Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Educational Institutions in Dallas, TX

Dallas, one of the top cities in the United States of America has a number of educational institutions. It is for no reason that this city has been considered as the educational hub of the South Central United States. This city has a total of 337 public schools, 127 colleges (89 are private colleges) and 32 libraries. Listed here in this article are some of the most popular universities, colleges and schools in this city.
The top educational institution in Dallas, TX is obviously the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School. This is in fact one of the premier medical centers in the United States that trains highly skilled physicians, doctors and medical scientists of tomorrow. This University boasts of having one of the best faculties in the entire world. 4 of them are Nobel Laureates out of which three are active at present. In addition to this, 18 faculty members of this University are from the National Academy of Sciences. The list would go on as there are faculties from the famous American Academy of Arts and Science, Institute of Medicine etc.
The next is obviously the Dallas Baptist University. This institution was founded in the year 1898 as Decatur Baptist College. The name of this institution was changed to Dallas Baptist College and recently the name got rechristened as DB University. This University holds the distinction of being one of the few colleges in the world which concentrates on a Christ-centered education. This University offers a total of 57 UG programs, 22 PG programs and 2 doctoral programs. However, the most preferred academic programs in this college are Childhood Ministry, Christian Ministry and Christian Education.
The first public university in Dallas TX was the University of North Texas. This is one of the finest public educational institutions in the whole of USA and it has been consistently ranked as one of the top 100 educational institutions in USA. This university offers lot of UG as well PG programs which include Aerospace Studies, Applied Arts, Science, Interior Design, Logistics and Supply Chain Management etc. All fields of Engineering, Psychology, Teaching, Sociology etc are some of the other programs offered by this University.
Paul Quinn College is another popular college in Dallas, TX that is referred as a historically Black College. This college was established in the year 1872 and has an African Methodologist Episcopal religious affiliation. Some of the other major colleges and Universities in the eight largest city of the United States are Dallas Theological Seminary, Texas Woman's University, Dallas Community College District and Criswell College.
To name few major public and private schools in Dallas, TX, the name of the School for the Talented and the Gifted comes first. This school was named as the best school in USA by a popular magazine in the country. It is in fact the best school for the year 2009 as well. The Science and Engineering Magnet is another top school in Dallas that made it into the list of top schools in USA. Some of the other important schools include Hillcrest, Woodrow Wilson, Burton Adventist Academy and Trinity Christian Academy etc.

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