321

29

0

0

St. Louis College of Pharmacy

1,156

0

0

158

Sanford-Brown College-Fenton

659

34

0

0

Saint Louis University

15,539

1,538

731

563

University of Missouri-St. Louis

15,527

2,016

729

100

University of Phoenix-St. Louis

571

85

27

0

Vatterott College-North Park

664

7

0

0

Vatterott College-Sunset Hills

427

33

0

0

Washington University

13,382

1,760

1,304

730

Webster University

7,784

850

1,300

7

Totals

89,314

9,893

6,773

2,003


Source: "College Navigator" National Center For Education Statistics, 2007-08.
Note: Data for Columbia College-St. Louis and Webster University was obtained from these organizations.

Updated: August 24, 2009



 
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