St. Louis is above average in each educational attainment category.
|
St.
Louis
|
U.S.
|
| High
School Diploma |
87.6%
|
83.9%
|
| Bachelor
Degree or Greater |
28.2%
|
27.0%
|
| Graduate/Professional
Degree |
11.0%
|
10.0%
|
| Source:
American Community Survey 2004 |
The following are total enrollments as of the fall of 2004, for
the St. Louis metro-area university and community college systems.
| St.
Louis MO-IL MSA |
Total
Enrollment
|
Full-Time
|
Part-Time
|
Universities
and
Colleges |
100,734
|
59,195
|
41,539
|
Two-Year
or
Community Colleges |
66,054
|
31,704
|
34,350
|
St.
Louis MO-IL MSA
Universities and Colleges
Total Degrees Awarded 23,070
Associate's 3
Bachelor's 11,390
Master's 10,239
Doctoral 450
Other
988
Two-Year or Community Colleges
Total Degrees Awarded 8,673
Associate's 5,287
Bachelor's 0
Master's 0
Doctoral 0
Other 3,386
Sources: Missouri Dept. of Higher Education-FY2004 Reports
FOUR-YEAR
SCHOOLS
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Total Enrollment 13,493
Full-Time 10,778
Part-Time 2,715
No. of Majors Offered 118
No. of Degrees Awarded 2,650
Bachelor's 1,860
Master's 747
McKendree College
Total Enrollment 2,258
Full-Time 1,962
Part-Time 296
No. of Majors Offered 45
No. of Degrees Awarded 545
Bachelor's 545
Master's 0
Greenville College
Total Enrollment 1,137
Full-Time 1,017
Part-Time 120
No. of Majors Offered 59
No. of Degrees Awarded 344
Bachelor's 338
Master's 6
Principia College
Total Enrollment 542
Full-Time 541
Part-Time 1
No. of Majors Offered 27
No. of Degrees Awarded 113
Bachelor's 113
Master's 0
Blackburn College
Total Enrollment 594
Full-Time 587
Part-Time 7
No. of Majors Offered 37
No. of Degrees Awarded 124
Bachelor's 124
Master's 0
Totals
Total Enrollment 18,024
Full-Time 14,885
Part-Time 3,139
No. of Majors Offered 286
No. of Degrees Awarded 3,776
Bachelor's 2,980
Master's 753
TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS
Southwestern Illinois College
Total Enrollment 13,624
Full-Time 7,561
Part-Time 6,063
No. of Majors Offered 100
No. Degrees Awarded 2,581
Associate's 1,096
Certificates 1,485
Lewis & Clark Community College
Total Enrollment 7,446
Full-Time 3,587
Part-Time 3,859
No. of Majors Offered 109
No. Degrees Awarded 1,108
Associate's 504
Certificates 604
Kaskaskia College
Total Enrollment 4,501
Full-Time 2,748
Part-Time 1,853
No. of Majors Offered 107
No. Degrees Awarded 977
Associate's 484
Certificates 493
Totals
Total Enrollment 25,671
Full-Time 13,896
Part-Time 11,775
No. of Majors Offered 316
No. Degrees Awarded 4,666
Associate's 2,084
Certificates 2,582
FOUR-YEAR SCHOOLS
Webster University
Total Enrollment 19,038
Full-Time 6,949
Part-Time 12,089
No. of Majors Offered 308
No. Degrees Awarded 6,609
Bachelor's 1,170
Master's 5,407
Webster
University was named the 25th-best
university in the Midwest division of
U.S. News & World Report’s“Best Universities-Master’s” category.
|
University
of Missouri-St. Louis
Total Enrollment 15,498
Full-Time 6,287
Part-Time 9,211
No. of Majors Offered 287
No. Degrees Awarded 2,736
Bachelor's 1,932
Master's 675
Saint Louis University
Total Enrollment 14,549
Full-Time 8,627
Part-Time 5,922
No. of Majors Offered 246
No. Degrees Awarded 2,780
Bachelor's 1,614
Master's 593
Washington University
Total Enrollment 13,380
Full-Time 10,643
Part-Time 2,737
No. of Majors Offered 358
No. Degrees Awarded 3,536
Bachelor's 1,633
Master's 1,275
Lindenwood University
Total Enrollment 8,615
Full-Time 6,006
Part-Time 2,609
No. of Majors Offered 409
No. Degrees Awarded 1,809
Bachelor's 853
Master's 942
Missouri Baptist University
Total Enrollment 4,058
Full-Time 1,372
Part-Time 2,686
No. of Majors Offered 173
No. Degrees Awarded 349
Bachelor's 201
Master's 136
Maryville University
Total Enrollment 3,140
Full-Time 1,730
Part-Time 1,410
No. of Majors Offered 79
No. Degrees Awarded 755
Bachelor's 545
Master's 210
Harris-Stowe State University
Total Enrollment 2,827
Full-Time 1,902
Part-Time 925
No. of Majors Offered 80
No. Degrees Awarded 596
Bachelor's 338
Master's 248
Total
Total Enrollment 82,710
Full-Time 44,310
Part-Time 38,400
No. of Majors Offered 1,978
No. Degrees Awarded 19,294
Bachelor's 8,410
Master's 9,486
TWO-YEAR SCHOOLS
St. Louis CC - Florissant Valley
Total Enrollment 6,793
Full-Time 2,676
Part-Time 4,117
No. of Majors Offered 82
No. Degrees Awarded 581
Associate's 455
Certificates 126
St. Louis CC - Forest Park
Total Enrollment 7,206
Full-Time 2,405
Part-Time 4,801
No. of Majors Offered 113
No. Degrees Awarded 642
Associate's 505
Certificates 137
St. Louis CC - Meramec
Total Enrollment 12,139
Full-Time 5,593
Part-Time 6,546
No. of Majors Offered 70
No. Degrees Awarded 1,011
Associate's 888
Certificates 123
St. Charles CC
Total Enrollment 6,772
Full-Time 3,339
Part-Time 3,433
No. of Majors Offered 74
No. Degrees Awarded 576
Associate's 534
Certificates 42
Jefferson College
Total Enrollment 4,136
Full-Time 2,278
Part-Time 1,858
No. of Majors Offered 96
No. Degrees Awarded 711
Associate's 446
Certificates 265
East Central College
Total Enrollment 3,337
Full-Time 1,517
Part-Time 1,820
No. of Majors Offered 103
No. Degrees Awarded 486
Associate's 375
Certificates 111
Totals
Total Enrollment 40,383
Full-Time 17,808
Part-Time 22,575
No. of Majors Offered 538
No. Degrees Awarded 4,007
Associate's 3,203
Certificates 804
| |
Washington
University in St. Louis is the third-best
medical school and the 11th-best university overall
in the United States, according to U.S. News & World Report.
