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.

Northwest Missouri 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 Northwest.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#19	Best Value Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#21	Best Value International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#23	Best Value Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#31	Best Value Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#40	Best Value Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best Value Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#95	Best Value Finance & Financial Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Northwest has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#2	Best Business & Office Technology Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Business Support & Assistant Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#37	Best Value Colleges for International Business	College Factual
#91	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business Administration & Management	College Factual
#100	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual
#110	Best Value Colleges for Marketing	College Factual

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
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/NWMOState

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	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Northwest?

Northwest has an acceptance rate of 80%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 80%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% 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 480 and 580. Math scores were between 510 and 600.

Northwest received ACT scores from 98% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 18 and 24. Math scores were between 17 and 24. Composite scores were between 19 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 62% of students took out student loans averaging $6,533 a year. That adds up to $26,132 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Northwest is 5.6%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Northwest Missouri State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,482 undergraduate students at Northwest, with 4,813 being full-time and 669 being part-time.

There are also 1,785 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,813 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	41
Black or African American	258
Hispanic or Latino	191
White	3,978
International Students	117
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

In 2019-2020, 4,040 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 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Northwest

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Northwest Missouri State University was $8,500 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $14,458. The following table shows how Northwest 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
Business Support & Assistant Services	#1	#1
Business & Office Technology	#1	#1
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#37	#72
Marketing	#40	#72

Online Growth Rankings of Northwest

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Northwest Missouri State University was 67.9%. This is the #458 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Northwest regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Northwest 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 Northwest.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Business & Office Technology	#4
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	#34
Business Support & Assistant Services	#40
Marketing	#45
General Business Administration and Management	#243
Business Administration & Management	#318

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%.

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	97	132	229
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	63	0	63
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	62	0	62
Accounting	29	0	29
Finance	20	0	20
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	10	0	10
International Business/Trade/Commerce	6	0	6
Business Economics	4	0	4
Business & Office Technology	4	0	4
General Management Information Systems	3	0	3
Advertising	2	0	2
General Economics	2	0	2
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	302	132	434

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
• Image Credit: By poster under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.