St. Louis

===Colleges and universities===
[[File:WUBrookings.JPG|alt=|thumb|[[Brookings Hall]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis]]]]
The city is home to three national research universities, [[Washington University in St. Louis]], [[Saint Louis University]]<!-- DO NOT CHANGE; the university ALWAYS is referred to as "Saint Louis University" and is never abbreviated -->, as classified under the [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education]]. [[Washington University School of Medicine]] in St. Louis has been ranked among the top 10 medical schools in the country by ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' for as long as the list has been published, and as high as second, in 2003 and 2004. ''U.S. News & World Report'' also ranks the undergraduate school and other graduate schools, such as the [[Washington University School of Law]], in the top 20 in the nation.<ref name="huffingtonpost.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis-2520 |title=Overview of Washington University in St. Louis |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |access-date=December 19, 2019 |archive-date=July 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704014936/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis-2520 |url-status=live}}</ref>

St. Louis Metropolitan Region is home to [[St. Louis Community College]]. It is also home to several other four-year colleges & universities, including [[Harris–Stowe State University]], a [[Historically black colleges and universities|historically black]] [[public university]], Fontbonne University, Webster University, Missouri Baptist University, University of Health Sciences & Pharmacy (the former Saint Louis College of Pharmacy), Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville (SIUE), and Lindenwood University.

In addition to Catholic theological institutions such as [[Kenrick-Glennon Seminary]] and [[Aquinas Institute of Theology]] sponsored by the [[Dominican Order|Order of Preachers]], St. Louis is home to three [[Protestant]] seminaries: [[Eden Theological Seminary]] of the [[United Church of Christ]], [[Covenant Theological Seminary]] of the [[Presbyterian Church in America]], and [[Concordia Seminary]] of the St. Louis-based [[Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod]].