Editing Wichita, Kansas (section)

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:Davis Full Front.JPG|thumb|right|Davis Administration Building at [[Friends University]] (2006)]]

Wichita has several colleges, universities, technical schools and branch campuses of other universities around the state. These include the following:
* [[Wichita State University]]
* [[Friends University]]
* [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]]
* [[University of Kansas]] - School of Medicine Wichita Campus (KU Wichita)
* [[Kansas Health Science University–Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine|Kansas Health Science University – Kansas College of Osteopathic Medicine]]
* Wichita Technical Institute

Three universities have their main campuses in Wichita. The largest is [[Wichita State University|Wichita State University (WSU)]], a public research university classified by Carnegie as "R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher Research Activity." WSU has more than 14,000 students and is the third-largest university in Kansas.<ref>{{cite web | title = Wichita State University | publisher = College Portraits of Undergraduate Education | url = http://www.collegeportraits.org/KS/WSU | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100322203013/http://www.collegeportraits.org/KS/WSU | url-status = usurped | archive-date = March 22, 2010 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine | title = College Comparison Tool | magazine = [[U.S. News & World Report]] | url = http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/compare-colleges | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110106042103/http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/compare-colleges | archive-date = January 6, 2011 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> WSU's main campus is in northeast Wichita with multiple satellite campuses around the metro area.<ref>{{cite web | title = Satellite Campuses | publisher = [[Wichita State University]] | url = http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/aboutus/satellite_locations.asp | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151017172552/http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/aboutus/satellite_locations.asp | archive-date = October 17, 2015 | url-status = dead | df = mdy-all }}</ref> [[Friends University]], a private, non-denominational Christian university, has its main campus in west Wichita as does [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]], a private [[Catholic university]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Friends Fact Sheet | publisher = [[Friends University]] | url = http://www.friends.edu/friends-fact-sheet | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2010-11 Admission Brochure | publisher = [[Newman University (Kansas)|Newman University]] | page = 5 | url = https://issuu.com/newman_publications/docs/viewbook0910?mode=embed&FlipBtn=true | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref> Wichita Area Technical College, founded in 1995, was merged into Wichita State University's College of Applied Sciences and Technology in 2018, and is now known as [[Wichita State University Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology|WSU Tech]].

Several colleges and universities based outside Wichita operate satellite locations in and around the city. The [[University of Kansas School of Medicine]] has one of its three campuses in Wichita.<ref>{{cite web | title = School of Medicine | publisher=[[KU Med Center|KU Medical Center]] | url = http://www.kumc.edu/som/ | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref> [[Baker University]], [[Butler Community College]], [[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]], [[Southwestern College (Kansas)|Southwestern College]], [[Tabor College (Kansas)|Tabor College]], [[Vatterott College]], and [[Webster University]] have Wichita facilities as do for-profit institutions including Heritage College and [[University of Phoenix]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Education | publisher = Wichita Metro Chamber of Commerce | url = http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | access-date = February 5, 2011 | archive-date = January 19, 2011 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110119023845/http://www.wichitakansas.org/experience_wichita-moving_here-education.php | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=McConnell Campus |url=https://worldwide.erau.edu/locations/mcconnell |access-date=February 22, 2024 |publisher=[[Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Heritage College-Wichita | work = College Navigator | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Heritage+College&s=KS&id=456320 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = ITT Technical Institute-Wichita | work = College Navigator | publisher = [[National Center for Education Statistics]] | url = http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=ITT+Technical+Institute&s=KS&id=450234 | access-date = February 5, 2011}}</ref>