Tulsa, Oklahoma

===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>