William Jewell College

William Jewell College provides its students with a rigorous liberal arts education rooted in Christian values. The school is spiritually inclined, but challenges its students intellectually and even offers an Oxford Honors Program for qualifying juniors who want to spend a year abroad at Cambridge or Oxford. The school has bachelor’s degree and certificate programs in Elementary Education, International Business, Nonprofit Leadership, Speech Education, and a host of others. It also has pre-professional programs in areas such as Forestry and Environmental Management, Physical Therapy, and Veterinary Medicine. William Jewell College is a smaller school in the Kansas City suburbs with a challenging academic curriculum and a strong commitment to philanthropy and volunteerism. Many of the school’s students and alumni have become Fulbright Scholars and Truman Scholars. The college has also been nationally recognized for exceptional service to the community. The school has a four-year graduation guarantee program that ensures students will graduate in four years as long as they commit to the academic guidelines set for them by their advisors. Financial aid is also available for qualifying applicants in a variety of options, including grants, loans and scholarships, as well as achievement awards for excellence in scholastic and extracurricular endeavors.

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