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Memphis colleges, universities and technical schools are consistently cited among the top schools in America. From the prestigious Rhodes College to the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality at the University of Memphis, Memphis has a venue equipped to meet your educational goals. Choose from multiple MBA, masters and doctoral programs or from the wide variety of continuing education courses like photography, public speaking, American Sign Language and web design.
Rhodes College, perennially one of U.S. News & World Report’s top liberal arts colleges, is in midtown Memphis, not too far from Christian Brothers University and the University of Memphis. Rhodes offers liberal arts studies and engineering degrees.
The Baptist College of Health Sciences, established in 1994, offers a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing and a Bachelor of Health Sciences degree with majors in respiratory care, diagnostic medical sonography, health care management, nuclear medicine technology, medical radiography and radiation therapy technology. The college also offers completion degrees for licensed or registered nurses and respiratory therapists. In addition, the college provides a variety of class schedules, from traditional day classes to evening and weekend programs. The college is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Bachelor of Science in Nursing and the Bachelor of Health Sciences degrees. The college also participates in many federal and state financial aid programs.
Since its inception in 1944, the Meeman Center for Lifelong Learning has fulfilled Rhodes’ commitment to learning as an extended process by engaging adults from the Mid-South and beyond in liberal education. Programs include non-credit courses, Rhodes to Travel national and international trips, the Institute for Executive Leadership, the Institute on the Profession of Law, Meeman at Night, Camp Meeman, and Meeman on the Road.
The University of Memphis has the highest academic requirements of any public university in the Mid-South. With an enrollment of just over 22,000 students from almost every state and more than 80 foreign countries, the U of M offers not only solid academic programs, but also a diverse academic community in a unique urban environment.
Programs include 17 bachelor’s degrees in more than 250 areas of study in 55 subjects, in addition to the Juris Doctor (law) and a specialist degree in education. The Fogelman College of Business ranked on the 2010 Edition of Best 301 Business Schools by The Princeton Review.
With a mission to become the MIT of the South, the FedEx Institute of Technology specializes in conducting world-class interdisciplinary research, producing a digitally savvy workforce, and being an evolving, dynamic resource for businesses at large.
Housed in a new, state-of-the-art building, the FedEx Institute integrates curriculums designed to teach the newest technologies - from biologically inspired computer processing to public policy - with the most advanced and evolving methods in teaching and learning.