Park University

Introduction

Park University, located in Parkville, Missouri, was founded as a small, private college affiliated with a local Missouri church in 1875. With land donated George Park, the founder of Parkville, Missouri, the college began as a great experiment. Initially, students who attended the college were offered free tuition in exchange for a half-day

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Information Summary

Ranks 95th in Missouri and 3671st overall. See the entire top 2,000 colleges and universities list
Overall Score (about) 38.3
Total Cost On-Campus Attendance $24,499
Admission Success rate N/A
Student Ratio Students-to-Faculty 37 : 1
Retention (full-time / part-time) 55% / 30%
Enrollment Total (all students) 11,415

Academics

Park University offers both on-campus and online bachelor

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Admissions

Admission to Park University is typically started with an online application. While students are able to visit the campus in Parkville to apply, many students who attend Park University live in different states and hope to attend one of Park University

Students

The Park University campus that is located in Parkville, Missouri is only able to accommodate a little over a thousand students. However, the total enrollment of Park University is well over ten thousand students. This makes the Park University student body a very unique community. While students who live on campus do share a close bond, they are the minority. Most students who attend Park University are working professionals or active members of the military, and, therefore, they have little involvement with on campus activities and events.

For the students who do live on campus, Park University does offer a wide variety of clubs, social groups, and events to promote community and campus involvement. Sports clubs are groups of individuals who gather informally to play sports at an amateur level. There are also many social activism clubs on campus whose mission is to raise awareness for important current events and social trends.

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Athletics

Park University provides students with fifteen different options for varsity sports. Both men

Local Community

Students who live in Parkville, Missouri often travel to the surrounding cities of Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri. These cities have a great deal to offer college students living in the state of Missouri. St. Louis is relatively small for a

Bibliography

  • News of Park University. Park University, 2011. Web. 17 May 2011. <http://news.park.edu>.
  • Park University – Online, Undergraduate, and Graduate Degrees. Park U, 2011. Web. 23 May 2011. <http://www.park.edu>.
  • Stevens, Walter B. Centennial History of Missouri. Chicago: S.J. Clarke Pub., 1921. 41. Print.

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