Top 3 Unique Facts

  • UMKC is the largest comprehensive, fully accredited university in the Kansas City area, and Kansas City’s only NCAA Division I university.
  • UMKC achieved the prestigious Carnegie Research 1 status in 2025. In the past five years, UMKC’s rapidly growing research enterprise has doubled total research expenditures and almost quadrupled total sponsored awards. In 2026, UMKC was one of just 15 finalists nationwide out of 285 proposals for the National Science Foundation’s highly competitive Regional Innovation Engines program.
  • UMKC is one of 20 universities in the country where dentistry, medicine, nursing and health studies, and pharmacy share a single, walkable campus.
Aerial view of downtown Kansas City and the UMKC campus
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By the Numbers

1933

Year Founded

1,232

Faculty Members

2,199

Staff Members

14,886

Enrolled Students

3,490

Degrees Awarded

14

Competitive Sports

UMKC signature

School Logo

UMKC KC Roo mascot

Mascot

KC Roo

UMKC Roos Athletics mark

Athletics Logo

Nickname: UMKC Roos

About

  • Founded: 1933
  • Mascot: Kangaroo
  • Colors: Blue and Gold
  • Nickname(s): UMKC
  • Website:

Leadership

C. Mauli Agrawal, Ph.D.
Chancellor, 91Ï㽶¶ÌÊÓƵ-Kansas City

Schools and Colleges

  • Conservatory

  • Henry W. Bloch School of Management

  • School of Humanities and Social Sciences

  • School of Science and Engineering

  • School of Dentistry

  • School of Education, Social Work and Psychological Sciences

  • School of Law

  • School of Medicine

  • School of Nursing and Health Studies

  • School of Pharmacy

  • School of Graduate Studies

Resources

| | | UMKC Factsheet (Printable PDF)

By the Numbers reflects data for Fall 2024 & 2025; degrees awarded Fiscal Year 2025.