Missouri State University - Springfield Overview

Located in Springfield, Missouri, Missouri State University - Springfield is a public institution. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Missouri State University - Springfield Known For?

• Students at Missouri State have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 1%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• The highest award offered at Missouri State is the doctor's degree.
• In <nil>, 67% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Missouri State with a bachelor's degree make about $47,850 a year. That's 17% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Missouri State University - Springfield?

Contact details for Missouri State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	901 S National Avenue, Springfield, MO 65897
Phone:	417-836-5000
Website:	www.missouristate.edu

How Do I Get Into Missouri State?

You can apply to Missouri State online at: https://www.missouristate.edu/futurestudents/applynow.aspx

Admission Requirements for Missouri State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Required
High School Rank	Recommended
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Recommended
Recommendations	Neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	Required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Missouri State?

With an acceptance rate of 94%, Missouri State is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 92%, and the acceptance rate for women is 95%.

Average Test Scores

About 7% of students accepted to Missouri State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 600. Math scores were between 500 and 600.

Missouri State received ACT scores from 81% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 26. Math scores were between 18 and 26. Composite scores were between 20 and 26.

Can I Afford Missouri State University - Springfield?

The overall average net price of Missouri State is $25,981. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Missouri State, approximately 48% of students took out student loans averaging $6,939 a year. That adds up to $27,756 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Missouri State is 0.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Missouri State University - Springfield Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,837 undergraduate students at Missouri State, with 12,049 being full-time and 6,788 being part-time.

There are also 4,088 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 12,049 full-time undergraduates at Missouri State, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Missouri State University - Springfield students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	219
Black or African American	441
Hispanic or Latino	528
White	9,889
International Students	348
Other Races/Ethnicities	624

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Missouri State University - Springfield. At this time, 33 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 84 countries are represented at Missouri State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and India.

Online Learning at Missouri State University - Springfield

In 2020-2021, 12,490 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Missouri State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 33rd most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Missouri State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Missouri State University - Springfield was 24.8%. This is the #970 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Missouri State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.