Forbes Magazine voted Washington University’s part-time
MBA program as the 11th best in the nation for 2005. Financial
Times Magazine named it the 10th best University for faculty
research in the nation. The Scientist Magazine voted
Washington University in St. Louis as the 2nd best university
for post doctorate work in 2005.
|
|
Saint
Louis University (SLU) was named among the top 100
U.S. universities and the top five U.S. Catholic
universities by U.S. News & World Report. The magazine
also ranked SLU law school’s health law program No. 1 in the
nation and the Parks College of Engineering, Aviation and
Technology aerospace program was ranked No. 5 in the nation.
The Princeton Review named Saint Louis University to
its 2005 list of the 361 top institutions for undergraduate
education.
|
|
U.S.
News & World Report named the University of Missouri-
St. Louis’ international business program the 10th-best
international business program in the country.
|
|
Webster
University was named the 25th-best
university in the Midwest division of U.S. News
& World Report’s “Best Universities-Master’s” category.
The school in 2004 was also listed among the best
schools for minorities by Black Issues in Higher
Education for granting more graduate degrees to African-American
students than any other school in the country.
|
|
National
Licensing Exam test scores for 2005 place the School of Nursing
at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville in the top
10 percent of the nation’s nursing schools.
|
PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICTS
There are 61 public school districts in the Missouri portion of
the St. Louis region, and 69 public school districts on the Illinois
side. On both sides of the metro, districts are funded by local
tax levies. Although assessment ratios are different, the end result
is the same: municipalities play a great role in the economic success
of public schools in the St. Louis metro area. The local tax base
of each school district funds new and existing educational programs
and services, as well as provides maintenance and upkeep to the
facilities.
The St. Louis metro area schools provide additional programs for
gifted students, special programs for challenged students, and magnet
or charter schools for children looking for a non-traditional learning
environment.
PRIVATE AND PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
The St. Louis metro region has a large number of options for private
schooling. Many long-standing strong independent schools exist,
as well as a strong parochial school network. The St. Louis region
ranks among the highest in the nation for having one of the largest
percentages of enrollment in Catholic parochial schools, as measured
by the number of registered Catholics in the Metro area.
Creg
Williams
superintendent, St. Louis Public Schools
|
| St.
Louis MSA |
| Private
Schools |
416
Schools
|
| Public
Schools |
872
Schools
|
| Over
130 Districts |
|
| Private
Enrollment K-12 |
94,884
|
| Public
Enrollment K-12 |
432,414
|
| Total
MSA enrollment |
527,298
|
| Source:
Nces: national center for educational statistics |
| |
2005
Rhodes Scholar, Brett Shaheen, graduated from MICDS.
Source: Post Dispatch, Nov. 2005
|
|
St.
Louis Priory School is one of the few secondary schools in
the nation that can boast a Rhodes Scholar on their faculty.
|
|
Source
www1.priory.org
|
|
Andy
Gensler, a high school language arts teacher in the Rockwood
School District, is a winner of the 2005 Milken Family Foundation
National Educator Award. |
|
Source:
11/2/05 www.dese.state.mo.us
|
|
Nancy
Muller, a middle school teacher at St. Peter School in Kirkwood,
has been chosen as this year’s Middle School Social Studies
Teacher of the Year by the National Council for the Social
Studies. |
|
Source:
Post dispatch, 11/21/05
|
|
Girard
“Jerry” Thornton Jr., physical education teacher, Warren Elementary
School, Francis Howell School District, is Missouri Teacher
of the Year for 2005-06. |
|
Source:
11/16/05 www.dese.state.mo.us
|
|
St.
Louis is a national soccer powerhouse: Six area St. Louis
high school soccer programs were nationally ranked in the
top 20 in 2005 and CBC High School Coach Terry Michler claims
the most wins in the nation in high school soccer. |
|
Source:
National Soccer Coaches Association of America www.nscaa.com
|
|
Vashon
High School was named the 16th best high school basketball
team in the nation in pre-season poll by USA Today - Nov.
2005. |
| |
|
| MISSOURI'S
ST. LOUIS METRO GOLD STAR SCHOOLS 2005 |
|
Bel-Ridge
Intermediate - Normandy School District |
|
Clark
Elementary - Webster Groves School District |
|
Old
Bonhomme Elementary - Ladue School District |
|
Reed
Elementary - Ladue School District |
|
Shepard
Elementary - St. Louis Public School District |
|
source:
www.dese.state.mo.us
|
|
|
| 2005
ST. LOUIS METRO NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND BLUE RIBBON SCHOOLS |
|
Meramec
Elementary School |
|
Old
Bonhomme Elementary School |
|
St.
Charles Borromeo Catholic School |
|
source: www.dese.state.mo.us
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