unitid 178387 · Saint Joseph, MO · public 4-year · city (small)
Missouri Western State University
- enrollment 2023
- 4,550
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
2,219
27th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
28%
undergrads on Pell grants
39th pctl among public 4-years
completion
39%
finish within 150% time
35th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,595
45th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$13,251
after aid, aided students
53rd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$42,647
after entry, Title IV students
25th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$19,968
53rd pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,243 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k31%
- 30-48k20%
- 48-75k17%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $36,641
- First-generation students
- 40%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,306
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 91 | $72,447 | $25,000 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 54 | $50,170 | $25,497 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 44 | $49,458 | $26,863 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 38 | $39,329 | $21,352 |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections. | 38 | $46,095 | $20,149 |
| Marketing. | 36 | — | $25,950 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 31 | $46,279 | $24,815 |
| Biology, General. | 29 | $48,681 | $24,935 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 28 | — | — |
| Psychology, General. | 27 | $35,074 | $26,862 |
| Social Work. | 24 | $44,133 | $27,679 |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management. | 23 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.