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Maryville, MO · Public · 4,378 undergraduates · town

Northwest Missouri State University

Less selective

Profession-based learning is a university-wide academic model that asks students to solve real problems with external and community partners.

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Institutional profile

Regionally focused Solid in affordability, and steady in mobility.
Academic Emerging Affordability Solid Career Emerging Mobility Steady Experience Emerging
Academic standing Emerging
Affordability Solid
Career outcomes Emerging
Mobility Steady
Student experience Emerging
Admission
85.9% admitted

6,834 applicants in the reported year

Price by income
Resident and nonresident prices differ

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Completion
52.6%

$47,885 median earnings 10 years after enrollment

What sets Northwest Missouri State University apart

Academic design

Profession-based learning appears across the curriculum through case work, field experiences, practicums, client projects and peer learning. Programs cover business, education, agriculture, computing, sciences, communication and the liberal arts.

Campus pattern

Maryville is a small northwest Missouri college town, so campus activities and athletics play a large role in the social experience. The setting is more self-contained than metropolitan campuses.

Defining feature

Profession-based learning is a university-wide academic model that asks students to solve real problems with external and community partners.

Can I get in?

85.9% admitted

Start with academic preparation, then show why this particular academic and campus environment fits you.

Recent applicant pool

6,834

About 86 in every 100 applicants were admitted.

Admission rate 85.9%
Entering class

Academic range

SAT middle 50%970–1200
8201340
ACT middle 50%18–23
1526

Of admitted students, 2% submitted an SAT, and 76% submitted an ACT. The SAT range comes from a small share of admitted students and does not describe the full class.

Entered with a 4.0 GPA8%

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Where your GPA sits in the entering class

The full entering-class GPA distribution for Northwest Missouri State University, in nine bands from 4.0 down, with your own record marked on it.

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What Northwest Missouri State University weighs when it reads a file

See how this college describes the role of grades, testing, essays, recommendations, activities, and demonstrated interest.

  • Course rigor  
  • GPA  
  • Test scores  
  • Essay  
  • Recommendations  
  • Extracurriculars  
  • Demonstrated interest  
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What moves the application

The evidence that separates a strong file

01

Show preparation for this curriculum

Profession-based learning appears across the curriculum through case work, field experiences, practicums, client projects and peer learning. Programs cover business, education, agriculture, computing, sciences, communication and the liberal arts.

02

Make the fit specific

Profession-based learning is a university-wide academic model that asks students to solve real problems with external and community partners.

03

Account for the tradeoff

Keep academic direction and school-specific choices coherent across the application.

How to apply

Rounds, route, and required materials

Build the calendar around the earliest realistic application round and make the school-specific case concrete.

Regular Decisionrolling
Fee and waiver$15 application fee

Fee waiver: u.s. only

Major and program admission

Some fields have their own entry path.

The college admit rate above covers the university as a whole. These requirements apply only to the named program.

BusinessAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Teacher preparationAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

NursingAdmits separately

What this program asks for, and when it closes.

Can I afford it?

Compare annual cost by household income.

Start with the average net price for your income range, then set that estimate beside your other realistic options.

Published annual cost$27,260
Average annual cost after aid, in-state$16,000
Affordability profileSolid

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Average annual cost by household income at Northwest Missouri State University

Compare recent average net prices across five federal income ranges and estimate a 4-year cost for yours.

  • $0–30k 
  • $30–48k 
  • $48–75k 
  • $75–110k 
  • $110k+ 
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Is it worth it?

Completion, debt, and earnings

Profession-based learning is a university-wide academic model that asks students to solve real problems with external and community partners.

Complete within 8 years52.6%

Degree completion across the reported entering cohort

Return after year one74.1%

First-year students who return for year two

Median federal debtWhat students owe on the way out

And what that comes to against what they earn.

Median earnings$47,885

Reported 10 years after enrollment

Academic portfolio

Largest bachelor’s fields

How many students finish in each field, and median earnings four years after completing the program.

Communication and Media Studies

Recent graduates60
Median earnings$50,012

Admits separately

Psychology, General

Recent graduates59
Median earnings$42,827

What is campus life like?

Northwest Missouri State University beyond the classroom

Maryville is a small northwest Missouri college town, so campus activities and athletics play a large role in the social experience. The setting is more self-contained than metropolitan campuses.

Academics

A defining academic feature

Profession-based learning appears across the curriculum through case work, field experiences, practicums, client projects and peer learning. Programs cover business, education, agriculture, computing, sciences, communication and the liberal arts.

Campus setting

What shapes an ordinary week

Maryville is a small northwest Missouri college town, so campus activities and athletics play a large role in the social experience. The setting is more self-contained than metropolitan campuses.

Distinctive edge

What changes the experience

Profession-based learning is a university-wide academic model that asks students to solve real problems with external and community partners.

4,378 undergraduatesMidwesttown settingCampus housing available