McKendree University

1. we offer undergraduate, graduate, and professional programs to develop our students’ knowledge, analytical abilities, research capabilities, creativity, and sense of identity.
2. we help our students develop an appreciation and understanding of human diversity by providing knowledge of and opportunity for experience with multiple ethnicities, cultures, and societies.
3. we create an intellectual and technological environment supportive of innovative and effective teaching, research, assessment and communication, excellent writing and oral skills, and decision making.
4. we attract and maintain an excellent faculty and staff committed to teaching, to research, and to service to McKendree and the greater community while also attracting and retaining an outstanding student body.

McKendree University is a nationally ranked, private university offering a variety of undergraduate and graduate programs in the St. Louis region, Southern Illinois and online. As a Bearcat, you’ll join a vibrant community, make valuable connections, and serve others in the world around you. You’ll develop strong leadership skills, learn from expert faculty, and attain the personalized education you deserve.

Graduates from McKendree University work in a variety of settings after graduation, including large corporations, small businesses, schools, hospitals, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, among others. The Career Outcomes Rate for the Class of 2022 is 98% for undergraduates and 100% for graduates, as determined through a survey that is distributed to all students before and after graduation.

Career Services at McKendree University maintains this web site as a service to McKendree University students and alumni for their career development and employment seeking efforts.

The Lebanon campus of McKendree University is located in a charming community of about 4,000 people with a downtown business district within easy walking distance of the campus.

McKendree’s location is a blend of the rural and the urban. The 100-acre Lebanon campus is within 25 minutes of downtown St. Louis to the west and equally close to the popular Carlyle Lake outdoor recreation area to the east. McKendree students thus get the best of both worlds: the serenity and security of a small town – and the advantages of a large metropolitan area – career opportunities, cultural events and institutions, shopping, professional sports, and entertainment.

• Undergraduates: $15,500

• #53 U.S. News & World Report list of Regional Universities (Midwest) (2020)
• #41 in Best Value Schools

• New Residence Halls, Single Suite: $7,320.00
• New Residence Halls, Double Suite: $7,030.00
• 19 Meals per week: $4,760.00