Whois & Analysis for rockhurst.edu

Rockhurst University is a private, coeducational Jesuit university located in Kansas City, Missouri.

Founded in 1910 as Rockhurst College, the school adheres to the motto etched into the stone of the campus bell tower: "Learning, Leadership, and Service in the Jesuit Tradition." It is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities.

Rockhurst University is accredited by North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Helzberg School of Management recently gained accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

Rockhurst was ranked as number 19 in the 2012 U.S. News & World Report rankings of the Best Universities – Masters Midwest category, and Rockhurst has consistently appeared in the top fifteen universities in this category.

In August 2009, Forbes magazine and the Center for College Affordability & Productivity (CCAP) published its annual college rankings list of America's Best Colleges.

Of the more than 4,000 collegiate institutions in the United States, Forbes and the CCAP ranked Rockhurst University No. 250 in the nation and No. 3 in Missouri.

Kansas City is the largest city in Missouri and the sixth largest city in the Midwest.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 475,378 in 2015, making it the 36th largest city by population in the United States.

It is the anchor city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri border.

Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west.

On June 1, 1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory.

Confusion between the two ensued and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon thereafter.

The Society of Jesus, S.J., SJ or SI) is a male religious congregation of the Catholic Church which originated in Spain.

The members are called Jesuits.

The society is engaged in evangelization and apostolic ministry in 112 nations on six continents.

Jesuits work in education (founding schools, colleges, universities and seminaries), intellectual research, and cultural pursuits.

Jesuits also give retreats, minister in hospitals and parishes, and promote social justice and ecumenical dialogue.

Undergraduate education is the post-secondary education previous to the postgraduate education.

It includes all the academic programs up to the level of a bachelor's degree.

For example, in the United States an entry level university student is known as an undergraduate, while students of higher degrees are known as graduates.

In some other educational systems and subjects, undergraduate education is post-secondary education up to the level of a master's degree; this is the case for some science courses in Britain and some medicine courses in Europe.

A liberal arts college is a college with an emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.

A liberal arts college aims to impart a broad general knowledge and develop general intellectual capacities, in contrast to a professional, vocational, or technical curriculum.

Students in a liberal arts college generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional humanities subjects taught as liberal arts.

Although it draws on European antecedents, the liberal arts college is strongly associated with American higher education, and most liberal arts colleges around the world draw explicitly on the American model.