Colleges in Missouri
Solyo has full profiles for 7 colleges in Missouri: 4 public, 3 private nonprofit. The median family here pays $20,268 a year after grant aid, $1,297 below the national median. Half of these schools admit more than 73% of applicants. They sit across 7 cities, concentrated in Columbia, Kansas City, Kirksville.
What Missouri costs
Published in-state tuition at the median Missouri public university is $14,837 a year before aid. Residency is worth the most at University of Missouri-Columbia, where an out-of-state family pays $21,219 more for the same degree.
After grants and scholarships the range runs from $12,780 at Truman State University to $24,398 at Saint Louis University. That spread is the reason a sticker price is a poor way to build a list in Missouri.
Why net price beats sticker price, and what an average one does and does not tell a particular family.
How selective Missouri schools are
Washington University in St Louis admits 12% of applicants and Truman State University admits 84%. A list drawn only from the selective end of that range has no likely school in it, which is the most common mistake in a first draft.
The highest average SAT reported in Missouri is 1530 at Washington University in St Louis.
Every Missouri college profile
Ordered by selectivity, most selective first.
- Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri · Private nonprofit12% acceptance · $21,786 net price · 1530 avg SAT
- Drury UniversitySpringfield, Missouri · Private nonprofit58% acceptance · $20,831 net price · 1218 avg SAT
- University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri · Public72% acceptance · $13,310 net price · 1204 avg SAT
- Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri · Public73% acceptance · $16,298 net price · 1317 avg SAT
- Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, Missouri · Private nonprofit75% acceptance · $24,398 net price · 1317 avg SAT
- University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri · Public78% acceptance · $20,268 net price · 1247 avg SAT
- Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri · Public84% acceptance · $12,780 net price · 1320 avg SAT
Other Midwest states
On median net price Missouri is the 7th most affordable of the 12 Midwest states in this directory, and the 9th most accessible on median acceptance rate. In-state pricing makes the neighbouring states worth checking too.
Where to go next
- College search filter Missouri and every other state by major, cost and selectivity
- How to read these numbers what each figure on a profile measures
- All 2 HBCUs in Missouri admission rates, net price and graduate earnings
- Scholarship directory awards with published odds, filterable by state
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