Tulsa, Oklahoma

==Education==
{{See also|List of schools in Tulsa, Oklahoma}}

[[File:McFarlin-Library-University-Of-Tulsa.jpg|thumb|left|upright|The McFarlin Library serves the [[University of Tulsa]] campus.]]

===K–12 education===
[[Tulsa Public Schools]], with nine high schools and over 41,000 students, is the second-largest school district in Oklahoma.<ref>{{cite web | date=November 6, 2009 | url=https://www.oklahoman.com/story/opinion/editorials/2009/11/06/districts-enrollment-growth-a-tale-of-demographic-shifts/61333034007/| title=(OKC) District's enrollment growth a tale of demographic shifts| format=ASP | publisher=[[The Oklahoman]] | access-date=June 7, 2022}}</ref> In 2006, there were more than 90,000 students attending Tulsa County's public schools.<ref name="About the Tulsa Library System">{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=94 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060603135349/http://ww3.tulsachamber.com/general.asp?id=94 | archive-date=June 3, 2006| title=About the Tulsa City-County Library | publisher=Tulsa Metro Chamber | access-date=April 28, 2006}}</ref>

Portions of Tulsa within Tulsa County are in the following school districts: Tulsa,<!--30240--> [[Berryhill Public Schools|Berryhill]]<!--04020-->, [[Bixby Public Schools|Bixby]]<!--04500-->, [[Broken Arrow Public Schools|Broken Arrow]]<!--05490-->, [[Jenks Public Schools|Jenks]]<!--15720-->, [[Owasso Public Schools|Owosso]]<!--23280, at least one business is there-->, and [[Union Public Schools|Union]]<!--30600-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40143_tulsa/DC20SD_C40143.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Tulsa County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref> Portions within Osage County are in Tulsa Public Schools.<!--30240--><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40113_osage/DC20SD_C40113.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Osage County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref> Portions within Wagoner County are in the following districts: Tulsa,<!--30240--> Broken Arrow,<!--05490--> and [[Catoosa Public Schools|Catoosa]]<!--06870-->.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40145_wagoner/DC20SD_C40145.pdf|title=2020 CENSUS - SCHOOL DISTRICT REFERENCE MAP: Wagoner County, OK|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=2024-01-28}}</ref><!--Re: Rogers County, https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/DC2020/PL20/st40_ok/schooldistrict_maps/c40131_rogers/DC20SD_C40131.pdf shows a single line of Tulsa, but it does not seem to be able to carry houses nor taxpaying businesses. That line is in Owosso Schools-->

A variety of independent and sectarian schools exist in Tulsa, also. Most, but not all, of the private schools have religious affiliations with various Christian, Jewish<ref>{{cite web|title=Mizel Jewish Country Day School|url=http://www.mizelschool.org|access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref> or Muslim<ref>{{cite web|url=http://patulsa.org/about/school-profile/|title=Peace Academy|access-date=August 14, 2016}}</ref> denominations. The Catholic Diocese of Tulsa supports a system of parochial and diocesan schools, including [[Bishop Kelley High School]], administered by the [[Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools|LaSallians (French Christian Brothers)]]. Another Catholic high school, [[Cascia Hall Preparatory School]], is administered by [[Augustinians]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/schools/school5.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070208104736/http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/schools/school5.html | archive-date=February 8, 2007 | title=Catholic Schools | publisher=Tulsa Metro Chamber | access-date=May 3, 2006}}</ref> [[Holland Hall School]] is independent but historically affiliated with the [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopal Church]]. [[Riverfield Country Day School]] is non-sectarian.

===History of K-12 education===
The [[Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)|Presbyterian Church (PCUSA)]] established the Presbyterian Mission Day School, a one-story building at what would become the intersection of 4th Street and Boston Avenue in 1884. A second story was soon added to accommodate the number of children who were to attend. This school operated until 1889.<ref name="TPC-Education">Tulsa Preservation Commission Website. "Tulsa History – Education.(1880–1941)". Retrieved December 28, 2010. [http://www.tulsapreservationcommission.org/history/education/]</ref> When Tulsa incorporated in 1899, it took over the school, which became the first public school. James M. Hall and three other men bought the property with their own funds and held the title until the city could reimburse them.<ref name="TPC-Education" /><ref name="Hallobit">{{Cite web|url=https://www.angelfire.com/oh2/fountainofyouth/hall.html|title=J. M. Hall, Father of Tulsa, Obituary 1935|website=Angelfire.com|access-date=May 8, 2021}}</ref>

Tulsa built its first two public schools in 1905. The construction of more schools began accelerating in 1906. In December 1907, control of the public schools passed from the city government to the Tulsa Board of Education.<ref name="TPC-Education" />

[[Tulsa High School]] opened in 1906 on the same block formerly occupied by the Presbyterian mission school, which had been razed. The new school was a three-story cream colored brick building with a dome. The school was accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges in 1913. It proved too small by 1916, when Tulsa voters approved a bond issue to construct a new high school at Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue, which was renamed [[Central High School (Tulsa, Oklahoma)|Central High School]]. The north half of this facility opened in 1917, while the south half opened in 1922.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tulsacentralalumni.org/central.htm|title=Tulsa Central History|work=tulsacentralalumni.org}}</ref> The building remained in this service until 1976, when it was replaced by a new building on West Edison Street. The old building was taken over by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma.<ref name="TPC-Education" />

