Missouri Baptist University

Missouri Baptist University is a private evangelical Christian, coeducational university located in western St. Louis County in Creve Coeur Missouri. In August 2002, the Missouri Baptist College was officially renamed Missouri Baptist University. Missouri Baptist offers undergraduate and graduate degrees and has a current enrollment of over 4,800 students on the main 81 acres (0.33 km2) West County campus and several satellite campuses in Greater St. Louis  for adult education and evening education.

In 1957, a growing need for an evangelical Christian institution in the St. Louis area prompted the opening of a campus extension of Hannibal-LaGrange College at Tower Grove Baptist Church. Sixty-eight students were enrolled that inaugural year.

Classes for the extension center, also known as St. Louis Baptist College, met in the activities building of Tower Grove Baptist Church. In 1964, Missouri Baptist College was chartered as an evangelical Christian, four-year liberal arts college. Under the auspices of Hannibal-LaGrange College and the direction of its president, Dr. L.A. Foster, Bible courses were offered for pastors and laymen. During the second term, several liberal arts courses were requested and provided. Student influence, along with organizational work of St. Louis Baptist leaders, pastors and laymen, influenced MBU’s charter. The first meeting of the Board of Trustees for Missouri Baptist College was held in January 1964. Dr. Frank Kellogg served as the first chairman of the Board of Trustees and later as the second president

Missouri Baptist athletic teams are known as the Spartans, the university competes in the American Midwest Conference, as part of the NAIA. Missouri Baptist fields 11 men’s sports and 12 women’s sports. The men’s lacrosse teams competes at the Division II level of the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association in the Great Rivers Lacrosse Conference. In 2010 Women’s lacrosse became a charter member of the National Women’s Lacrosse League and will begin competition in the conference in Spring 2011.

Courses Offered
Undergraduate Programs

• Bachelor Degree Programs

Graduate Programs

• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.)
• Educational Specialist (Ed.S.)
• Master of Educational Administration (MEA)
• Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
• Master of Arts in Counseling (MAC)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Arts in Christian Ministry (MACM)
• Master of Science in Sport Management (MS)

Divisions

• Business
• Education
• Fine Arts
• Health & Sport Sciences
• Humanities
• Natural Sciences
• Social & Behavioral Sciences

Centers

• International Study
• Distance Learning
• Records Department
• Academic Success Center
• Financial Services

Contact Details
Missouri Baptist University
One College Park Dr.
Saint Louis, MO | 63141-8698
(314) 434-1115
(877) 434-1115
fax: (314) 434-7596
Official Website: http://www.mobap.edu/