Cleveland Chiropractic College

The Central Chiropractic College was founded in 1922 by Palmer graduates Dr. C.S. Cleveland Sr.; Dr. Ruth R. Cleveland; and Dr. Perl B. Griffin. 3 students were enrolled in its first class, and its first doctor of chiropractic graduated in 1924. Today the school is governed by a new generation of Cleveland's - in 1992 Dr. Carl S. Cleveland III assumed presidency. The school has two campuses: the original school opened in Kansas City, Missouri; the second location was chartered in 1955 in Los Angeles, California.

The Kansas City campus recently relocated to a stunning 34-acre campus in the suburb of Overland Park, Kansas. The campus is comprised of two structures at 108th and Lowell Avenue, adjacent to the intersection of Antioch Road and Interstate 435. The buildings total 176,000 square feet and house classrooms, laboratories, a public Health Center, a library, a cafeteria, a bookstore, faculty and administrative offices, multiple student lounges and a student computer laboratory. Other facilities include the Cleveland College YMCA Express fitness center and Special Beginnings day-care center. The Overland Park Health Center, for public patient care, occupies a large portion of the first floor, totaling 13,640 square feet. A bright reception room, consultation rooms, examination and treatment rooms, state-of the art digital X-ray facilities, a physiotherapy bay, clinical laboratory, a rehabilitation center, clinic faculty offices and intern work areas are all contained in the Health Center. The Student Health Center on the Overland Park campus, for student patient care, is also housed on the first floor and covers 2,170 square feet. It includes a reception room, a patient waiting room, examination and treatment rooms and intern work areas.

The newly remodeled Los Angeles campus, located at the intersection of the Hollywood Freeway and Vermont Avenue, consists of the block bounded on the west by Vermont Avenue, on the north by Clinton, on the east by Juanita and on the south by the Hollywood Freeway. The total land area on which the campus resides is 3.05 acres. The main building consists of four floors and provides 90,000 square feet of floor space. Classrooms, laboratories, clinic facilities, student meeting areas, a cafeteria, rotunda and administrative offices are all conveniently located in one complex. The library is located adjacent to the main building. The facilities are fully accessible to the handicapped. The Health Center is located on the first floor and is easily accessible from the Vermont Avenue entrance or the parking lot. Consultation rooms, conference rooms, examination and treatment rooms, a radiological laboratory and physiotherapy rooms are located within this facility.