// The KC region boasts 20 four-year colleges and 10 community colleges with combined enrollments over 150,000. //
// TRAINING & EDUCATION ASSETS
The Kansas City region’s workforce is one of the most educated in the country, with 32 percent of the population having a college degree.
This is supported by a community of 10 community colleges and 20 four-year colleges and universities with combined enrollments over 150,000.
Competitive college and university degree programs and training opportunities are available in most sectors of the advanced energy industry.
Customized training programs are offered by Metropolitan Community Colleges (MCC), Johnson County Community College (JCCC) and Kansas City Kansas Community College (KCKCC).
// INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING
| Four-Year Colleges and Universities | Location |
Headcount Enrollment Fall 2009 |
| Avila College | Kansas City, MO |
1,893 |
| Baker University | Baldwin City, KS |
3,853 |
| Benedictine College | Atchison, KS |
1,877 |
| Cleveland Chiropractic College | Overland Park, KS |
543 |
| DeVry Institute of Technology | Kansas City, MO |
1,769 |
| Haskell Indian Nations University | Lawrence, KS |
1,059 |
| Kansas City Art Institute | Kansas City, MO |
690 |
| Kansas City University of Medicine & Biosciences | Kansas City, MO |
1,080 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | Olathe, KS |
1,778 |
| Missouri Western State University | St. Joseph, MO |
5,703 |
| Ottawa University | Ottawa, KS |
3,354 |
| Park University | Parkville, MO |
7,965 |
| Rockhurst University | Kansas City, MO |
3,029 |
| University of Central Missouri | Warrensburg, MO |
11,191 |
| University of Kansas | Lawrence, Overland Park, & Kansas City, KS |
30,005 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | Kansas City, MO |
14,799 |
| University of Saint Mary | Leavenworth & Overland Park, KS |
1,072 |
| Washburn University | Topeka, KS |
6,652 |
| Webster University | Kansas City, MO |
1,281 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty, MO |
1,083 |
| Total | 100,676 |
|
| Two-Year Colleges | ||
| Donnelly College | Kansas City, KS |
661 |
| Johnson County Community College | Overland Park, KS |
20,401 |
| Kansas City KS Community College | Kansas City, KS |
7,137 |
| Metropolitan Community College | ||
| > Blue River Community College | Blue Springs & Independence, MO |
3,131 |
| > Metropolitan Community College- Business & Technology | Kansas City, MO |
707 |
| > Longview Community College | Kansas City, MO |
6,292 |
| > Maple Woods Community College | Kansas City, MO |
4,880 |
| > Penn Valley Community College | Kansas City, MO |
4,656 |
| Wentworth Military Academy & Junior College | Lexington, MO |
990 |
| Total | 48,805 |
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