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  • Your Success Matters to Us!

    The University of Saint Mary offers a variety of undergraduate degree-completion and graduate programs designed for busy, working professionals. Classes meet for one night a week at our safe and convenient location in Overland Park.

  • Professors Experienced in Their Fields

    At USM, you'll learn from professors who are experts in their fields-seasoned professionals who spent years working in board rooms, classrooms, and emergency rooms around the Kansas City area. Our classes are small, and you'll get one-on-one attention.

  • An Affordable Education

    In keeping with the heritage of our founders and sponsors, the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth, USM is committed to making a quality education available-and affordable-to all. Our evening degree-completion and graduate programs are very competitively priced-financial aid and flexible payment plans are available.

  • Nationally Recognized for Academic Quality

    USM's un-paralleled academic programs have earned national recognition. For the past eight years, The Princeton Review has honored USM as a "Best Midwestern College" based on the university's academic excellence as well as positive feedback from students and educators.

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CONVENIENTLY LOCATED

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Conveniently located
11413 Pflumm, Overland Park, KS
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  • Great parking within a few feet of the front door and well-lit at night.
  • MBA program also available at Kansas City, KS class site.
  • ADVANCE YOUR CAREER
  • DEGREE-COMPLETION PROGRAMS

A University of Saint Mary graduate degree will prepare you for some of today's highest employment opportunities and highest paying career fields. Our Overland Park Campus staff will work with you to design a uniquely flexible, accelerated course schedule, so you can get your degree fast and either take your career to that next level or fulfill your desires for educational enrichment and personal growth.

  • Variety of flexible course offerings -- graduate programs in business, education, and psychology.
  • Accelerated pace -- evening classes meet one night a week, for six 8-week sessions, and completion in as little as one year is possible depending on the program you choose
  • Small class sizes -- more individual attention from distinguished professors who care about your success.
  • Learn More Affordably priced -- financial aid available to the majority of our students. Payment plans also available.

At the University of Saint Mary, we bend over backward to design courses around you-giving you more control over what order and when you take your classes.

If you want more flexibility in scheduling courses and more interaction with professors advisors, and your fellow classmates, other schools offer LESS. And, if you want less crowded classrooms and the chance to complete your degree in less time, no other school offers more.

Whether you want to change careers or just expand your possibilities, you'll discover that less is more at the University of Saint Mary.

  • Variety of flexible course offerings -- degree-completion programs in business, education, nursing (online), and psychology.
  • Accelerated course design -- evening classes meet one night a week, five 8-week sessions, and completion in as little as four full-time semesters.
  • Learn MoreSmall class sizes -- more individual attention from distinguished professors
  • Affordably priced -- financial aid available to those who qualify payment plans also available.
WORDS FROM STUDENTS & FACULTY

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View Video“The professors are really interested in you grasping the material and being able to put it into practice as soon as possible”

–Ed Planco
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View Video“We care about students. To some extent, we become something similar to an academic family. That's something you would not find at many larger institutions.”

–Les Hemphill
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View Video“I really like the teachers. If you're not getting something, they'll really help you break it down to just the way you need it explained so that you can understand it and process it and move on to the next step in the material.”

–Matt Budreau
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View Video“We have a small, very welcoming environment. Because classes are smaller, students get more individual attention, so they do well.”

–Pat Howard
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View Video“I've never worked with a faculty that is so caring and willing to individualize and work with you. If you feel like something's too difficult, just stop and talk to your instructor and they'll figure out a way to make it work for you.”

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NEWS

 

USM Graduate Psychology Student Earns Prestigious Fellowship Honor

Susan Lawol is USM’s First Recipient of the Boren Fellowship for International Study

(Leavenworth, Kan.)—Susan Lawol, a student in the Master’s of Arts-Counseling Psychology program at the University of Saint Mary, has been named USM’s first recipient of the prestigious Boren Fellowship for International Study. 

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University of Saint Mary Named a 2012 Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs

List Honors Schools That Best Meet the Needs of Military and Veteran Students
(Leavenworth, Kan.)—For the second consecutive year, the University of Saint Mary has been honored as a Military Friendly School by G.I. Jobs magazine, a designation that puts USM among the top 20 percent of U.S. colleges, universities, and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace military service members and veterans as students.
According G.I. Jobs, a publication of Victory Media, schools on the 2012 Military Friendly Schools list prioritize the recruitment of students with military experience. They also offer additional benefits to students, including on-campus veterans program, key discounts, and more. USM, for its part, is a VA Yellow Ribbon Program participant, and has an on-campus office for veterans services and a veterans services coordinator.
The list was compiled through extensive research and a data-driven survey that saw G.I. Jobs poll more than 8,000 schools nationwide. Nationally, 1,518 schools made the list.
“The Military Friendly Schools list is the go-to resource for prospective student veterans searching for schools that provide the right overall experience,” said Michael Dakduk, executive director for the Student Veterans of America. “Nothing is more compelling than actual feedback from current student veterans.”
Carlton Philpot, USM’s veterans services coordinator and a 24-year veteran of the U.S. Navy, said “Saint Mary always feels proud, privileged, and honored to be able to serve and support our country’s veterans, active duty personnel, and military families as they work to meet their academic goals.”
USM Academic Vice President Dr. Bryan Le Beau added “we are honored to be considered among the colleges and universities in the nation that are doing the most for America’s veterans as students.”
“Veterans bring maturity, seriousness of purpose, and leadership to the classroom. As a member of the Leavenworth community, home to Fort Leavenworth, we willingly provide support for veterans. Most importantly, we do what we do for veterans because it is the right thing to do, to thank them for the service they have provided all of us, often at considerable personal sacrifice,” said Dr. Le Beau.
A full story and detailed list of Military Friendly Schools will be highlighted in the annual Guide to Military Friendly Schools and on a poster, both of which will be distributed to hundreds of thousands of active and former military personnel in early October. The newly redesigned website, found at www.militaryfriendlyschools.com, features the list, interactive tools, and search functionality to assist military veterans in choosing schools that best meet their personal educational needs.
 

The Princeton Review Names University of Saint Mary a 2012 ‘Best Midwestern College’

 
USM Lands Honor for Seventh Consecutive Year
(Leavenworth, Kan.)—The University of Saint Mary has been named a “Best Midwestern College” by The Princeton Review, an honored distinction earned by USM now for seven consecutive years.
USM was one of only 153 Midwestern schools to make the cut, and only about 25 percent of the nation’s 2,500 four-year colleges are included on one of the organization’s four regional lists. In the Kansas City area, only USM, the University of Central Missouri, University of Missouri-Kansas City, William Jewell, and Baker earned distinction as a “Best Midwestern College.”
The Princeton Review selects schools for its regional best-of lists based on the results of independent student surveys and an institution’s record of strong academics. The complete lists can be found online at www.PrincetonReview.com. Schools on the regional list are not ranked. USM’s Midwestern region includes colleges from Iowa, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, and Wisconsin.
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The University of Saint Mary offers a variety of graduate degree and undergraduate degree-completion programs for the busy, working professional.

  • Evening classes one night a week
  • Flexible schedule — no weekends required
  • Affordable — financial aid & payment plans available
  • Top quality academics — named a “Best Midwestern College” by The Princeton Review
  • Fully accredited programs
  • Smaller, more intimate class size
  • Convenient location in Overland Park
  • Admission based on real-world and academic performance — no graduate entrance exams required