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The University of Kansas` (KU) mission is to lift students and society by educating leaders, building healthy communities and making discoveries that change the world. KU is a major comprehensive research and teaching university and a center for learning, scholarship, and creative endeavor. KU is the only Kansas Regents university to hold membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), a select group of 62 public and private research universities that represent excellence in graduate and professional education and the highest achievements in research internationally. KU has 50 ranked academic programs, offers more than 130 study abroad programs, and provides more than $72 million in scholarships and grants to students each year. KU students have won more Rhodes Scholarships, and more federally sponsored research is conducted at KU, than at all other Kansas universities combined. The main campus is located on beautiful Mount Oread in Lawrence, while the KU Medical Center is located in Kansas City, KS. There are also campuses in Overland Park, Salina, Topeka and Wichita, as well as KU facilities in Garden City, Hays, Hutchinson Parsons and Pittsburg.
Western Carolina University was founded in 1889 to bring higher education and career opportunities to the people of the western region of North Carolina. The 700-acre campus is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina, near the Great Smoky and Blue Ridge mountains, 52 miles west of Asheville. A member of the University of North Carolina system, WCU employs nearly 500 full-time faculty members, approximately 75 percent of whom hold doctoral or terminal degrees. The university`s mission is focused on quality education and preparation for responsible citizenship in a changing world. Since its founding, WCU has grown in size to become a major cultural, scientific and educational force in the region and the state—and the university continues to grow. Total enrollment at WCU now stands at 10,805 students, smashing the old record of 10,382 students set in the fall of 2014. WCU`s freshman class this year totals 1,913 students, surpassing the old mark of 1,859 students set in 1972 during an enrollment boom near the end of the Vietnam era. Western Carolina University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award bachelor`s, master`s, education specialist and doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the status of Western Carolina University. Western Carolina offers more than 75 undergraduate degree programs, as well as a variety of concentrations and minors, in addition to more than 40 master`s-level programs and certificates and three doctoral programs. Classes are held on the main WCU campus in Cullowhee, and also in Cherokee, at Biltmore Park Town Square in Asheville and online.
Lone Star College offers high-quality, low-cost academic transfer and career training education to 99,000 students each semester. LSC is training tomorrow`s workforce today and redefining the community college experience to support student success. Stephen C. Head, Ph.D., serves as chancellor of LSC, the largest institution of higher education in the Houston area with an annual economic impact of nearly $3 billion. LSC consists of six colleges, eight centers, two university centers, Lone Star Corporate College and LSC-Online.
Trident Technical College offers more than 150 programs of study, multiple campuses and locations, and an Online College and Evening College.
Saint Vincent College is an educational community rooted in the tradition of the Catholic faith, the heritage of Benedictine monasticism, and the love of values inherent in the liberal approach to life and learning. Its mission is to provide quality undergraduate and graduate education for men and women to enable them to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. The programs, activities, and encounters that make up student life at Saint Vincent College encourage the intellectual gifts, professional aptitudes and personal aspirations of students to mature harmoniously. The Graduate Programs at Saint Vincent College are committed to providing quality graduate education. Our dedicated faculty and staff are here to assist you during your graduate study. Our programs are designed to enable graduate students to integrate their professional aims with the broader purposes of human life. We offer the flexibility that you need and affordability you`ll appreciate. Furthering your education at Saint Vincent College is the next step in career advancement and personal development.