MU - University of Missouri, Columbia - ACT Scores, Costs and Admissions Data

• Percent of Applicants Admitted: 78.1%
• Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
  • SAT Critical Reading: 540 / 660
  • SAT Math: 540 / 650
  • SAT Writing: - / -
    • (what these SAT numbers mean)
    • (Big 12 SAT Comparison Chart)
  • ACT Composite: 23 / 28
  • ACT English: 22 / 29
  • ACT Math: 22 / 27
    • (what these ACT numbers mean)
    • (Big 12 ACT Comparison Chart)

• Total Enrollment: 30,130 (22,980 undergraduates)
• Gender Breakdown: 48% Male / 52% Female
• 94% Full-time

• Tuition and Fees: $8,467 (in-state); $19,558 (out-of-state)
• Books: $1,020 (why so much?)
• Room and Board: $8,100
• Other Expenses: $2,890
• Total Cost: $20,477 (in-state); $31,568 (out-of-state)

• Percentage of Students Receiving Aid: 79%
• Percentage of Students Receiving Types of Aid
  • Grants: 70%
  • Loans: 44%
• Average Amount of Aid
  • Grants: $5,485
  • Loans: $4,994

• First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 85%
• 4-Year Graduation Rate: 41%
• 6-Year Graduation Rate: 69%

"Our distinct mission, as Missouri's only state-supported member of the Association of American Universities, is to provide all Missourians the benefits of a world-class research university. We are stewards and builders of a priceless state resource, a unique physical infrastructure and scholarly environment in which our tightly interlocked missions of teaching, research and service work together on behalf of all citizens. Students work side by side with some of the world's best faculty to advance the arts and humanities, the sciences, and the professions. Scholarship and teaching are daily driven by a sense of public service—the obligation to produce and disseminate knowledge that will improve the quality of life in the state, the nation and the world."