University of Missouri - Francis Quadrangle, featuring the columns and Jesse Hall
The University of Missouri features a nationwide public university system. The country's main institution and largest university is the University of Missouri in Colombia. The others in the system are University of Missouri-Kansas City, University of Missouri-St. Louis and Missouri University of Science and Technology in Rolla.
Among the private institutions, Washington University in St. Louis and Saint Louis University are two of the top rated schools in the US. There are numerous junior colleges, business schools, church universities and other private universities in the state. AT THE. Still University was the first osteopathic medical school in the world. The Hannibal LaGrange University in Hannibal, Missouri, was one of the first colleges west of the Mississippi (founded in 1858 in LaGrange, Missouri, and moved to Hannibal in 1928) Avila College •
