University of Missouri - Kansas City College Portrait
University of Missouri - Kansas City5100 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110-2499
1.800.775.8652 or 816.235.1111
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- Admissions
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- College Costs & Financial Aid
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- Classes and Campus Life
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- Majors, Graduation and Next Steps
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- Student Success & Progress
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- Student Learning Outcomes
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UMKC Classes & Instructors
| Classroom Environment | |
|---|---|
| Students per Faculty | 13 to 1 |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 30 students | 80% |
| Undergraduate classes with fewer than 50 students | 93% |
| Total Full-Time Instructional Faculty | 1,168 |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Female | 46% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Are Persons of Color | 18% |
| % of Full-Time Instructional Faculty Who Have the Highest Academic Degree Offered in Their Field of Study | 62% |
Campus-based Housing
58% of new freshmen live in campus-based housing or residence halls.
11% of all undergraduates live on campus
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Campus Safety
Safety is provided by the UMKC Police, fully certified law enforcement officers who go through the same training as the Kansas City Missouri Police. We also feature numerous safety phones across campus that dial directly into the Campus Police should a student feel the need to lift the phone. We also offer a campus "Safewalk" program.
Campus Crime Statistics
Carnegie Classification of Institutional Characteristics
The Carnegie Classification's were created "to reference the great diversity of colleges and universities in the United States, and ... enable [people] to identify groups of roughly comparable institutions." For information on the Carnegie Classifications system, please visit their website: http://classifications.carnegiefoundation.org/
- Basic Type
- Research Universities (high research activity)
- Size and Setting
- Large four-year, primarily nonresidential
- Enrollment Profile
- Majority undergraduate
- Undergraduate Profile
- Full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
- Undergraduate Instructional Program
- Arts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
- Graduate Instructional Program
- Doctoral, professional dominant