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Global Leader in Animal Health:
“Kansas City has the largest concentration of the animal health industry in the world.” -- Brakke Consulting, 2009
220+ companies involved in the industry
32% of the total global sales
70 Global or U.S. HQ of industry companies
4 of the 10 largest global animal health companies
3 of the 5 largest global pet food companies
13,000 trained employees
Biosciences
The Kansas City Region:
A Proven Concept—Unlimited Potential
KC's Bioscience Educational Assets
Twenty universities throughout the region offer undergraduate, graduate and post-doctorate degrees in bioscience-related programs.
| Degrees Conferred, Biological & Biomedical Sciences | ||||
Institution name: |
degrees/ certificates total |
BACHELOR'S degree |
MASTER'S DEGREE |
DOCTOR'S DEGREE |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 320 |
270 |
11 |
38 |
| University of Kansas | 309 |
270 |
14 |
25 |
| Kansas State University | 164 |
127 |
18 |
19 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | 75 |
57 |
18 |
|
| Cleveland Chiropractic College | 36 |
36 |
||
| Rockhurst University | 36 |
36 |
||
| Washburn University | 27 |
27 |
||
| Benedictine College | 17 |
17 |
||
| Missouri Western State University | 17 |
17 |
||
| Baker University | 16 |
16 |
||
| University of Central Missouri | 16 |
15 |
1 |
|
| William Jewell College | 15 |
15 |
||
| Kansas City University of Medicine | 13 |
13 |
||
| Park University | 9 |
9 |
||
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | 6 |
6 |
||
| Avila University | 5 |
5 |
||
| Ottawa University | 4 |
4 |
||
| DeVry University-Missouri | 3 |
3 |
||
| University of Saint Mary | 1 |
1 |
||
| Degrees Conferred, Chemistry | ||||
Institution name: |
degrees/ certificates total |
BACHELOR'S degree |
MASTER'S DEGREE |
DOCTOR'S DEGREE |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | 57 |
56 |
1 |
|
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 47 |
23 |
6 |
18 |
| University of Kansas | 40 |
24 |
2 |
14 |
| Kansas State University | 23 |
12 |
4 |
7 |
| Missouri Western State University | 9 |
9 |
||
| William Jewell College | 9 |
9 |
||
| MidAmerica Nazarene University | 5 |
5 |
||
| Rockhurst University | 5 |
5 |
||
| Benedictine College | 4 |
4 |
||
| Washburn University | 3 |
3 |
||
| Park University | 2 |
2 |
||
| University of Central Missouri | 1 |
1 |
||
| Veterinary Medicine (DVM) & Veterinary Biomedical & Clinical Sciences | |||||
Institution name: |
Veterinary medicine (DVM) doctor's degree |
veterinary medicine (DVM) first professional degree
|
veterinary biomedical & clinical sciences (cert ms phd) doctor's degree - research/ scholarship |
veterinary biomedical & clinical sciences (cert ms phd) doctor's degree |
veterinary biomedical & clinical sciences (cert ms phd) Master's degree |
| Kansas State University | 112 |
4 |
9 |
||
| University of Missouri-Columbia | 66 |
2 |
11 |
||
Source: National Center for Education Statistics, 2007-2008 IPEDS.