Missouri Southern State University Business Programs

Missouri Southern State University is a public institution located in Joplin, Missouri. Joplin is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Missouri Southern State University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Missouri Southern.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#25	Most Popular Business & Commerce Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Where Is Missouri Southern State University?

Contact details for Missouri Southern are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801-1595
Phone:	866-818-6778
Website:	www.mssu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/mssulions?ref=ts
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/mosolions

How Do I Get Into Missouri Southern?

You can apply to Missouri Southern online at: https://mssu.force.com/onlineapplication/TX_SiteLogin?startURL=%2Fonlineapplication%2FTargetX_Portal__PB

Admission Requirements for Missouri Southern

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Missouri Southern?

Since Missouri Southern has an acceptance rate of 98%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 98%, and the acceptance rate for women is 99%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Missouri Southern submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 560. Math scores were between 410 and 550.

Missouri Southern received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 16 and 25. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 18 and 25.

Can I Afford Missouri Southern State University?

The overall average net price of Missouri Southern is $20,622. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Missouri Southern, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $4,985 a year. That adds up to $19,940 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Missouri Southern is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Missouri Southern State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 4,927 undergraduate students at Missouri Southern, with 3,443 being full-time and 1,484 being part-time.

There are also 118 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,443 full-time undergraduates at Missouri Southern, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Missouri Southern State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	107
Black or African American	268
Hispanic or Latino	289
White	2,413
International Students	74
Other Races/Ethnicities	292

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Missouri Southern State University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at Missouri Southern. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, South Korea, and Japan.

Online Learning at Missouri Southern State University

In 2019-2020, 2,869 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Missouri Southern has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 30th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Missouri Southern

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Missouri Southern State University was $6,964 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $13,928. The following table shows how Missouri Southern is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting	#13	#25
Accounting	#13	#25
General Business/Commerce	#18	#15
General Business/Commerce	#18	#15

Online Growth Rankings of Missouri Southern

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Missouri Southern State University was 4.0%. This is the #1,407 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Missouri Southern regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Missouri Southern ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Missouri Southern.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Accounting	#385

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Missouri Southern State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	0	211	0	211
General Business Administration and Management	0	0	15	15
Accounting	0	0	6	6
Supply Chain Management	0	4	0	4
Entrepreneurship	3	0	0	3
Business Economics	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	3	215	21	239

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.