Editing Mobile, Alabama (section)

==Education==
[[File:Murphy High School.jpg|thumb|[[Murphy High School (Alabama)|Murphy High School]] in Midtown, originally Mobile High School.  It is one of the seventeen high schools run by the [[Mobile County Public School System]].]]
[[File:Thollos.JPG|thumb|upright|The [[Tholos (architecture)|Tholos]] at the [[University of South Alabama]]]]
[[File:Spring Hill College Quad 01.JPG|thumb|Administration building at [[Spring Hill College]]]]
[[File:Bishop State clock tower May 2012 cropped.jpg|thumb|upright|The Business Technology Center and clock tower at [[Bishop State Community College]]]]

===Public schools===
Public schools in Mobile are operated by the [[Mobile County Public School System]]. The Mobile County Public School System has an enrollment of approximately 55,200 students at 88 schools, employs approximately 7,026 public school employees,<ref>{{cite web |title=MCPSS Strategic Plan |url=https://content.schoolinsites.com/api/documents/210c3b80e9ee4a8c903266a890697c4f.pdf |website=Mobile County Public School System |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> and had a budget in 2020-2021 of $623 million.<ref>{{cite web |title=FY 2021 Amended Budget |url=https://content.schoolinsites.com/api/documents/1173aadc8cd94920b52a691f842d97f7.pdf |website=Mobile County Public School System |access-date=16 January 2022}}</ref> The State of Alabama operates the [[Alabama School of Mathematics and Science]] on Dauphin Street in Mobile, which boards advanced Alabama high school students. It was founded in 1989 to identify, challenge, and educate future leaders.<ref name="asms">{{cite web |title=About ASMS |work=Alabama School of Math and Science |url=http://www.asms.net/about.htm |access-date=October 19, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011053512/http://www.asms.net/about.htm |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

===Private and parochial schools===

[[UMS-Wright Preparatory School]] is an independent co-educational [[university-preparatory school|preparatory school]].<ref name="mpsr1"/> It assumed its current configuration in 1988, when the University Military School (founded 1893) and the Julius T. Wright School for Girls (1923) merged to form UMS-Wright.<ref>{{cite web |title=The UMS-Wright Tradition |url=http://ums-wright.org/page.aspx?pid=408 |work=UMS-Wright Preparatory School |access-date=May 26, 2013 |archive-date=May 29, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529134033/http://www.ums-wright.org/page.aspx?pid=408 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Many [[parochial school]]s belong to the [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile]]. These include [[McGill-Toolen Catholic High School]] (1896), Corpus Christi School, Little Flower Catholic School (1934), Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School (1900), Saint Dominic School (1961), Saint Ignatius School (1952), Saint Mary Catholic School (1867), Saint Pius X Catholic School (1957), and Saint Vincent DePaul Catholic School (1976).<ref name="mpsr1">{{cite web |title=Mobile's Private Schools |work=Private Schools Report |url=http://alabama.privateschoolsreport.com/schools/AL/Mobile.html |access-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071102104523/http://alabama.privateschoolsreport.com/schools/AL/Mobile.html |archive-date=November 2, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

Notable Protestant schools include [[St. Paul's Episcopal School]] (1947), Mobile Christian School (1961), St. Lukes Episcopal School (1961), Cottage Hill Baptist School System (1961), [[Faith Academy (Mobile, Alabama)|Faith Academy]] (1967), and Trinity Lutheran School (1955).<ref name="mpsr1"/>

===Tertiary===
Major colleges and universities in Mobile that are accredited by the [[Southern Association of Colleges and Schools]] include the University of South Alabama, Spring Hill College, the University of Mobile, Faulkner University, and Bishop State Community College.

