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University of Missouri-St Louis

Saint Louis, Missouri

https://www.umsl.edu

#338 National Colleges

73.0% Admission Rate
Not Very Selective

6,703 Undergraduates Enrolled

  • Public
  • Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity
  • Four-year, medium full-time , selective, higher transfer-in
  • Four-year, medium, primarily nonresidential
The University of Missouri–St. Louis (UMSL) is a public research university in St. Louis, Missouri. Established in 1963, it is one of four universities in the University of Missouri System and its newest. UMSL's campus is located on the former grounds of the Bellerive Country Club in St. Louis County, with an address in St. Louis city. The campus stretches into the municipalities of Bellerive, Bel-Nor and Normandy. Additional facilities are located at the former site of Marillac College and at Grand Center, both in St. Louis city.

Bachelor's, Master's, and doctoral programs are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business Administration, the College of Education, the College of Nursing, the School of Social Work, and the College of Optometry. The business school is AACSB-accredited and is the only public university in the St. Louis area to also be AACSB-accredited in accounting. Preprofessional, a joint engineering program with Washington University in St. Louis, and evening programs are also offered. UMSL is home of an optometry school, providing its students with a doctorate (OD). The Pierre Laclede Honors College is UMSL's honors program. UMSL is classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".The university contains two libraries: The Thomas Jefferson Library which is the main library of the university and the St. Louis Mercantile Library which was founded in 1846 and is the oldest library west of the Mississippi River. The campus contains two stops on MetroLink, St. Louis' regional light rail system. A student center, academic buildings, parking structures, a performing arts center, and residential housing have been constructed over the past ten years as part of campus improvement programs. The university has a dual-enrollment agreement with Gulf University for Science and Technology, Kuwait. KWMU (90.7 FM), which is the flagship National Public Radio station in the St. Louis area and known on-air as St. Louis Public Radio, is owned by and licensed to UMSL.

UMSL has 10,431 students attending classes on-campus, compared to 6,010 students taking classes off-campus, which is mostly students dual-enrolled at area high schools. The university has the equivalent of 9,488 full-time students. UMSL has historically been a commuter school for the St. Louis, with only about 1200 students living on-campus.

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Location

City
Saint Louis, Missouri

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Locale
Suburb: Large (outside principal city, in urbanized area with population of 250,000 or more)

Region
Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)

Academics

Predominant Degree Awarded
Predominantly bachelor's-degree granting

Highest Degree Awarded
Graduate degree

Most Popular Fields

Field % Students
Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services 26.9%
Health Professions And Related Programs 9.8%
Psychology 9.5%
Social Sciences 8.6%
Education 7.3%
Communication, Journalism, And Related Programs 5.9%
Biological And Biomedical Sciences 5.8%
Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities 4.6%
Public Administration And Social Service Professions 4.4%
Computer And Information Sciences And Support Services 3.9%
Visual And Performing Arts 3.1%
Engineering 2.7%
Mathematics And Statistics 1.9%
English Language And Literature/Letters 1.9%
History 1.0%
Physical Sciences 0.9%
Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics 0.9%
Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, And Group Studies 0.5%
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0.4%
Philosophy And Religious Studies 0.3%

Cost

In State Tuition
$10,170.00

Out of State Tuition
$27,342.00

Percentage Students Receiving Aid
27.93%

Average Net Cost After Aid
$9,435.00

Admissions

SAT Scores

1180 Composite Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 620 570 520
Verbal 610 560 510

ACT Scores

24 Cumulative Average
Percentile 75% 50% 25%
Math 26 23 20
English 28 25 21