This is a list of universities, colleges, seminaries, and schools (and their school districts) in Kansas City, Missouri and the surrounding Kansas City metropolitan area. School districts included:

Independence Independence is a condition of a person, nation, country, or state in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the statu ...

North Kansas City North Kansas City is a city in Clay County, Missouri, United States. It is also enclaved in Kansas City. Even though the name is similar to its larger counterpart, Kansas City, it is an independent municipality part of the Kansas City metropo ...

, Park Hill,

Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City, abbreviated as "KCK", is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas, and the county seat of Wyandotte County. It is an inner suburb of the older and more populous Kansas City, Missouri, after which it is named. As of ...

, Kansas City, Missouri, Belton, Hickman Mills, Oak Grove,

Liberty Liberty is the ability to do as one pleases, or a right or immunity enjoyed by prescription or by grant (i.e. privilege). It is a synonym for the word freedom. In modern politics, liberty is understood as the state of being free within society fr ...

, Platte County, Raymore-Peculiar and Raytown, Missouri.

Universities and colleges

Army Command and General Staff College The United States Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC or, obsolete, USACGSC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, is a graduate school for United States Army and sister service officers, interagency representatives, and international military ...

, Fort Leavenworth, Ks. *

Avila University Avila University is a private Roman Catholic university in Kansas City, Missouri. It is sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and offers bachelor's degrees and master's degrees. Its 13 buildings are situated on a campus of in Ka ...

, Catholic university of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, Kansas City, Mo. *

Baker University Baker University is a private university in Baldwin City, Kansas. Founded in 1858, it was the first four-year university in Kansas and is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Baker University is made up of four schools. The College of Ar ...

, branch of School of Professional and Graduate Studies (Overland Park, KS) *

Benedictine College Benedictine College is a private Benedictine liberal arts college in Atchison, Kansas, United States. It was established in 1971 by the merger of St. Benedict's College (founded 1858) for men and Mount St. Scholastica College (founded 1923) for ...

Founded 1858. Only Catholic College in America with a Nobel Prize winning graduate. Atchison, Ks. * Calvary University, Founded 1932, Kansas City, Mo. * Columbia College, a private co-educational liberal arts university. *

DeVry University DeVry University () is a private for-profit university with its headquarters in Naperville, Illinois. It was founded in 1931 by Herman A. DeVry and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. DeVry is predominantly an online educator but ...

, Kansas City, Mo. *

Donnelly College Donnelly College is a private Catholic college in Kansas City, Kansas. The college offers bachelor's, associate degrees, and Nursing certifications. It is the only college or university in the state designated as a Hispanic-serving institutio ...

, Two-year Catholic college founded in 1949, located in Kansas City, Ks. *

Friends University Friends University is a private nondenominational Christian university in Wichita, Kansas. It was founded in 1898. The main building was originally built in 1886 for Garfield University but was donated in 1898 to the Religious Society of Friend ...

Kansas City Area Center, master's degree programs including Master of Science in Family Therapy, Lenexa, Ks. *

Graceland University Graceland University is a private university with campuses in Lamoni, Iowa, and Independence, Missouri. The university offers degree completion and master's degree programs at satellite campuses in Centerville and Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and Trent ...

, Independence, Mo. *

Johnson County Community College Johnson County Community College (JCCC) is a public community college in Overland Park, Kansas, which is in Johnson County. History In 1963, Johnson County Commissioners, recognizing the emerging community college movement and seeking to acco ...

, Overland Park, Ks. * Kansas Christian College, Overland Park, Ks. *

Kansas City Art Institute The Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) is a private art school in Kansas City, Missouri. The college was founded in 1885 and is an accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design and Higher Learning Commission. It has approx ...

, four-year college of fine arts and design founded in 1885, Kansas City, Mo. *

Kansas City Kansas Community College Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC) is a public two year community college in Wyandotte County, Kansas, United States. The college is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission, a commission of the North Central Association and the K ...

, 2-year college, Kansas City, Ks. * Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, Mo. * Kansas State University, Olathe, Ks. * Metropolitan Community College), a 2-year college with several branches in the Kansas City, Mo. metropolitan area. *

MidAmerica Nazarene University MidAmerica Nazarene University (MNU) is a private Nazarene (evangelical Christian) university in Olathe, Kansas in the Kansas City metropolitan area. It was established in 1966. History Mid-America Nazarene College (MANC) was founded in 1966. ...

