Missouri Southern State University

Joplin, Missouri · Public · Predominantly bachelor's · City: Small

Official websiteNet price calculatorAccreditor: Higher Learning Commission

The average annual net price for first-time, full-time undergraduates receiving federal aid (in-state) is $10,836. 39% of first-time, full-time students completed within 150% of normal time. Students who received federal aid had median earnings of $48,193 ten years after entering. The median federal loan debt of graduates is $18,000.

Average net price
$10,836
per year Verified data
Completion rate
39%
within 150% of normal time Verified data
Median earnings
$48,193
10 years after entry Verified data
Median debt
$18,000
graduates, federal loans Verified data

Cost and net price

In-state tuition and fees$9,240
Out-of-state tuition and fees$17,640
Average cost of attendance$19,981
Books and supplies$1,292
Room and board, on campus$9,371
Average net price, all aided students$10,836
Average net price, family income $0 to $30,000$10,595
Average net price, family income over $110,000$14,415

Net price is the average cost after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time undergraduates who receive federal aid, at in-state rates. Your price depends on your family finances; use the school's net price calculator for an estimate. Tuition: AcadYr 2025-26, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26. Net price and cost of attendance: AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26.

Admissions and enrollment

Admission rate
97%
SAT range, middle 50% (reading plus math)
1150 to 1420
ACT composite range, middle 50%
17 to 24
Undergraduate enrollment
3,019
Graduate enrollment
266
Students receiving Pell grants
37%
Student to faculty ratio
15 to 1

Admission rate and enrollment: Fall 2024, reported in IPEDS DCY2024-25. SAT and ACT ranges come from IPEDS and may not reflect test-optional policies.

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Graduation, earnings, and debt

Completion within 150% of normal time39%
Completion within normal time23%
First-year retention (full-time)63%
Median federal debt, graduates$18,000
Typical monthly payment on that debt (10 years)$205
Median Parent PLUS debt, completers$10,500
Share earning more than a typical high school graduate, 6 years after entry66%
1 year after completion$43,286
4 years after completion$52,419
6 years after entry$41,870
8 years after entry$44,773
10 years after entry$48,193
Median earnings of former students who received federal aid and are working and not enrolled. Ten years after entry the median is $48,193; the middle half earned $32,026 to $68,905. Cohorts differ by measure; see definitions below.
Measure definitions and cohorts
  • Median earnings of students working and not enrolled 10 years after entry (MD_EARN_WNE_P10): Treasury AY2011-12, AY2012-13 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 1 year after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_1YR): Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled 4 years after completing (MD_EARN_WNE_4YR): Treasury AY2017-18, AY2018-19 pooled cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
  • The median debt for students who have completed (GRAD_DEBT_MDN): NSLDS FY2024, FY2025 pooled cohorts
  • Completion rate for first-time, full-time students at four-year institutions (150% of expected time to completion) (C150_4): Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
  • Average net price for Title IV institutions (public institutions) (NPT4_PUB): AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

Institution-level earnings cover students who received federal financial aid, including students who did not complete. Debt figures include federal loans only and exclude private loans.

Programs and program-level outcomes

Highest early earnings among programs at Missouri Southern State University

Median earnings of graduates working and not enrolled one year after completing, by program. Programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy and not shown.

105 programs reported. Program earnings are for graduates of this school's program, which is different from the wages of everyone working in a related occupation.

