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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 five 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, six 8-week sessions, and completion in as one year 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, 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 instructors and staff really care abut you and are willing to help you accomplish your goals. I have been extremely pleased with the program at USM. The classes are set up for you to succeed as long as you do the work expected of you.”

–Debbie Lesher
RN to BSN Studentspacer

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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
Education Studentspacer

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View Video“It's a great opportunity for students who want to network. Having different careers and different companies because they talk about their business -- they talk about their positions. They share openly with others.”

–Elizabeth Garza-Lang
MBA Advisor & Facultyspacer

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View Video“Our education faculty have a great deal of life experience. They're practitioners. And, they bring to the table their experiences, which go far beyond what you can learn in textbooks.”

–Eva Williams
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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
Psychology Advisor & Instructorspacer

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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
Graduate Psychology Studentspacer

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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."”

–Patti Ingraham
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NEWS

USM Designated as Military Friendly School by 'G.I. Jobs'
The University of Saint Mary has been honored as a 2011 Military Friendly School by “G.I. Jobs,” a designation that puts USM among the top 15 percent of U.S. colleges, universities, and trade schools for America’s veteran students. The list shows veterans which schools best meet their needs.

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Upcoming Info Sessions

Find out how USM can help advance your career, get details about the USM MBA program, and meet with the faculty program coordinator who will give you one-on-one attention as you work toward your MBA.

 

 

Register for a USM information session by clicking the appropriate date below:

 

Overland Park Campus, 11413 Pflumm Road.

 

 

 

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