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Truman State University was awarded 53 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health & physical education.
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Truman State is ranked #800 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, Truman State is ranked at #18.
The acceptance rate at Truman State University is a competitive 45%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
About 10% of students accepted to Truman 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 650. Math scores were between 560 and 680.
The student to faculty ratio at Truman State University is about average at 13 to 1. This ratio is often used to gauge how many students might be in an average class and how much time professors will have to spend with their students on an individual level. The national average for this metric is 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Truman State University is 88%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Truman State University has a freshmen retention rate of 81%. 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.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Truman State the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 61%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 4,389 undergraduates at Truman State with 3,687 being full-time and 702 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,899 | $8,210 | $12,554 | $14,331 | $16,661 |
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 Truman State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Truman State, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,246 a year. That adds up to $24,984 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Truman State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 E Normal Avenue, Kirksville, MO 63501-4221 |
| Phone: | 660-785-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.truman.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 99 | $50,422 |
| Accounting | 92 | $59,919 |
| General Biology | 80 | $31,435 |
| Health & Physical Education | 78 | $26,865 |
| General Psychology | 76 | NA |
| General English Literature | 58 | $29,001 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 55 | NA |
| Communication Sciences | 50 | NA |
| Nursing | 50 | $68,736 |
| Public Health | 46 | $30,911 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 1,975 students took at least one online class at Truman State University. This is a decrease from the 2,655 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,975 | 652 |
| 2021-2022 | 2,655 | 609 |
| 2020-2021 | 3,167 | 542 |
| 2018-2019 | 684 | 467 |
Learn more about online learning at Truman State University.
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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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