Truman State University is a public liberal arts and sciences university located in Missouri, United States. It is a member of the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges. Approximately six-thousand students attend Truman, pursuing degrees in forty-eight undergraduate and nine Graduate programs. It is located in Kirksville, in the northeastern portion of Missouri. The University is named after President Harry Truman, the only president born in Missouri. Until 1996, the school was known as Northeast Missouri State University, but the Board of Trustees voted to change the school's name to better reflect its statewide mission. In the 2012 U.S. News & World Report College Rankings, Truman again placed eighth in the Midwest among regional universities, the highest ranking in this category for a school in Missouri . Truman State is the only public institution in Missouri that is officially designated to pursue highly selective admissions standards.
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“I would rather have peace in the world than be President.”
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