, a 4-year private Nazarene liberal-arts university, Olathe, KS *

Ottawa University Ottawa University (OU) is a private Baptist university with its main campus in Ottawa, Kansas, a second residential campus in Surprise, Arizona, and adult campuses in the Kansas City, Phoenix and Milwaukee metropolitan areas. It was founded in ...

, Overland Park, Ks. *

Park University Park University is a private university in Parkville, Missouri. It was founded in 1875. In the fall of 2017, Park had an enrollment of 11,457 students. History The school which was originally called Park College was founded in 1875 by John A ...

, Parkville, Independence, Lenexa, and downtown Kansas City, Mo. *

Rockhurst University Rockhurst University is a private Jesuit university in Kansas City, Missouri. Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, Rockhurst University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. It enrolled 2,980 students in 2019. History In 1909, ...

, a notable Jesuit university founded in 1910, Kansas City, Mo. *

Rasmussen College Rasmussen University is a private for-profit university with multiple locations throughout the United States. It offers associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees at 23 campuses in Minnesota, Illinois, North Dakota, Florida, Wiscons ...

, Overland Park, Ks. * University of Kansas, Edwards Campus, Overland Park, Ks. *

University of Kansas Medical Center The University of Kansas Medical Center, commonly referred to as KU Med or KUMC, is a medical campus for the University of Kansas. KU Med houses the university's schools of medicine, nursing, and health professions, with the primary health science ...

- Kansas City, Ks; branch of the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. T ...

(in nearby

Lawrence, KS Lawrence is the county seat of Douglas County, Kansas, United States, and the sixth-largest city in the state. It is in the northeastern sector of the state, astride Interstate 70, between the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. As of the 2020 census, ...

) that focuses on medical education.
Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences
Kansas City Missouri. *

University of Missouri, Kansas City A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, th ...

, Mo, one of four

University of Missouri The University of Missouri (Mizzou, MU, or Missouri) is a public land-grant research university in Columbia, Missouri. It is Missouri's largest university and the flagship of the four-campus University of Missouri System. MU was founded in ...

campuses, serving more than 14,000 undergraduates *

University of Saint Mary The University of Saint Mary (USM) is a private Catholic university in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. It is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, who established it in 1923 as Saint Mary College. Though it was originally a s ...

, Leavenworth, Ks *

Webster University Webster University is a private university with its main campus in Webster Groves, Missouri. It has multiple branch locations across the United States and countries across Europe, Asia, and Africa. It offers undergraduate and graduate program ...

, Kansas City, Mo, founded in 1915, in Kansas City since 1972. Evening programs for adult learners *

William Jewell College William Jewell College is a private liberal arts college in Liberty, Missouri. It was founded in 1849 by members of the Missouri Baptist Convention and endowed with $10,000 by William Jewell. It was associated with the Missouri Baptist Conventi ...

, Liberty, Mo.

Seminaries

Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary (MBTS) is a Baptist theological institute in Kansas City, Missouri. It is affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention. Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary also houses an undergraduate college, Spur ...

, Southern Baptist Convention, Kansas City, Missouri. *

Nazarene Theological Seminary Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS) is a Nazarene seminary in Kansas City, Missouri. The seminary was established by the Eleventh General Assembly in June 1944 and started its first school year in 1945 with 61 students. It moved to its current ...

, Church of the Nazarene, Kansas City, Missouri. * Calvary University, Kansas City, Missouri. *

Saint Paul School of Theology Saint Paul School of Theology (SPST) is a United Methodist seminary in Leawood, Kansas, United States. In addition to the Kansas City area campus at Church of the Resurrection, Saint Paul School of Theology at Oklahoma City University has been ...

, Methodist, Leawood, Kansas. * Expositors Seminary, TES, Kansas City, Missouri.

High schools

* Academie Lafayette International High School (KCMO) * Archbishop O'Hara High School (KCMO) * Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus (KCMO) * The Barstow School * Belton High (Belton) * Bishop Miege High School * Bishop Ward High School (KCKS) * Blue Springs High School (Blue Springs) * Blue Springs South High School (Blue Springs) * Center High School (C58) * Central High (KCMO)
Christ Prep Academy
(Lenexa, KS) * East High (KCMO) * F.L. Schlagle High School (KCKS) *

Fort Osage High School Fort Osage High School is a high school located at 2101 N. Twyman Rd. in unincorporated area, unincorporated Jackson County, Missouri, in the Kansas City metropolitan area, adjacent to Independence, Missouri, Independence. It belongs to the Fort ...

