A total of 278,453 students are enrolled in Missouri colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
In Missouri colleges and universites, 40,428 students are 18 years old or younger(14.52%), 64,399 students are 18 or 19 years old (23.13%), 53,705 students are between 20 and 22 years old (19.29%), 44,035 students are between 22 and 24 years old (15.81%), and 30,568 students are between 25 and 29 years old (10.98%).
26,835 students are between 30 and 39 years old (9.64%), 12,541 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.50%), 5,594 students are 50 years old or older (2.01%).
In Missouri 4-year colleges and universites, 28,523 students are 18 years old or younger(12.50%), 48,088 students are 18 or 19 years old (21.08%), 45,884 students are between 20 and 22 years old (20.11%), 39,777 students are between 22 and 24 years old (17.44%), 27,016 students are between 25 and 29 years old (11.84%), 22,790 students are between 30 and 39 years old (9.99%), 10,877 students are between 40 and 49 years old (4.77%), 4,829 students are 50 years old or older (2.12%)
In Missouri community colleges, there are 28,003 students are younger than 20 years old (56.42%), 11,803 students are between 20 and 24 years old (23.78%), 3,437 students are between 25 and 29 years old (6.93%), and 6,373 students are 30 years old or older (12.84%).
In Missouri trade schools, there are 213 students are younger than 20 years old (30.13%), 276 students are between 20 and 24 years old (39.04%), 115 students are between 25 and 29 years old (16.27%), and 101 students are 30 years old or older (14.29%).
| Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 278,453 | 40,428 (14.52%) |
64,399 (23.13%) |
53,705 (19.29%) |
44,035 (15.81%) |
30,568 (10.98%) |
26,835 (9.64%) |
12,541 (4.50%) |
5,594 (2.01%) |
| 4-Year Colleges | 228,116 | 28,523 (12.50%) |
48,088 (21.08%) |
45,884 (20.11%) |
39,777 (17.44%) |
27,016 (11.84%) |
22,790 (9.99%) |
10,877 (4.77%) |
4,829 (2.12%) |
| Community Colleges | 49,630 | 11,897 (23.97%) |
16,106 (32.45%) |
7,671 (15.46%) |
4,132 (8.33%) |
3,437 (6.93%) |
3,963 (7.99%) |
1,651 (3.33%) |
759 (1.53%) |
| Trade Schools | 707 | 8 (1.13%) |
205 (29.00%) |
150 (21.22%) |
126 (17.82%) |
115 (16.27%) |
82 (11.60%) |
13 (1.84%) |
6 (0.85%) |
The following table compares student population by age between Missouri colleges. A total of 278,453 students have enrolled in Missouri colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Under 18 | 18-19 | 20-21 | 22-24 | 25-29 | 30-40 | 40-50 | 50 and Over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avila UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,768 | 1 (0.04%) |
428 (15.46%) |
410 (14.81%) | 746 (26.95%) |
631 (22.80%) |
348 (12.57%) |
136 (4.91%) | 52 (1.88%) |
| Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesPrivate, 4-year | 1,041 | 3 (0.29%) |
417 (40.06%) |
417 (40.06%) | 172 (16.52%) |
21 (2.02%) |
8 (0.77%) |
- | - |
| University of Central MissouriPublic, 4-year | 12,857 | 1,573 (12.23%) |
