Kansas City University

Kansas City University (KCU) is a private medical school with its main campus in the historic Pendleton Heights neighborhood of Kansas City, Missouri and an additional campus in Joplin, Missouri. It was founded in 1916 as one of the original osteopathic medical schools in the United States. It consists of a College of Osteopathic Medicine and a College of Biosciences. KCU is one of the largest medical schools in the nation by enrollment. In 2017, KCU opened the Farber-McIntire campus, in Joplin, Missouri. The university is developing a College of Dental Medicine on its Joplin campus. KCU is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and recognized by the Coordinating Board of Higher Education for the Missouri Department of Higher Education. The College of Osteopathic Medicine is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association's Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation.