Editing Joplin, Missouri (section)

===Colleges and universities===
The Joplin College of Physicians and Surgeons operated from 1880 to 1884. Today, Joplin is home to [[Missouri Southern State University]], founded in 1937 as a junior college and expanded in the following decades. The one Bible college is [[Ozark Christian College]]. [[Messenger College]] also operated in Joplin until 2012 when the [[Pentecostal Church of God]] moved the campus to [[Euless, Texas]] that year.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.messengercollege.edu/faq.php|title=messenger-college|website=messenger-college|access-date=2016-05-11|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605024208/http://www.messengercollege.edu/faq.php|archive-date=June 5, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref>

[[Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences]] announced in March 2015 its intention to establish a campus in Joplin with a large [[osteopathic medicine in the United States|osteopathic medicine]] program, to be located in Mercy Hospital-Joplin's former long-term temporary location near the site of the destroyed St. John's Regional Medical Center.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Associated Press|date=2015-03-15|title=Kansas City University to open new medical school in Joplin|url=http://washingtontimes.com/news/2015/mar/27/kansas-city-university-to-open-new-medical-school-/|access-date=2016-05-11|website=The Washington Times}}</ref>
In 2017, KCU took in their first class at the Farber-McIntire Campus. The campus is nearly 20,000 square feet and includes a large lecture hall, learning studio and lab dedicated to osteopathic manipulative medicine courses. KCU-Joplin also shares a partnership with Freeman Health Systems and Mercy Hospital Joplin.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Making more dreams come true – KCU-Joplin|url=http://www.kcumb.edu/about-kcu/our-campuses/kcu-joplin|access-date=2020-07-04|website=Kansas City University Joplin|language=en-us|archive-date=September 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905165924/http://www.kcumb.edu/about-kcu/our-campuses/kcu-joplin|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Joplin is also home to technical schools including Franklin Technology Center,<ref>{{cite web|title=Franklin Technology Center Adult Education|url=https://joplinftc.ss11.sharpschool.com/|access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref> and WTI.<ref>{{cite web|title=About WTI|date=October 11, 2018 |url=http://www.wti.edu/about-us/|access-date=2020-07-04}}</ref>