University of Missouri-Columbia

Location and Affiliation:

University of Missouri is located in Columbia, population 88,534.
Affiliation: Public.

Population:

Univ. of Missouri’s enrollment at Columbia is 19,533 students.

• 52% female
• 6% black
• 3% Asian
• 2% Hispanic
• 1% American Indian
• 1% international

89% of applicants are admitted. Freshman return at a rate of 85%.

Professor to Student Ratio:

1:18

Academic Level:

• University of Missouri–Columbia is a lower Level 2 school
• The average high school GPA is n/a
• The middle 50% range of ACT scores is English 23-29, Math 22-28, Composite 23-28

Most Popular Majors:

• Business/Management/Marketing 17%
• Communications/Journalism 12%
• Engineering 7%
• Social Sciences 7%
• Education 6%

Graduates:

67% graduate after 6 years.

Application:

• Admission fee is $35
• The admission application deadline is rolling
• The financial aid deadline is March 1

Generosity:

Average need met is 85%.

Features:

The University of Missouri–Columbia was founded in 1839 as the first public university west of the Mississippi River and the first state university in Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase territory. “Missou” is a major land-grant institution and Missouri’s largest public research university.

University of Missouri-Columbia is the flagship campus of the four-campus University of Missouri System. It offers more than 265 degree programs including 30 online degree options. Mizzou receives top ranking for Journalism, dispute resolution, family and community medicine, campus writing, and Freshman Interest Groups. It is one of only six public universities in the country with medicine, veterinary medicine and law on one campus.

Designated as a botanic garden, MU’s 1358-acre main campus features more than 5,000 trees and 650 varieties of plants. A number of University buildings also are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The campus holds an observatory, research nuclear reactor, Freedom of Information Center, engineering experiment station, center for research in social behavior, equine center, university research farms, child development laboratory, daily city newspaper production, medical research center.

Contact:

University of Missouri–Columbia Admissions 1-800-225-6075.

Learn more about University of Missouri–Columbia. http://www.missouri.edu