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At a Glance

  • Founded: 1963
  • On Campus Students: 10,565 (Fall 17)
  • Off Campus Students: 6,150 (Fall 17)
  • Degrees Awarded: 3,223 (FY17)
  • Faculty: 862 (Fall 17, excludes GAs)
  • Staff: 1,086 (Fall 17)
  • Budget: $200M
  • Alumni: 100,000

Our Mission: We transform lives.

Our Vision: The University of Missouri–St. Louis will be a beacon of hope, a force for good, and a leader in the pursuit of excellence in education, impactful research and community service. We boldly assert that education is for everyone who is willing and able to seek it out. We honor the duties inherent in our land-grant beginnings by positioning ourselves as partners in the search for knowledge, progress and positive change for ourselves, our communities, our world.

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Total Enrollment (Fall 2017)
Undergraduate 13,787 82.4%
Graduate 2,756 16.5%
Professional 172 1.1%
Total 16,715 100%
   On Campus 10,565
   Off Campus 6,150
     

Admissions Statistics (Fall 2017)
Freshmen applicants 2,716
     Admits 1,563
     Admission rate 548%
     Enrolled freshmen 495
Transfer applicants 3,237
     Admits 2,191
     Admission rate 68%
     Enrolled transfers 1,540
Freshman Average ACT 24.4
Freshman Average HS GPA 3.318
Percent in top-half of HS graduating class 88%
    

Undergraduate Financial Aid (FY2017)
Institutional Sources $21,407,299
Federal Sources $54,103,424
State Sources $3,961,417
Other Sources $4,608,006
Total $84,080,146
    

Gender Enrollment (Fall 2017)
Women 59.0%
Men 41.0%
      

Students with Known Ethnicity (Fall 2017)
On-Campus Minority Enrollment 29.7%
     

Enrollment by College (All Undergraduates, Fall 2017)
College of Arts & Sciences 3,792 49.5%
College of Business Administration 2,020 26.4%
College of Education 570 7.4%
Joint Engineering Program w/ Washington University 266 3.5%
School of Social Work 293 3.8%
College of Nursing 720 9.4%
     

Academics
Undergraduate colleges & schools 8
Graduate & professional schools 2
Total full-time faculty (Fall 17) 443
Student-to-faculty ratio 18:1
Degrees awarded (FY2017) 3,223
Undergraduate classes w/ fewer than 29 students 76.3%
     

Campus Life
Percent of first-time freshman students living on campus 95%
Countries represented by undergraduate student body 65
Student Organizations 120+
Number of fraternities & sororities 14
First-year, full-time student retention rate 75%
     

Triton Athletics
NCAA Division/Conference Division II / Great Lakes Valley Conference
Varsity teams 7 Women's & 6 Men's
Women's teams Basketball, Golf, Soccer, Softball,
Swimming, Tennis, Volleyball
Men's teams Baseball, Basketball, Golf, Soccer,
Swimming, Tennis
Intramural sports 29
School Colors Red and Gold
Mascot Louie the Triton