Northwest Missouri State University Business Programs

Northwest Missouri State University is a public institution located in Maryville, Missouri. The surrounding location of Maryville is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Where Is Northwest Missouri State University?

Contact details for Northwest are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	800 University Drive, Maryville, MO 64468-6001
Phone:	660-562-1212
Website:	www.nwmissouri.edu

How Do I Get Into Northwest?

You can apply to Northwest online at: https://www.nwmissouri.edu/admissions/apply/index.htm

Admission Requirements for Northwest

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Northwest?

Northwest has the high acceptance rate of 86%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 34% of accepted students are men and 66% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 85%, and the acceptance rate for women is 86%.

Average Test Scores

About 2% of students accepted to Northwest submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 473 and 578. Math scores were between 465 and 580.

Northwest received ACT scores from 84% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 17 and 23. Math scores were between 16 and 0. Composite scores were between 18 and 24.

Can I Afford Northwest Missouri State University?

The overall average net price of Northwest is $19,508. 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 Northwest, approximately 61% of students took out student loans averaging $6,055 a year. That adds up to $24,220 over four years for those students.

Northwest Missouri State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,306 undergraduate students at Northwest, with 4,405 being full-time and 901 being part-time.

There are also 2,564 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,405 full-time undergraduates at Northwest, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	37
Black or African American	187
Hispanic or Latino	173
White	3,659
International Students	121
Other Races/Ethnicities	228

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at Northwest Missouri State University. At this time, 23 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 37 countries are represented at Northwest. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Northwest Missouri State University

There are 27 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at Northwest. In 2022-2023, 4,213 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 6th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Northwest majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Finance	29%
General Business Administration and Management	7%

Northwest Missouri State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	95	150	245
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	61	0	61
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	48	0	48
Finance	28	0	28
Accounting	27	0	27
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	13	0	13
Business Economics	9	0	9
International Business/Trade/Commerce	6	0	6
Business & Office Technology	4	0	4
General Economics	4	0	4
General Management Information Systems	3	0	3
Advertising	1	0	1
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	0	0
Other Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services	0	0	0
General Organizational Communication	0	0	0
Public Relations	0	0	0
TOTAL	299	150	449

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
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