1,911 (14.86%) |
2,166 (16.85%) | 3,615 (28.12%) |
1,650 (12.83%) |
1,028 (8.00%) |
609 (4.74%) | 262 (2.04%) |
| Conception Seminary CollegePrivate, 4-year | 63 | - | 9 (14.29%) |
12 (19.05%) | 10 (15.87%) |
9 (14.29%) |
3 (4.76%) |
1 (1.59%) | 14 (22.22%) |
| Crowder CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,959 | 1,312 (33.14%) |
1,215 (30.69%) |
432 (10.91%) | 264 (6.67%) |
280 (7.07%) |
292 (7.38%) |
121 (3.06%) | 40 (1.01%) |
| Culver-Stockton CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,028 | 40 (3.89%) |
297 (28.89%) |
377 (36.67%) | 213 (20.72%) |
40 (3.89%) |
32 (3.11%) |
26 (2.53%) | 3 (0.29%) |
| Drury UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,615 | 3 (0.19%) |
532 (32.94%) |
607 (37.59%) | 273 (16.90%) |
81 (5.02%) |
78 (4.83%) |
28 (1.73%) | 13 (0.80%) |
| East Central CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,371 | 588 (24.80%) |
882 (37.20%) |
337 (14.21%) | 151 (6.37%) |
134 (5.65%) |
180 (7.59%) |
70 (2.95%) | 29 (1.22%) |
| Pinnacle Career InstitutePrivate, 2-4 year | 619 | - | 25 (4.04%) |
39 (6.30%) | 77 (12.44%) |
141 (22.78%) |
228 (36.83%) |
93 (15.02%) | 16 (2.58%) |
| Ozarks Technical Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 11,380 | 2,643 (23.22%) |
3,218 (28.28%) |
1,708 (15.01%) | 1,087 (9.55%) |
949 (8.34%) |
1,100 (9.67%) |
492 (4.32%) | 183 (1.61%) |
| Harris-Stowe State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,002 | 38 (3.79%) |
347 (34.63%) |
276 (27.54%) | 190 (18.96%) |
58 (5.79%) |
44 (4.39%) |
25 (2.50%) | 24 (2.40%) |
| Jefferson CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,775 | 1,066 (28.24%) |
1,343 (35.58%) |
498 (13.19%) | 274 (7.26%) |
208 (5.51%) |
239 (6.33%) |
97 (2.57%) | 50 (1.32%) |
| Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of NursingPrivate, 4-year | 539 | - | 9 (1.67%) |
74 (13.73%) | 138 (25.60%) |
128 (23.75%) |
124 (23.01%) |
51 (9.46%) | 15 (2.78%) |
| Lincoln UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,054 | 358 (17.43%) |
590 (28.72%) |
440 (21.42%) | 298 (14.51%) |
138 (6.72%) |
141 (6.86%) |
65 (3.16%) | 24 (1.17%) |
| State Technical College of MissouriPublic, 2-4 year | 2,346 | 11 (0.47%) |
809 (34.48%) |
1,145 (48.81%) | 217 (9.25%) |
82 (3.50%) |
52 (2.22%) |
18 (0.77%) | 11 (0.47%) |
| Logan UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 1,406 | 2 (0.14%) |
20 (1.42%) |
75 (5.33%) | 439 (31.22%) |
479 (34.07%) |
249 (17.71%) |
90 (6.40%) | 44 (3.13%) |
| Metropolitan Community College-Kansas CityPublic, 2-4 year | 13,523 | 2,310 (17.08%) |
4,164 (30.79%) |
2,177 (16.10%) | 1,502 (11.11%) |
1,227 (9.07%) |
1,290 (9.54%) |
537 (3.97%) | 316 (2.34%) |
| Maryville University of Saint LouisPrivate, 4-year | 9,261 | 25 (0.27%) |
1,390 (15.01%) |
1,460 (15.77%) | 1,411 (15.24%) |
1,422 (15.35%) |
1,966 (21.23%) |
1,133 (12.23%) | 454 (4.90%) |
| Mineral Area CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,447 | 1,226 (50.10%) |
596 (24.36%) |
159 (6.50%) | 108 (4.41%) |