====Undergraduate and postgraduate====
The [[University of South Alabama]] is a public, [[Doctorate|doctoral]]-level university established in 1963. The university is composed of the College of Arts and Sciences, the Mitchell College of Business, the College of Education, the College of Engineering, the College of Medicine, the Doctor of Pharmacy Program, the College of Nursing, the School of Computing, and the School of Continuing Education and Special Programs.<ref name="usa2">{{cite web |title=Schools, Colleges, Departments |work=University of South Alabama |url=http://www.southalabama.edu/departms.html |access-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-date=October 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071026042349/http://www.southalabama.edu/departms.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[Faulkner University]] is a four-year private [[Churches of Christ|Church of Christ]]-affiliated university based in [[Montgomery, Alabama]]. The Mobile campus was established in 1975 and offers bachelor's degrees in Business Administration, Management of Human Resources, and Criminal Justice.<ref name="faulkner1">{{cite web |title=Bachelor Degrees Mobile Campus |work=Faulkner University |url=http://www.faulkner.edu/admissions/mobile/bs.asp |access-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071114095932/http://www.faulkner.edu/admissions/mobile/bs.asp |archive-date=November 14, 2007}}</ref> It also offers associate degrees in Business Administration, Business Information Systems, Computer & Information Science, Criminal Justice, Informatics, Legal Studies, Arts, and Science.<ref name="faulkner2">{{cite web |title=Associate Degrees Mobile Campus |work=Faulkner University |url=http://www.faulkner.edu/admissions/mobile/as.asp |access-date=October 25, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071007113401/http://www.faulkner.edu/admissions/mobile/as.asp |archive-date=October 7, 2007}}</ref>

[[Spring Hill College]], chartered in 1830, was the first Catholic college in the southeastern United States and is the third oldest [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] college in the country.<ref name="springhill1">{{cite web |title=History of the College |work=Spring Hill College |url=http://www.shc.edu/about-shc/history-of-the-college |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070912211058/http://www.shc.edu/about-shc/history-of-the-college |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 12, 2007 |access-date=October 20, 2007}}</ref> This four-year private college offers graduate programs in Business Administration, Education, Liberal Arts, Nursing (MSN), and Theological Studies.<ref name="springhill2">{{cite web |title=Graduate Studies |work=Spring Hill College |url=http://www.shc.edu/graduate-and-adult-programs/graduate |access-date=October 20, 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20070502113817/http://www.shc.edu/graduate-and-adult-programs/graduate |archive-date=May 2, 2007 |df=mdy-all}}</ref> Undergraduate divisions and programs include the Division of Business, the Communications/Arts Division, International Studies, Inter-divisional Studies, the Language and Literature Division, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Philosophy and Theology, Political Science, the Sciences Division, the Social Sciences Division, and the Teacher Education Division.<ref name="springhill3">{{cite web |title=Undergraduate Studies |work=Spring Hill College |url=http://www.shc.edu/academics/undergrad-programs/ |access-date=October 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011103538/http://shc.edu/academics/undergrad-programs/ |archive-date=October 11, 2007}}</ref>

The [[University of Mobile]] is a four-year private Baptist-affiliated university in the neighboring city of Prichard that was founded in 1961.<ref name="univmob1">{{cite web |title=Areas of Study |work=University of Mobile |url=http://www.umobile.edu/Academics/AreasofStudy.aspx |access-date=November 23, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121127054848/http://www.umobile.edu/Academics/AreasofStudy.aspx |archive-date=November 27, 2012 |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====Community college====
[[Bishop State Community College]], founded in 1927, is a public, [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically African American]], [[Community colleges in the United States|community college]]. Bishop State has four campuses in Mobile.<ref name="bishop1">{{cite web |title=Academic Programs |work=Bishop State Community College |url=http://www.bscc.cc.al.us/academic.htm |access-date=October 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070710112422/http://www.bscc.cc.al.us/academic.htm |archive-date=July 10, 2007 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref>

====Vocational====
Several post-secondary [[Vocational education|vocational]] institutions have a campus in Mobile. These include the Alabama Institute of Real Estate, American Academy of Hypnosis, Bealle School of Real Estate, Charles Academy of Beauty Culture, [[Fortis College]], [[Virginia College]], [[ITT Technical Institute]], [[Remington College]] and White and Sons Barber College.<ref name="college1">{{cite web |title=Mobile Alabama Colleges and Universities |work=United States College Search |url=http://www.uscollegesearch.org/mobile-alabama-colleges.html |access-date=October 20, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016233007/http://www.uscollegesearch.org/mobile-alabama-colleges.html |archive-date=October 16, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>