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Missouri Colleges by the Numbers
57 college profiles in our Missouri directory. Available measures vary by school. Open a profile to check each figure’s year, student group and source.
State overview and medians
Reported tuition (in-state for public schools) runs from $7,008 at the cheapest campus to $65,790 at the most expensive — a $58,782 spread inside Missouri alone. Missouri's ten-year earnings benchmark of $47,885 sits 11% below the national median of reported school-level earnings in the reference group, not the median income of all college students. In the Fall 2024 filings for Missouri, 4 listed schools reported requiring test scores and 9 reported not considering them. 9 had no recorded policy. Check each school's current admissions requirements.
Missouri has 57 college profiles in this directory; available measures vary by school — from University of Missouri-Columbia at 23,929 undergraduates down to campuses a fraction of that size. Among the listed schools with reported rates, the lowest historical acceptance rate is at College of the Ozarks at 12% admitted; the highest is at Arizona College of Nursing-St Louis at 100%.
Each Missouri profile names its data years and student groups. Check these before comparing Missouri schools.
Missouri medians
| Acceptance rate | Tuition (in-state) | Median annual earnings, 10 years after entry | 6-year graduation: first-time, full-time entrants |
|---|---|---|---|
| 72.6% | $20,293 | $47,885 | 52.4% |
Medians across 54 active bachelor's-degree institutions in Missouri; the directory below lists 57 published profiles. These are medians of school-level figures, not medians across all students. Missing measures are excluded from each median.
All Missouri colleges in our data
Admissions and score ranges: Fall 2024. Tuition is published price, not total attendance cost; public-school prices are in-state. Scroll the table sideways for more measures.
| College | City | Acceptance | SAT section sums / ACT | Tuition | Undergrads | Annual earnings, 10 years after entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona College of Nursing-St Louis | Maryland Heights | 100% | not considered | $23,760 | 131 | $34,657 |
| Avila University | Kansas City | 87.8% | 800–960 | $42,000 | 1,312 | $52,773 |
| Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing | Saint Louis | — | — | — | 446 | $84,393 |
| Calvary University | Kansas City | 71.7% | 980–1140 | $14,094 | 154 | $45,421 |
| Central Christian College of the Bible | Moberly | — | — | $12,200 | 154 | $34,675 |
| Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies | Fayette | 87.5% | ACT 19–25 | $7,440 | 2,092 | $48,991 |
| Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences | Fayette | 56.9% | 960–1045 | $28,260 | 1,040 | $48,991 |
| Chamberlain University-Missouri | St. Louis | — | — | $19,975 | 284 | $92,405 |
| College of the Ozarks | Point Lookout | 12% | 1050–1220 | $22,320 | 1,444 | $41,592 |
| Columbia College | Columbia | — | — | $25,826 | 4,950 | $45,378 |
| Conception Seminary College | Conception | — | ACT 1–5 | $26,206 | 40 | $50,430 |
| Cottey College | Nevada | 69.2% | not considered | $27,562 | 254 | $35,422 |
| Cox College | Springfield | — | — | $14,822 | 540 | $56,867 |
| Culver-Stockton College | Canton | 99.1% | — | $30,875 | 807 | $46,092 |
| Drury University | Springfield | 57.6% | 1130–1290 | $36,745 | 1,383 | $40,694 |
| Evangel University | Springfield | 71.6% | 1040–1260 | $28,548 | 1,229 | $46,573 |
| Evangel University-College of Online Learning | Springfield | 49.2% | — | $8,175 | 240 | $46,573 |
| Evangel University-James River Assembly of God Church | Ozark | 74% | 720–1030 | $18,080 | 89 | $46,573 |
| Hannibal-LaGrange University | Hannibal | 72.6% | ACT 15–24 | $26,880 | 410 | $42,643 |
| Harris-Stowe State University | Saint Louis | — | — | $7,008 | 960 | $31,088 |
| Kansas City Art Institute | Kansas City | 54.8% | not considered | $44,550 | 812 | $37,032 |
| Lincoln University | Jefferson City | — | — | $9,796 | 1,392 | $39,463 |
| Lindenwood University | Saint Charles | 56.8% | ACT 22–28 | $21,600 | 4,624 | $53,278 |
| Logan University | Chesterfield | — | not considered | $9,000 | 229 | $55,838 |
| Maryville University of Saint Louis | Saint Louis | 95.1% | not considered | $27,166 | 5,658 | $62,105 |
| Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary | Kansas City | 96.4% | not considered | $10,120 | 747 | $50,535 |
| Mission University | Springfield | — | — | $16,950 | 381 | $38,641 |
| Missouri Baptist University | Saint Louis | 68.6% | ACT 12–18 | $34,612 | 1,488 | $46,660 |
| Missouri Southern State University | Joplin | 97% | 1150–1420 | $8,960 | 3,019 | $42,620 |
| Missouri State University-Springfield | Springfield | 90.5% | 1020–1270 | $9,502 | 13,313 | $49,827 |
| Missouri University of Science and Technology | Rolla | 72.5% | 1190–1420 | $14,984 | 5,521 | $82,957 |
| Missouri Valley College | Marshall | 69.2% | 895–1115 | $23,700 | 1,443 | $43,221 |
| Missouri Western State University | Saint Joseph | — | — | $10,306 | 2,219 | $42,647 |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Maryville | 86.1% | 976–1193 | $10,611 | 4,378 | $47,885 |
| Ozark Christian College | Joplin | 93.6% | not considered | $16,000 | 602 | $41,297 |
| Park University | Parkville | — | — | $17,500 | 4,555 | $56,309 |
| Research College of Nursing | Kansas City | — | — | — | 177 | $85,910 |
| Rockhurst University | Kansas City | 69.6% | ACT 19–26 | $44,966 | 1,580 | $67,102 |
| Saint Louis University | Saint Louis | 75% | 1200–1410 | $55,760 | 7,267 | $70,783 |
| Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences | Cape Girardeau | — | ACT 17–19 | $11,064 | 200 | $60,918 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Cape Girardeau | 73.5% | ACT 15–20 | $9,903 | 6,373 | $44,030 |
| Southwest Baptist University | Bolivar | 68.4% | 810–1210 | $30,566 | 1,341 | $43,112 |
| Stephens College | Columbia | 77.2% | not considered | $28,300 | 391 | $43,071 |
| Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts | Saint Louis | — | — | $14,332 | 89 | $29,058 |
| Texas County Technical College | Houston | — | not considered | $19,025 | 96 | $40,843 |
| Truman State University | Kirksville | 83.8% | 1170–1370 | $9,838 | 2,513 | $56,280 |
| University of Central Missouri | Warrensburg | 63.8% | ACT 17–24 | $10,050 | 5,648 | $49,560 |
| University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis | Saint Louis | 89.8% | 1055–1240 | $32,550 | 337 | $137,047 |
| University of Missouri-Columbia | Columbia | 78.5% | 1150–1330 | $14,837 | 23,929 | $63,403 |
| University of Missouri-Kansas City | Kansas City | 72.2% | 1290–1550 | $12,587 | 6,817 | $59,637 |
| University of Missouri-St Louis | Saint Louis | 62.7% | 1060–1290 | $14,112 | 5,024 | $53,037 |
| Urshan University | Wentzville | 83.8% | 798–1105 | $8,756 | 472 | — |
| Washington University in St Louis | St. Louis | 12.1% | 1500–1570 | $65,790 | 7,857 | $86,182 |
| Webster University | Saint Louis | 86.2% | 1110–1310 | $31,750 | 2,304 | $50,876 |
| Westminster College | Fulton | 79.2% | 990–1250 | $35,214 | 638 | $52,199 |
| William Jewell College | Liberty | 38.4% | 1080–1270 | $20,610 | 924 | $59,268 |
| William Woods University | Fulton | 71% | — | $30,340 | 1,300 | $42,401 |
Scores shown are among students who submitted them; "not considered" describes that historical cycle. SAT endpoints sum section percentiles and are not total-score percentiles or admission cutoffs. A dash means the measure is unavailable in this source, not zero. School profiles explain missing and withheld values.
Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release. The summary snapshot does not verify the exact observation years for earnings; it must not be read as current pay. Annual earnings cover federally aided students who worked and were not enrolled when measured, 10 years after entry, and may be shared across institutions. See each profile for its source limitations. Retrieved 2026-09-01.