108 (4.41%) |
150 (6.13%) |
74 (3.02%) | 26 (1.06%) |
| Missouri Southern State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 4,147 | 754 (18.18%) |
957 (23.08%) |
964 (23.25%) | 622 (15.00%) |
292 (7.04%) |
331 (7.98%) |
170 (4.10%) | 57 (1.37%) |
| Missouri Valley CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,770 | 73 (4.12%) |
533 (30.11%) |
520 (29.38%) | 474 (26.78%) |
108 (6.10%) |
39 (2.20%) |
17 (0.96%) | 6 (0.34%) |
| University of Missouri-ColumbiaPublic, 4-year | 31,543 | 104 (0.33%) |
10,700 (33.92%) |
10,263 (32.54%) | 4,982 (15.79%) |
2,546 (8.07%) |
1,871 (5.93%) |
753 (2.39%) | 324 (1.03%) |
| University of Missouri-Kansas CityPublic, 4-year | 14,732 | 2,954 (20.05%) |
2,503 (16.99%) |
2,509 (17.03%) | 2,998 (20.35%) |
1,884 (12.79%) |
1,287 (8.74%) |
421 (2.86%) | 176 (1.19%) |
| Missouri University of Science and TechnologyPublic, 4-year | 7,154 | 49 (0.68%) |
2,143 (29.96%) |
2,261 (31.60%) | 1,431 (20.00%) |
694 (9.70%) |
432 (6.04%) |
97 (1.36%) | 47 (0.66%) |
| University of Missouri-St LouisPublic, 4-year | 14,736 | 6,514 (44.20%) |
1,414 (9.60%) |
1,295 (8.79%) | 1,863 (12.64%) |
1,458 (9.89%) |
1,278 (8.67%) |
590 (4.00%) | 324 (2.20%) |
| Moberly Area Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,384 | 1,895 (35.20%) |
1,710 (31.76%) |
662 (12.30%) | 352 (6.54%) |
253 (4.70%) |
317 (5.89%) |
123 (2.28%) | 63 (1.17%) |
| Nazarene Theological SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 168 | - | - | - | 13 (7.74%) |
20 (11.90%) |
44 (26.19%) |
41 (24.40%) | 50 (29.76%) |
| Truman State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 3,664 | 488 (13.32%) |
1,193 (32.56%) |
1,116 (30.46%) | 518 (14.14%) |
108 (2.95%) |
102 (2.78%) |
75 (2.05%) | 64 (1.75%) |
| Northwest Missouri State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,152 | 713 (7.79%) |
1,640 (17.92%) |
1,696 (18.53%) | 1,426 (15.58%) |
1,008 (11.01%) |
1,309 (14.30%) |
887 (9.69%) | 320 (3.50%) |
| College of the OzarksPrivate, 4-year | 1,454 | 21 (1.44%) |
548 (37.69%) |
643 (44.22%) | 228 (15.68%) |
13 (0.89%) |
- | - | 1 (0.07%) |
| Park UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,736 | 14 (0.24%) |
419 (7.30%) |
695 (12.12%) | 882 (15.38%) |
1,109 (19.33%) |
1,656 (28.87%) |
721 (12.57%) | 238 (4.15%) |
| Stevens-The Institute of Business & ArtsPrivate, 4-year | 89 | - | 5 (5.62%) |
15 (16.85%) | 24 (26.97%) |
17 (19.10%) |
24 (26.97%) |
4 (4.49%) | - |
| Ranken Technical CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,784 | 36 (2.02%) |
637 (35.71%) |
341 (19.11%) | 278 (15.58%) |
202 (11.32%) |
190 (10.65%) |
71 (3.98%) | 29 (1.63%) |
| Research College of NursingPrivate, 4-year | 205 | - | 3 (1.46%) |
44 (21.46%) | 59 (28.78%) |
36 (17.56%) |
45 (21.95%) |
13 (6.34%) | 5 (2.44%) |
| Rockhurst UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,577 | 541 (15.12%) |
671 (18.76%) |
657 (18.37%) | 571 (15.96%) |
407 (11.38%) |
356 (9.95%) |
237 (6.63%) | 136 (3.80%) |
