Park University

Private · MO

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School data & stats

TypePrivate

LocationMO · Midwest

SettingSuburban

Undergrads4,555

Student:faculty13:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate18.9%

6-yr grad rate38.4%

Drop-out rate42.4%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$18k

Out-of-state tuition$18k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity60.7%

Gender diversity44.4%

International4.2%

Identity—

Overview

A private university in Parkville, Missouri, overlooking the Missouri River near Kansas City, with a long-standing mission of serving military members and veterans. The university maintains campus centers on and near military bases nationwide alongside its Missouri home campus and extensive online programs.

Academics

Business, criminal justice, and education are the staple programs, taught in formats built to accommodate active-duty schedules, deployments, and working adults as much as traditional students. Course delivery blends in-person, base-center, and online formats more heavily than at most universities, reflecting the military and adult-learner population it primarily serves.

Campus & student life

The Parkville home campus has a small, scenic river-bluff setting, but a large share of Park's total student population studies through base centers or online rather than living on the Missouri campus, so residential college-life traditions are a smaller piece of the university's overall identity than at a typical four-year school.

Worth knowing

Park's military-serving mission is central, not incidental — credit for military training, flexible scheduling around deployment, and a large veteran and active-duty population shape the university's culture and course design more than its physical campus does.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate—

Enrolled mid-50%—

Test policynot reported

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

AdmissionRolling

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