Editing Springfield, Missouri (section)

=== Universities ===
[[File:MissouriStateUHistoricQuad.jpg|thumb|right|View toward [[Missouri State University]]'s Historic Quadrangle]]
Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, [[Missouri State University]] (MSU) is the state's second largest university by enrollment, with over 23,000 students.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.missouristate.edu/About/history.htm|title=History of the University|website=Missouri State}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.missouristate.edu/2017/09/20/fall-enrollment-record/|title=Missouri State University sets another fall enrollment record|date=September 20, 2017|access-date=December 4, 2017}}</ref>

[[Drury University]] is a private university with over 1,000 students<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=25512&NLID=246 |title=Drury University's fall 2010 census reveals record enrollment |last=Miller |first=Mark |date=September 28, 2010 |work=Drury.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718164236/http://www.drury.edu/multinl/story.cfm?ID=25512&NLID=246 |archive-date=July 18, 2011 }}</ref> Founded in 1873 by congregationalists, it is affiliated with the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]].

Evangel University, founded in 1955, is a private liberal arts university. In 2013, [[Central Bible College]] and the [[Assemblies of God Theological Seminary]] consolidated with the university. Evangel is affiliated with the [[Assemblies of God USA]] denomination<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.evangel.edu/about/university-overview/history/|title=History|website=Evangel University}}</ref>

The [[University of Missouri]] opened a clinical campus in 2016 of the [[University of Missouri School of Medicine]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Clinical Campus Locations - MU School of Medicine |url=https://medicine.missouri.edu/about/clinical-campus-locations |access-date=June 8, 2022 |website=medicine.missouri.edu}}</ref>

Other branches include Mercy College of Nursing and Health Sciences (in partnership with [[Southwest Baptist University]]), [[Bryan University]], [[Columbia College (Missouri)|Columbia College]], and [[University of Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite web| url =http://www.sbuniv.edu/about/campus-locations/springfield/index.php| title=SBU-Springfield Campus | access-date=April 28, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://missourihealthcareers.com/schools/university-of-phoenix-springfield/|title=University of Phoenix - Springfield|website=Missouri Health Careers|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bryanu.edu/locations/springfield-missouri/|title=Springfield, Missouri Campus|website=Bryan University|access-date=October 7, 2023}}</ref>