(KCMO) * Frontier School of Excellence-High School (KCMO) * Frontier STEM High School (KCMO) * Grain Valley High School (Grain Valley, Missouri) * J.C. Harmon High (KCKS) * Kansas City Academy (MO) * Kansas City Christian School (KS) * Kearney High School (Kearney, Missouri) *

Lee's Summit High School Lee's Summit High School is a high school in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It is located near downtown Lee's Summit on Blue Parkway, next to the intersection of U.S. Route 50 and Route 291. It is one of three high schools in the Lee' ...

(Lee's Summit) *

Lee's Summit North High School Lee's Summit North High School is a high school that serves grades 912. It is in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States and is the second of three high schools opened there. The other two schools are Lee's Summit West High School and Lee's Summit H ...

(Lee's Summit) *

Lee's Summit West High School Lee's Summit West High School is located at 2600 Southwest Ward Road in Lee's Summit, Missouri, United States. It opened in the fall of 2004 and is part of the Lee's Summit R-VII School District. Current enrollment is approximately 2000 students. T ...

(Lee's Summit) *

Liberty High School (Liberty, Missouri) Liberty High School (LHS) is a four-year high school located in Liberty, Missouri. Its 2019–2020 enrollment is over 1,800, having rapidly increased with the addition of the freshman class for the first time during the 20132014 school year. LH ...

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Lincoln College Preparatory Academy Lincoln College Preparatory Academy (LCPA) (also known as Lincoln Prep Academy or The Castle on the Hill) is a three-year middle school and four-year college preparatory magnet school in the Kansas City, Missouri School District. The high school ...

(KCMO) * Maranatha Christian Academy (Shawnee) * Maur Hill - Mount Academy (Founded 1863) (Benedictine Order) (Atchison, KS) * Northeast High (KCMO) * North Kansas City High (NKCSD) * Northland Christian (KCMO) * Notre Dame de Sion (KCMO) * Oak Grove High (Oak Grove) * Oak Park High (NKSCD) * Overland Christian Schools (Overland Park, KS) * Park Hill High ( Park Hill) * Park Hill South High ( Park Hill) *

Paseo Academy Paseo Academy, also referred to as Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts and sometimes Paseo High School, is a magnet performing arts high school located at 4747 Flora Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. It is part of the Kansas City Public Scho ...

(KCMO) * Platte County High School (Platte County) * Plaza Heights Christian Academy (Blue Springs) * Raymore-Peculiar High School (Raymore & Peculiar towns) * Raytown Senior High School (Raytown) * Raytown South High (Raytown) *

The Pembroke Hill School The Pembroke Hill School (usually referred to as Pembroke Hill) is a progressive, inclusive, secular, coeducational, independent preparatory school for about 1,200 students in early years (age 2 years) through high school, separated into four sec ...

(KCMO) * Piper High School (KCKS) *

Rockhurst High School Rockhurst High School is a private, Roman Catholic, Jesuit, all-boys, preparatory school founded in 1910 along with Rockhurst College, in Kansas City, Missouri, United States. It moved away from the College in 1962 to a campus on State Line Road ...

(KCMO)
Ruskin High School
Kansas City, Mo * St. Michael the Archangel Catholic High School (Lee's Summit, MO) *

St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Overland Park, Kansas) Saint Thomas Aquinas High School is a private school, private, Roman Catholic high school in Overland Park, Kansas, United States, serving students in grades 9-12. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. The cur ...

* Southeast High (KCMO) * Southwest Early College Campus (KCMO) * St. James Academy (Lenexa, KS) * St. Pius X High School (KCMO) * St. Teresa's Academy (KCMO) * Staley High (NKCSD) * Summit Christian Academy (Lee’s Summit) * Sumner Academy of Arts & Science (KCKS) * Truman High (Independence) * University Academy Charter School (Kansas City, MO) * Turner High School (KCKS) * Van Horn High (Independence) * Washington High School (KCKS) * Westport High (KCMO) * Whitefield Academy (KCMO) * William Chrisman High (Independence) * Winnetonka High (NKCSD) * Wyandotte High (KCKS)

Middle schools

* Academie Lafayette (KCMO) * Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus (KCMO) * Antioch Middle (NKCSD) * Argentine Middle (KCKS) * Arrowhead Middle (KCKS) * Belton Middle (Belton) * Bernard C. Campbell (Lee's Summit) * Bingham Middle (Independence) * Bridger Middle (Independence) * Brittany Hill Middle (Blue Springs) * Center Middle School (C58) * Central Middle (KCKS) * Christ the King (KCKS) * Congress Middle (Park Hill) * Coronado Middle (KCKS) * Delta Woods Middle (Blue Springs) * Discovery Middle (Liberty) * Eisenhower Middle (KCKS) * Eastgate 6th Grade Center (NKCSD) * Gateway 6th Grade Center (NKCSD) * Grandview Middle (Grandview) * Heritage Middle (Liberty) * Kansas City Academy (MO) * Kansas City Middle School of the Arts (KCMO) * Lakeview Middle (Park Hill) * Liberty Middle (Liberty) *

