Missouri Valley College

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Missouri Valley College

Missouri Valley College operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Marshall, Missouri (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 1,443 students of which 1,756 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Missouri Valley College is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 69.2%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 974 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $18,086, with published in-state tuition of $23,700 and a Pell grant recipient share of 32.0%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $25,950, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 23.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 53.0%. Graduates earn a median of $43,221 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,902 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 107500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 53.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.