Muskogee is bustling with educational opportunities. Primary, secondary and higher education facilities give everyone from the incoming kindergartner to the working adult options to suit all their educational needs.

The Muskogee Area Educational Consortium, made up of education representatives from all sectors of Muskogee County, was created to provide greater benefits to students. Included in the consortium are Muskogee Public Schools, Northeastern State University, Bacone College, Connors State College and Indian Capital Technology Center. The organization also includes primary and secondary schools within the Haskell, Warner, Hilldale and Fort Gibson systems, as well as the Oklahoma School for the Blind and area private schools.

Meeting regularly for more than 10 years, the consortium has made processes such as designing curriculum and transferring credits much easier.

One of its members, strongly dedicated to benefiting its students, is Northeastern State University. Its Muskogee campus has been offering undergraduate and graduate courses in the areas of education, business, general studies, nursing and more since 1993.

To accommodate working adults, the campus also offers convenient evening, nighttime and online classes.

Another institution offering classes at non-traditional times to its students is Indian Capital Technology Center. The school’s Muskogee campus offers programs for high school students as well as daytime programs in a wide range of industries, including hospitality and lodging management, air conditioning and culinary arts.
Connors State College works closely with business partners to make sure it continues to offer classes in occupations where there is a demand for jobs.  Its innovative program, Education Stimulus Program or ESP, allows qualifying residents who have lost their jobs to take up to nine hours of classes tuition-free to help them return to the workforce as soon as possible.

Bacone College also has programs to meet the needs of students. The college’s affiliation with the International Learning Styles Network gives students an opportunity to better understand and capitalize on their personal styles of learning. Its Student Support Services TRIO program provides students with extensive tutoring and academic mentoring.

Muskogee Public Schools educates approximately 6,500 pre-K through 12-graders at 14 facilities. The 16-to-1 student to teacher ratio makes it easier for children to get personal attention.

Around 1,800 students attend the four schools that make up the Hilldale Public Schools district. The district earned an eight out of 10 district rating from GreatSchools.org, which compiles information on school performance from its listings of 200,000 public and private schools.

The Oklahoma School for the Blind, founded in 1897 for blind children of the Indian Territory, became a state-supported school in 1907. Some areas of study available are adapted physical education and independent living skills.