Undergraduate certificate (49)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Air Transportation
CIP 49.01 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
24Suppressed for privacy$9,125
Anthropology
CIP 45.02 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Area Studies
CIP 05.01 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
CIP 50.10 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Corporate Communications
CIP 52.05 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology
CIP 42.28 · Some credentials fully online
19Suppressed for privacy$12,620
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management
CIP 11.10 · No credentials fully online
12Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
95$43,598$12,175
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services
CIP 51.31 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations
CIP 52.07
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.05 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy
CIP 03.02 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Film/Video and Photographic Arts
CIP 50.06 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fire Protection
CIP 43.02 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
History
CIP 54.01 · Some credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Homeland Security
CIP 43.03 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International/Globalization Studies
CIP 30.20 · Some credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services
CIP 16.01 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Marketing
CIP 52.14 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
CIP 30.00 · No credentials fully online
23Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Non-Professional Legal Studies
CIP 22.00 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physical Science Technologies/Technicians
CIP 41.03 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Administration
CIP 44.04 · No credentials fully online
3Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · Some credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication
CIP 09.09 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Quality Control and Safety Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.07 · Some credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Research and Experimental Psychology
CIP 42.27 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
CIP 23.13 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas
CIP 13.13 · No credentials fully online
6Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Visual and Performing Arts, General
CIP 50.01 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Associate's degree (5)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions
CIP 51.09 · No credentials fully online
19$62,839$16,300
Computer Programming
CIP 11.02 · No credentials fully online
18$61,029$20,908
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · No credentials fully online
42$42,111$26,250
Dental Support Services and Allied Professions
CIP 51.06 · No credentials fully online
23$55,626$21,000
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06 · No credentials fully online
11Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Bachelor's degree (37)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management
CIP 50.10 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology
CIP 26.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Biology, General
CIP 26.01 · No credentials fully online
40$35,442$18,899
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
CIP 52.99 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business/Commerce, General
CIP 52.01 · Some credentials fully online
155$48,665$20,802
Business/Managerial Economics
CIP 52.06
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Chemistry
CIP 40.05 · No credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions
CIP 51.10 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Communication and Media Studies
CIP 09.01 · No credentials fully online
12$39,863Suppressed for privacy
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · No credentials fully online
20$61,609$20,938
Criminal Justice and Corrections
CIP 43.01 · Some credentials fully online
50$42,011$26,250
Design and Applied Arts
CIP 50.04 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
CIP 50.05 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
English Language and Literature, General
CIP 23.01 · Some credentials fully online
14Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
14$38,393Suppressed for privacy
Food Science and Technology
CIP 01.10 · No credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other
CIP 51.99
$58,740$22,500
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
CIP 51.00 · No credentials fully online
34Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Health and Medical Administrative Services
CIP 51.07 · Some credentials fully online
17$44,468$23,773
History
CIP 54.01 · No credentials fully online
7Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians
CIP 15.06 · Some credentials fully online
10Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
International Relations and National Security Studies
CIP 45.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
CIP 24.01 · No credentials fully online
85$40,068$26,000
Mathematics
CIP 27.01 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Physics
CIP 40.08
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Political Science and Government
CIP 45.10 · No credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Psychology, General
CIP 42.01 · Some credentials fully online
24$32,074$18,655
Public Health
CIP 51.22 · Some credentials fully online
9$52,382Suppressed for privacy
Public Policy Analysis
CIP 44.05 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
CIP 51.38 · Some credentials fully online
21$74,541$23,400
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
CIP 16.09 · No credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Social Work
CIP 44.07 · No credentials fully online
20Suppressed for privacy$18,752
Sociology
CIP 45.11 · No credentials fully online
4Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness
CIP 31.05 · Some credentials fully online
23$44,084$18,314
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · No credentials fully online
88$37,357$25,958
Master's degree (9)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Accounting and Related Services
CIP 52.03
Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Business Administration, Management and Operations
CIP 52.02 · All credentials fully online
25$63,568Suppressed for privacy
Curriculum and Instruction
CIP 13.03 · All credentials fully online
9$44,462Suppressed for privacy
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Educational Administration and Supervision
CIP 13.04 · All credentials fully online
8Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods
CIP 52.13 · All credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Social Sciences, General
CIP 45.01 · Some credentials fully online
1Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
CIP 13.12 · All credentials fully online
5Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CIP 13.14 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Graduate certificate (5)
Program (CIP)Graduates (recent year)Median earnings, 1 yrMedian debt
Computer and Information Sciences, General
CIP 11.01 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Data Analytics
CIP 30.71 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Educational/Instructional Media Design
CIP 13.05 · Some credentials fully online
0Data unavailableSuppressed for privacy
Fine and Studio Arts
CIP 50.07 · No credentials fully online
2Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Music
CIP 50.09 · No credentials fully online
0Suppressed for privacySuppressed for privacy
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Field of Study Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.
UNITID 178341, OPEID 002488. Data unavailable means the Department of Education did not publish the figure or suppressed it for privacy. Report a data issue.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most Recent Institution-Level Data. Varies by measure; see measure definitions. Published October 15, 2026. Retrieved October 18, 2026. Methodology.