unitid 179566 · Springfield, MO · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Missouri State University-Springfield
- enrollment 2023
- 26,493
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
91%
71st pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
13,313
79th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
22%
undergrads on Pell grants
22nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
58%
finish within 150% time
76th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$25,048
64th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,613
after aid, aided students
82nd pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$49,827
after entry, Title IV students
49th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,992
72nd 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 $13,718 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
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k19%
- 110k+24%
- Median family income
- $48,637
- First-generation students
- 32%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,502
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 358 | $37,702 | $26,500 |
| Psychology, General. | 280 | $43,088 | $25,739 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 222 | $86,091 | — |
| Marketing. | 170 | $60,796 | $25,977 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 145 | $58,954 | $26,500 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 130 | $43,257 | — |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 115 | $74,405 | $26,631 |
| Criminology. | 113 | $48,173 | $24,187 |
| Computer Science. | 112 | — | — |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | 112 | $75,211 | $24,750 |
| Biology, General. | 109 | $50,534 | $25,552 |
| International Agriculture. | 98 | — | — |
— 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
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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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.