The University of Pikeville (nicknamed UPike and formerly known as Pikeville College) is a private, liberal arts college affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, located in Pikeville, Kentucky. The college is home to one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky. It's current president is former Kentucky Governor Paul E. Patton. The college was founded in 1889 by the Presbyterian Church as the Pikeville College Institute. It operated on the primary, secondary and post-secondary levels, although its "college" offerings were not accredited and did not lead to a degree. In 1909 the school was split into the Pikeville College Academy, which was a private school at the primary and secondary level, and Pikeville College, which was accredited as a junior college, offering the first two-years with an anticipation of students then transferring to another Presbyterian college for a degree. In 1955 the school became a degree granting four-year college in its own right, and in 1957 the academy closed. In 1997, Pikeville College School of Osteopathic Medicine was established. This makes the college one of the smallest colleges in the United States to have a medical school.