===Higher education===
{{See also|List of colleges and universities in Tulsa, Oklahoma}}

The first institute of higher education was established in Tulsa when Kendall College, a Presbyterian school, moved from [[Muskogee, Oklahoma|Muskogee]] to Tulsa in 1907. In 1920, the school merged with a proposed McFarlin College to become the [[University of Tulsa]] (abbreviated as TU). The McFarlin Library of TU was named for the principal donor of the proposed college, oilman [[Robert M. McFarlin]].{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

[[File:Learning Resource Center - Graduate Center on the campus of Oral Roberts University.jpg|thumb|right|The Graduate Center houses Oral Roberts University's graduate college.]]
Tulsa has 15 institutions of higher education, including two private universities: the University of Tulsa, a school founded in 1894, and [[Oral Roberts University]], a school founded by evangelist [[Oral Roberts]] in 1963.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

The [[University of Tulsa]] has an enrollment of 3,832 undergraduate and graduate students as of 2021.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date= |title=University of Tulsa |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-tulsa-3185 |access-date=11 February 2023 |website=U.S. News and World Report}}</ref> In addition to doctoral and masters programs, TU is home to the [[University of Tulsa College of Law]] and the Collins College of Business. TU also manages the famous [[Gilcrease Museum]] in northwest Tulsa and hosts the Alexandre Hogue Gallery on its main campus.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

Oral Roberts University is a [[charismatic Christian]] institution with an enrollment of 5,109 undergraduate and graduate students.<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.oru.edu/aboutoru/index.php | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061231134001/http://www.oru.edu/aboutoru/index.php | archive-date=December 31, 2006 | title=About ORU| publisher=[[Oral Roberts University]]| access-date=April 28, 2006}}</ref>

Both of the state's flagship research universities have campuses in Tulsa:{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

* [[Oklahoma State University System|Oklahoma State University]] houses three campuses in the city, the [[Oklahoma State University - Center for Health Sciences|OSU Center for Health Sciences]], the OSU College of Osteopathic Medicine, and [[Oklahoma State University - Tulsa|OSU – Tulsa]], accommodating upper-level undergraduate and graduate courses. OSU-Tulsa has an advanced materials research facility and is home to the Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
* The [[University of Oklahoma]] operates what is known as the OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center, offering bachelors, master's, and doctoral degree programs in conjunction with the main campus in Norman and the OU Health Sciences Center in Oklahoma City. The OU-Tulsa Schusterman Center also houses the [[OU School of Community Medicine]], the first medical school of its kind in the United States.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}

[[Rogers State University]] in [[Claremore, Oklahoma]], is the Tulsa area's original public, undergraduate-focused, four-year university. [[Tulsa Community College]] (TCC), the largest community college in Oklahoma,  operates four campuses spread across the area as well as a conference center in Midtown,<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/tcc/ | title=TCC/OSU-Tulsa Admissions | publisher=OSU-Tulsa | access-date=May 4, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070310002310/http://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/tcc/ | archive-date=March 10, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and has a partnership allowing students to complete four-year bachelor's degrees through OU-Tulsa, OSU-Tulsa, LU-Tulsa and NSU-Broken Arrow.<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/system/osutcc.asp | title=TCC & OSU-Tulsa: The Home Advantage | publisher=OSU-Tulsa | access-date=April 29, 2006 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060505081404/http://www.osu-tulsa.okstate.edu/system/osutcc.asp | archive-date=May 5, 2006 | df=mdy-all }}</ref>  Tulsa also has a Tulsa branch of [[Langston University]], the only [[historically black colleges and universities|historically black college or university]] in the state, founded in 1897. Tulsa previously had a branch campus of [[St. Gregory's University]], a Catholic university with its main campus in [[Shawnee, Oklahoma]]; however, that school went into bankruptcy in 2017.

The [[Spartan School of Aeronautics]] enrolls 1,500 students at its flight programs near Tulsa International Airport<ref>{{cite web | year=2006 | url=http://www.spartan.edu/faqs/faqs.html | title=Spartan School of Aeronautics FAQ | publisher=Spartan School of Aeronautics | access-date=May 7, 2007 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070518074220/http://www.spartan.edu/faqs/faqs.html | archive-date=May 18, 2007 | url-status=dead | df=mdy-all }}</ref> and the city's [[vocational education]] is headed by [[Tulsa Technology Center]], the oldest and largest vocational technology institution in the state.<ref>{{cite web | year=2007 | url=http://www.tulsatech.com/about.htm | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504051118/http://www.tulsatech.com/about.htm | archive-date=May 4, 2006 | title=About Tulsa Tech| publisher=Tulsa Technology Center| access-date=May 7, 2006}}</ref>

Among trade schools located in Tulsa are [[Community Care College]] (including branches Oklahoma Technical College and Clary Sage College),<ref>{{cite web|title=History of Oklahoma Technical College|url=https://oklahomatechnicalcollege.com/about/history/|access-date=February 18, 2019}}</ref> Holberton School Tulsa, and [[Tulsa Technology Center|Tulsa Tech]].<ref>{{cite web|title=About Tulsa Tech|url=http://tulsatech.edu/About/Pages/Default.aspx|access-date=April 6, 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402165312/http://tulsatech.edu/About/Pages/Default.aspx|archive-date=April 2, 2015}}</ref>