University of Missouri—Kansas City is a public institution that was started in 1929. It has a undergraduate enrollment of 11,315, its environment is urban, and the campus size is 150 acres. It uses a semester-based academic year. Its in-state tuition/fees are $10,788; out-of-state tuition/fees are $26,889
At the University of Missouri—Kansas City, learners can choose from more than 120 academic programs and majors, including master’s degrees from the Henry W. Bloch School of Management and the schools of medicine, computing and engineering, and education. Outside the classroom, UMKC learners can explore more than 175 clubs and about 15 Greek-letter organizations.

There are about 16 varsity sports teams, named the UMKC Kangaroos, which participate in the NCAA Division I Western Athletic Conference. The university developed the team name in the 1930s, when community excitement about the Kansas City Zoo’s purchase of two baby kangaroos grew, and when Walt Disney himself drew a cartoon of the Kasey Kangaroo mascot. Although he never graduated, former President Harry Truman attended the UMKC law school for two years and later received the school’s first honorary degree. Today, he is the namesake of the university’s Harry S Truman Center for Governmental Affairs.