Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Education

Higher education

Oklahoma City is home to many colleges and universities, including Oklahoma City University in midtown and Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City in Northwest OKC. The OU Health Science Center is located due east of downtown Oklahoma City while the University of Oklahoma (Sooners) is located just south of the city in the suburb of Norman. The third-largest university in Oklahoma, the University of Central Oklahoma is located just north of the city in the suburb of Edmond. Oklahoma City Community College in south OKC is the largest community college in the state.

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Oklahoma City University - Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City - University of Oklahoma - University of Central Oklahoma

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Oklahoma City also has several public vo-tech schools, such as Metro Technology Centers http://www.metrotech.org and Francis Tuttle.

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Vo-tech school - Francis Tuttle

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There are also a number of small private colleges and universities in the city, including Oklahoma Christian University, Southern Nazarene University http://www.snu.edu, University of Phoenix - Oklahoma City Campus http://www.phoenix.edu/ZipLocations.asp?Orga=34, Mid-America Christian University, American Christian College and Seminary, Metropolitan College, and the Downtown College Consortium http://www.downtowncollege.com in downtown Oklahoma City.

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Primary and secondary

The Oklahoma City Public School district is the largest in the state and is one of the few urban districts in the nation with a growing enrollment, due largely to the so-called MAPS for KIDs city-wide improvement plan. The Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics is also in Oklahoma city and is home to the most gifted of the state's math and science pupils.

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Numerous other suburban districts circle the urban OCPS district, such as Putnam City Public Schools in suburban northwest Oklahoma City, the largest suburban school district in the state. Also, the city has very well developed private and parochial schools, including Casady School near posh suburban Nichols Hills and the schools of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City.

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Casady School - Nichols Hills

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