62.72% of Applicants Accepted to Missouri Colleges in 2022-2023 Admission

The 2023 average acceptance rate of Missouri colleges is 62.72% and the admission yield is 26.01%. A total of 157,162 applicants have applied to Missouricolleges (four-years) and 98,568 have accepted to admit into one or more schools. Finally, 25,634 students out of the accepted students have enrolled into one of the accepted colleges.

For Missouri college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 2,801 (1.81%) compared to last year, from 154,361 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year decreased by 90, which is less than -0.35% last year.

Missouri colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.56% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Missouri colleges. The yield decreased by 0.80%.

Among Missouri colleges, Washington University in St Louis has the lowest acceptance rate of 11.76% with 3,764 accepted students out of 32,014 applicants. Washington University in St Louis has the most number of applicants of 32,014 and University of Missouri-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 4,983.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Missouri Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Missouri. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.

Last Update: December 24, 2023 | Data source: IPEDS

Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Missouri Colleges
School	Applicants	Admitted	Enrolled	Acceptance Rate	Yield
Concorde Career College-Kansas City	409 16	403 33	171 25	98.53% 4.38%	42.43% 2.97%
Avila University	2,712 643	1,834 427	184 -33	67.63% -0.37%	10.03% -5.39%
Cox College	3 -30	1 -12	1 -3	33.33% -6.06%	100.00% 69.23%
Calvary University	57 -29	36 -15	32 -11	63.16% 3.86%	88.89% 4.58%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	1,166 -179	1,141 -190	294 -46	97.86% -1.10%	25.77% 0.23%
University of Central Missouri	4,993 -110	3,562 -305	1,028 -130	71.34% -4.44%	28.86% -1.09%
Grand River Technical School	55	55 1	50 5	100.00% 1.82%	90.91% 7.58%
Conception Seminary College	4 1	4 1	4 1	100.00%	100.00%
Cottey College	682 127	498 162	96 -34	73.02% 12.48%	19.28% -19.41%
Culver-Stockton College	1,246 -1,088	1,208 -952	263 21	96.95% 4.41%	21.77% 10.57%
Drury University	2,382 433	1,511 236	403 83	63.43% -1.99%	26.67% 1.57%
Evangel University	1,449 225	984 205	343 36	67.91% 4.27%	34.86% -4.55%
Fontbonne University	880 286	831 367	183 70	94.43% 16.32%	22.02% -2.33%
Hannibal-LaGrange University	228 -267	153 -169	70 -60	67.11% 2.06%	45.75% 5.38%
Kansas City Art Institute	990 93	579 41	187 -19	58.48% -1.50%	32.30% -5.99%
Lex La-Ray Technical Center	5 -16	5 -3	5 -3	100.00% 61.90%	100.00%
Lindenwood University	4,372 1,017	3,236 725	893 164	74.02% -0.82%	27.60% -1.43%
Logan University	22 -7	18 -1	15 -4	81.82% 16.30%	83.33% -16.67%
Maryville University of Saint Louis	4,175 618	3,664 408	870 36	87.76% -3.78%	23.74% -1.87%
Midwest Institute	85 13	50 -5	26 -12	58.82% -17.57%	52.00% -17.09%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	105 -107	99 -108	61 -104	94.29% -3.35%	61.62% -18.09%
Missouri Baptist University	1,055 356	748 316	317 81	70.90% 9.10%	42.38% -12.25%
Missouri Southern State University	1,937 242	1,927 285	605 27	99.48% 2.61%	31.40% -3.80%
Missouri Valley College	1,824 -518	1,117 -426	381 -168	61.24% -4.64%	34.11% -1.47%
University of Missouri-Columbia	20,303 337	16,065 782	4,983 140	79.13% 2.58%	31.02% -0.67%
University of Missouri-Kansas City	5,180 213	3,599 -175	1,165 17	69.48% -6.50%	32.37% 1.95%
Missouri University of Science and Technology	6,311 778	5,143 418	1,146 -42	81.49% -3.91%	22.28% -2.86%
University of Missouri-St Louis	3,913 859	2,000 271	443 147	51.11% -5.50%	22.15% 5.03%
Truman State University	4,912 844	2,213 -268	699 34	45.05% -15.94%	31.59% 4.79%
Northwest Missouri State University	6,877 -162	5,884 -140	1,095 131	85.56% -0.02%	18.61% 2.61%
Ozark Christian College	377 120	356 104	147 31	94.43% -3.62%	41.29% -4.74%
College of the Ozarks	2,239 79	473 30	358 65	21.13% 0.62%	75.69% 9.55%
Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts	9	9	4	100.00%	44.44%
Rockhurst University	3,154 -301	2,096 -207	287 -116	66.46% -0.20%	13.69% -3.81%
Saint Louis University	12,986 -2,061	11,001 461	1,665 -129	84.71% 14.66%	15.13% -1.89%
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	760 233	696 216	106 29	91.58% 0.50%	15.23% -0.81%
Southwest Baptist University	881 10	877 39	283 -15	99.55% 3.34%	32.27% -3.29%
Stephens College	650 -27	417 -14	75 -25	64.15% 0.49%	17.99% -5.21%
Southeast Missouri State University	7,092 -121	6,121 401	1,447 -40	86.31% 7.01%	23.64% -2.36%
Missouri State University-Springfield	9,625 -101	8,909 -219	2,332 -230	92.56% -1.29%	26.18% -1.89%
Washington University in St Louis	32,014 -1,620	3,764 -609	1,813 -167	11.76% -1.24%	48.17% 2.89%
Webster University	3,768 1,339	2,076 632	428 68	55.10% -4.35%	20.62% -4.31%
Westminster College	2,051 336	1,544 -114	161 -53	75.28% -21.40%	10.43% -2.48%
William Jewell College	1,676 274	687 28	243 21	40.99% -6.01%	35.37% 1.68%
William Woods University	1,487 61	914 -60	213 90	61.47% -6.83%	23.30% 10.67%
Clinton Technical School	-	-	-	-	-
Kirksville Area Technical Center	19 5	15 2	13	78.95% -13.91%	86.67% -13.33%
Saline County Career Center	5 -4	2 -7	2 -7	40.00% -60.00%	100.00%
Warrensburg Area Career Center	9 -14	9 -14	7 -16	100.00%	77.78% -22.22%
Cass Career Center	6 2	6 2	6 2	100.00%	100.00%
Applied Technology Services	20 -6	10 -2	10 -2	50.00% 3.85%	100.00%
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences	31 -17	8 -8	8 -4	25.81% -7.52%	100.00% 25.00%
Texas County Technical College	59 39	59 45	21 9	100.00% 30.00%	35.59% -50.12%
St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton	54 -6	54 -6	44 7	100.00%	81.48% 19.81%
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies	21 6	21 6	7 3	100.00%	33.33% 6.66%
Chamberlain University-Missouri	7 1	5 2	4 1	71.43% 21.43%	80.00% -20.00%
DeVry University-Missouri	-	-	-	-	-
Bolivar Technical College	12	12	12	100.00%	100.00%
Urshan College	68 -12	58	54 1	85.29% 12.79%	93.10% 1.72%
Evangel University-James River Assembly of God Church	52	50	4	96.15%	8.00%
Evangel University-College of Online Learning	13	12	11	92.31%	91.67%
Concorde Career College-Broadway	69	69	47	100.00%	68.12%

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