Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield, MO
Missouri State University-Springfield is a public university in Springfield, Missouri, a midsize city, with 13,313 undergraduates. Education is its signature field: 12% of its bachelor's degrees, about three times its share across the colleges we cover. 58% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $49,827 ten years after starting.
Missouri State University-Springfield admitted 10,836 of 11,901 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (91.1%).
- Acceptance rate
- 91.1%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $9,502
- $18,770 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $17,613
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 19–25
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What Missouri State University-Springfield is known for
Measured by the 3,224 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Education
12.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: about three times the 3.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods35811.1% of degrees$38,413−19% vs $47,382 nationally
- Psychology2808.7% of degrees$43,956−13% vs $50,706 nationally
- Marketing1705.3% of degrees$66,333About the $69,303 national median
- Business Administration, Management and Operations1454.5% of degrees$60,247−12% vs $68,257 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing1153.6% of degrees$79,615−10% vs $88,910 nationally
- Criminology1133.5% of degrees$49,053−12% vs $55,556 nationally
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Midsize city
Springfield, MO
Undergraduates
13,313
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral and professional university
Living on campus
Under a quarter
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
21 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
3%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at Missouri State University-Springfield
Two things Missouri State University-Springfield published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
6% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 77% sent an ACT. Missouri State University-Springfield files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $17,613 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
91.1%
10,836 admitted of 11,901 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
SAT, middle 50%
Reading 490–620Math 500–600
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
19–25
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
6%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
77%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at Missouri State University-Springfield?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What Missouri State University-Springfield costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $9,502 ($18,770 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $25,048. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $17,613 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$9,502
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$18,770
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$25,048
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$17,613
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $25,048 full cost.
- Under $30k$13,718Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$13,529Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,905Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,770Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,576Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
58%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
77%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$49,827
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$21,992
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What Missouri State University-Springfield says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionDecember 1, 2026
Verified July 13, 2026 · Source
- Early ActionMarch 1, 2027
Verified July 13, 2026
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Missouri
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- Stephens College91.5%
- Maryville University of Saint Louis93.7%
- Missouri Southern State University97.4%
- Culver-Stockton College98%
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Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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