Education in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City, like most other major cities, has a varied diversity of institutions for learning and educational enrichment.

Higher education

Oklahoma City is home to many colleges and universities, including Oklahoma City University in midtown and Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City in Northwest OKC. The OU Health Sciences Center is located due east of downtown Oklahoma City at the Oklahoma Health Center campus while the University of Oklahoma (Sooners) is located just south of the city in the suburb of Norman. The third-largest university in Oklahoma, the University of Central Oklahoma is located just north of the city in the suburb of Edmond. Oklahoma City Community College in south OKC is the largest community college in the state.

Oklahoma City also has several public and private vo-tech schools, the largest of which are Metro Technology Centers and Francis Tuttle. The most recent nationally accredited private technical school is Oklahoma Technology Institute.

There are also a number of small private colleges and universities in the city, including Oklahoma Christian University, Southern Nazarene University, University of Phoenix - Oklahoma City Campus, [ [http://www.phoenix.edu/ZipLocations.asp?Orga=34 phoenix.edu] ] Mid-America Christian University, American Christian College and Seminary, Metropolitan College, and the Downtown College Consortium in downtown Oklahoma City. [ [http://www.downtowncollege.com downtowncollege.com] ]

Primary and secondary

The Oklahoma City Public Schools is the second-largest district in the state and is one of the few urban districts in the nation with a growing enrollment, [ [http://www.okcps.org/ okcps.org] ] due largely to the so-called [http://www.okc.gov/ocmaps/index.html MAPS] for KIDs city-wide improvement plan. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics is also in Oklahoma city and is home to the most gifted of the state's math and science pupils. Additionally, Classen School of Advanced Studies is an Oklahoma City magnet school that hosts students (by application only) talented in the arts. Classen also hosts an IB program, and is ranked 49th in the Nation by Newsweek on it's list of top high schools. [ [http://www.okcps.org/hs/Classen_SAS/ okcps.org] ]

Numerous suburban districts circle the urban OCPS district, such as Putnam City Public Schools in suburban northwest Oklahoma City, the largest suburban school district in the state. Also, the city has very well developed private, independent, and parochial schools, including Casady School near posh suburban Nichols Hills and the schools of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

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