University of Missouri-St Louis

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for University of Missouri-St Louis

University of Missouri-St Louis operates as a public institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri (suburb: large), with a total reported enrollment of 5,024 students of which 14,394 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. University of Missouri-St Louis is categorized as “16” 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 62.7%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,199 and an ACT midpoint of 26. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $15,071, with published in-state tuition of $14,112 and a Pell grant recipient share of 18.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $20,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.8%, and the first-year retention rate is 73.6%. Graduates earn a median of $53,037 ten years after enrolling, compared with $47,564 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 533900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 70.8% 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.