Education in Oklahoma City

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Oklahoma City, like most other major cities, has a diversity of institutions for learning and educational enrichment. Several colleges and universities offer associate and bachelor's degrees and the state's teaching hospital, the University of Oklahoma Medical Center is located east of downtown.

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,^[1] Mid-America Christian University, American Christian College and Seminary, Metropolitan College, and the Downtown College Consortium in downtown Oklahoma City.^[2]

The most recent nationally accredited private technical school is Oklahoma Technology Institute. A nonprofit vocation training center for individuals with disabilities in Oklahoma City is Dale Rogers Training Center.

Higher education

The city is home to

The Oklahoma City Public Schools (OKCPS) is the second-largest district in the state and is one of the few urban districts in the nation with a growing enrollment,^[3] due largely to the so-called MAPS for KIDs citywide improvement plan.

OKCPS covers the largest portion of the city.^[4]

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 its list of top high schools.^[5]

Numerous suburban districts circle the urban OCPS district, such as

The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics, a school for some of the state's most gifted math and science pupils, is also in Oklahoma City.

Also, the city has very well developed private, independent, and parochial schools, including