Education


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Education is important to the continued growth of any community, however in Kirksville, Missouri, education is a way of life. Kirksville boasts that a child can go from Pre-Kindergarten through a Doctorate degree without ever leaving town! Our educational institutions include:

A.T. Still University
800 W. Jefferson
Kirksville, MO
www.atsu.edu

A.T. Still University was founded in Kirksville, Missouri, in 1892 by Dr. Andrew Taylor Still, MD and is the founding school of osteopathic medicine in the world. Osteopathic physicians are devoted to a holistic philosophy of medicine and are educated, tested and licensed almost identically to those earning M.D.s, however they take an additional 200 hours in osteopathic manipulative medicine. ATSU is one university with six schools on two campuses with a total enrollment of over 3,200 students:
· Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (KCOM)
· School of Osteopathic Medicine in Arizona (SOMA)
· Arizona School of Health Sciences (ASHS)
· School of Health Management (SHM)
· Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health (ASDOH)
· Missouri School of Dentistry & Oral Health (MOSDOH)

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