(KCMO) * Maple Park Middle (NKCSD) * Moreland Ridge Middle (Blue Springs) * New Mark Middle (NKCSD) * Northgate Middle (NKCSD) * Northland Christian (KCMO) * Northeast Middle School (KCMO) * Northwest Magnet Middle (KCKS) * Nowlin Middle (Independence) * Oak Grove Middle (Oak Grove) * Osage Trail Middle (Ft. Osage-Independence) * Overland Christian Schools (Overland Park, KS) * Paul Kinder Middle (Blue Springs) * Pioneer Ridge Middle (Independence) * Platte City Middle School (Platte County) * Plaza Middle (Park Hill) * Pleasant Lea Middle (Lee's Summit) * Raymore-Peculiar East Middle (Raymore) * Raymore-Peculiar South Middle (Raymore) Opens in 2017 * Raytown Middle (Raytown) * Raytown Central (Raytown) * Raytown South (Raytown) *

(KCMO) * Rosedale Middle (KCKS) * South Valley Middle School (Liberty) * Smith-Hale Middle (Hickman Mills-KCMO) * Summit Lakes Middle (Lee's Summit) * Southwest Early College Campus (KCMO) * University Academy Charter School (Kansas City, MO) * Walden Middle (Park Hill) * West Middle (KCKS) * Whitefield Academy

Elementary schools

* Academie Lafayette (KCMO) * Afrikan Centered Education Collegium Campus (KCMO) * Alexander Doniphan Elementary School (Liberty) * Boone Elementary School (C58) * Briarcliff Elementary (NKCSD) * Benton Elementary (Independence) * Bell Prairie Elementary (NKCSD) * Center Elementary School (C58) * Chinn Elementary (Park Hill) * Chouteau Elementary (NKCSD) * Christian Ott Elementary (Independence) * Emerson Elementary (KCKS) * Douglass Elementary (KCKS) * English Landing Elementary (Park Hill) * Fox Hill Elementary (NKCSD) * Fairmount Elementary (Independence) * Franklin Elementary School (Liberty) * Gashland Elementary (NKCSD) * Gladden Elementary (Belton) * Gracemor Elementary (NKCSD) * Graden Elementary (Park Hill) * Hazel Grove Elementary (KCKS) * Hawthorn Elementary (Park Hill) * Hillcrest Elementary (Belton) * Hopewell Elementary (Park Hill) * Indian Creek Elementary School (C58) * Kellybrook Elementary School (Liberty) * Lewis and Clark Elementary School (Liberty) * Liberty Oaks Elementary School (Liberty) * Lillian Schumacher Elementary School (Liberty) * Linden West Elementary (NKCSD) * Line Creek Elementary (Park Hill) * Manor Hill Elementary School (Liberty) * Maple Elementary (Oak Grove) * Maplewood Elementary (NKCSD) * Nashua Elementary School (NKCSD) * New Stanley Elementary (KCKS) * Northland Christian (KCMO) * Overland Christian Schools (Overland Park, KS) *

(KCMO) * Prairie Point Elementary (Park Hill) * Ravenwood Elementary (NKCSD) * Red Bridge Academy * Red Bridge Elementary School (C58) * Renner Elementary (Park Hill) * Ridgeview Elementary School (Liberty) * Rising Hill Elementary (NKCSD) * St. Paul's Episcopal Day School), (Westport) * Santa Fe Trail Elementary (Independence) * Scott Elementary (Belton) * Shoal Creek Elementary School (Liberty) * St. Patrick School (Kansas City, MO) * Southeast Elementary (Park Hill) * Sugar Creek Elementary (Independence) * Three Trails Elementary (Independence) * Tiffany Ridge Elementary (Park Hill) * Topping Elementary (NKCSD) * University Academy Charter School (Kansas City, MO) * Union Chapel Elementary (Park Hill) * Warren Hills Elementary School (Liberty) * Whitefield Academy * Whittier Elementary (KCKS) {{Kansas City, Missouri Education in Kansas City, Missouri Education in Kansas City, Kansas Kansas City Kansas City