Maryville University of St. Louis is a private, historically Catholic university in Town and Country, Missouri. According to Wikipedia it was founded on April 6, 1872 by the Society of the Sacred Heart as Maryville Academy of the Sacred Heart in South St. Louis. It became a junior college in 1921 and a four-year college in 1923, moved to its suburban St. Louis County campus in 1961, admitted men in 1968 and gained university status in 1991. It offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs across six colleges and schools: Arts and Sciences, Education, Nursing, Health Professions, Business, and Adult and Online Education. Enrollment was 8,811 in fall 2025. The Saints compete in NCAA Division II, and Maryville is one of three Missouri universities offering a music therapy degree. The Chronicle of Higher Education named it the second-fastest-growing private university in 2020.
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