Private Colleges and Universities
| School | Location(s) | Control | Type | Enrollment |
Founded |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avila University | Kansas City | Catholic | Baccalaureate College | 1,837 | 1916 |
| Central Methodist University | Fayette | Methodist | Baccalaureate College | 1,000 | 1854 |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout | Presbyterian | Baccalaureate College | 1,600 | 1906 |
| Columbia College | Columbia | Disciples of Christ | Master’s Colleges and Universities | 3,000 | 1851 |
| Culver-Stockton College | Canton | Disciples of Christ | Baccalaureate College | 821 | 1853 |
| Drury University | Springfield | Christian | Master’s colleges and universities | 5,474 | 1873 |
| Evangel University | Springfield | Pentecostal | Baccalaureate College | 1,850 | 1955 |
| Fontbonne University | Clayton | Catholic | Baccalaureate College | 2,950 | 1923 |
| Hannibal-LaGrange University | Hannibal | Christian | Baccalaureate College | 1,150 | 1858 |
| Lindenwood University | St. Charles | Presbyterian | Master’s colleges and universities | 14,500 | 1827 |
| Maryville University | Town and Country | Nonsectarian | Baccalaureate College | 3,600 | 1872 |
| Missouri Baptist University | St. Louis | Evangelical | Baccalaureate College | 4,615 | 1957 |
| Missouri Valley College | Marshall | Presbyterian | Baccalaureate College | 1,789 | 1889 |
| Park University | Parkville | Master’s colleges and universities | 1250 | 1875 | |
| Rockhurst University | Kansas City | Jesuit | Master’s Colleges and Universities | 3,000 | 1910 |
| Saint Louis University | St. Louis | Jesuit | Doctoral/very high activity research university | 12,800 | 1818 |
| Southwest Baptist University | Bolivar | Baptist | Baccalaureate College | 3,000 | 1878 |
| Stephens College | Columbia | private Women's College | Baccalaureate College | 1,000 | 1833 |
| Washington University in St. Louis | St. Louis | Nonsectarian | Doctoral/very high activity research university | 13,507 | 1853 |
| Webster University | Webster Groves | Non-denominational | Master’s colleges and universities | 5,000 | 1915 |
| Westminster College | Fulton | Presbyterian | Baccalaureate College | 1,064 | 1851 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty | Baptist | Baccalaureate College | 1,050 | 1849 |
| William Woods University | Fulton | Disciples of Christ | Baccalaureate College | 3,000 | 1870 |
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