The University of Missouri-St. Louis offers scholarships to students based on both merit and the state in which they live. Each scholarship is available in the following locations as long as the merit criteria is met:
- Non-Resident Merit Scholarship: Alabama, Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands.
- Freshman & Transfer Merit Scholarship: Missouri, Illinois, Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee.