by our College Data Analytics Team
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Missouri State University - Springfield was awarded 434 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is athletic training.
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Missouri State landed the #407 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,198 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Missouri State held the #427 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Missouri State is also ranked #9 out of 47 schools in Missouri.
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The acceptance rate at Missouri State University - Springfield is 93%, which is higher than many other schools to which you may be applying. But don't think getting into Missouri State is a sure thing. The admissions staff is still going to review your application to see if you are a good fit for the school.
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 490 and 620. Math scores were between 483 and 610.
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The student to faculty ratio at Missouri State University - Springfield is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Missouri State University - Springfield is 68%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Missouri State University - Springfield has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When it comes to finishing their studies on time, those seeking a bachelor's degree from Missouri State have a four-year graduation rate of 35%. This is comparable to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 19,621 undergraduates at Missouri State with 13,128 being full-time and 6,493 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,366 | $13,413 | $15,819 | $18,730 | $19,431 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Missouri State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 49% of students took out student loans averaging $7,209 a year. That adds up to $28,836 over four years for those students.
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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/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 522 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 497 | NA |
| Homeland Security | 497 | NA |
| General Psychology | 264 | NA |
| Nursing | 199 | NA |
| Marketing | 177 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 139 | NA |
| General Biology | 137 | NA |
| Criminology | 134 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 129 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 11,836 students took at least one online class at Missouri State University - Springfield. This is a decrease from the 12,490 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 11,836 | 3,848 |
| 2021-2022 | 12,490 | 3,900 |
| 2020-2021 | 14,405 | 3,773 |
| 2018-2019 | 8,857 | 2,154 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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