| Saint Louis Community CollegePublic, 4-year | 15,649 | 2,616 (16.72%) |
3,617 (23.11%) |
2,270 (14.51%) | 1,915 (12.24%) |
1,868 (11.94%) |
1,960 (12.52%) |
887 (5.67%) | 516 (3.30%) |
| Missouri State University-West PlainsPublic, 2-4 year | 1,919 | 782 (40.75%) |
594 (30.95%) |
198 (10.32%) | 80 (4.17%) |
78 (4.06%) |
107 (5.58%) |
55 (2.87%) | 25 (1.30%) |
| State Fair Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,242 | 1,291 (30.43%) |
1,489 (35.10%) |
519 (12.23%) | 276 (6.51%) |
227 (5.35%) |
280 (6.60%) |
122 (2.88%) | 38 (0.90%) |
| Southeast Missouri State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 9,501 | 1,358 (14.29%) |
2,228 (23.45%) |
2,442 (25.70%) | 1,769 (18.62%) |
770 (8.10%) |
565 (5.95%) |
273 (2.87%) | 88 (0.93%) |
| Missouri State University-SpringfieldPublic, 4-year | 24,360 | 6,485 (26.62%) |
5,261 (21.60%) |
4,777 (19.61%) | 3,401 (13.96%) |
1,720 (7.06%) |
1,521 (6.24%) |
785 (3.22%) | 351 (1.44%) |
| Three Rivers CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,604 | 611 (23.46%) |
773 (29.69%) |
334 (12.83%) | 204 (7.83%) |
227 (8.72%) |
288 (11.06%) |
122 (4.69%) | 45 (1.73%) |
| Kansas City UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,109 | - | - | 37 (1.75%) | 692 (32.81%) |
1,127 (53.44%) |
231 (10.95%) |
19 (0.90%) | 3 (0.14%) |
| Washington University in St LouisPrivate, 4-year | 16,357 | 60 (0.37%) |
3,200 (19.56%) |
3,727 (22.79%) | 4,204 (25.70%) |
2,971 (18.16%) |
1,561 (9.54%) |
471 (2.88%) | 163 (1.00%) |
| Webster UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 8,260 | 7 (0.08%) |
530 (6.42%) |
879 (10.64%) | 2,000 (24.21%) |
2,161 (26.16%) |
1,444 (17.48%) |
760 (9.20%) | 465 (5.63%) |
| William Woods UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 2,046 | 43 (2.10%) |
409 (19.99%) |
330 (16.13%) | 231 (11.29%) |
198 (9.68%) |
382 (18.67%) |
324 (15.84%) | 128 (6.26%) |
| St Charles Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,143 | 805 (13.10%) |
2,494 (40.60%) |
1,159 (18.87%) | 577 (9.39%) |
399 (6.50%) |
434 (7.06%) |
186 (3.03%) | 89 (1.45%) |
| Grabber School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 182 | 1 (0.55%) |
62 (34.07%) |
33 (18.13%) | 26 (14.29%) |
39 (21.43%) |
17 (9.34%) |
2 (1.10%) | 1 (0.55%) |
| Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesPrivate, 4-year | 3,802 | 1,006 (26.46%) |
246 (6.47%) |
264 (6.94%) | 414 (10.89%) |
400 (10.52%) |
746 (19.62%) |
489 (12.86%) | 218 (5.73%) |
| WellSpring School of Allied Health-Kansas CityPrivate, 2-4 year | 208 | - | 9 (4.33%) |
11 (5.29%) | 36 (17.31%) |
55 (26.44%) |
68 (32.69%) |
22 (10.58%) | 7 (3.37%) |
| Paul Mitchell the School-SpringfieldPrivate, Less than 2-year | 297 | 5 (1.68%) |
43 (14.48%) |
71 (23.91%) | 62 (20.88%) |
55 (18.52%) |
50 (16.84%) |
9 (3.03%) | 2 (0.67%) |
| The Salon Professional Academy-St CharlesPrivate, Less than 2-year | 132 | - | 58 (43.94%) |
34 (25.76%) | 22 (16.67%) |
11 (8.33%) |
5 (3.79%) |
1 (0.76%) | 1 (0.76%) |
| Chamberlain University-MissouriPrivate, 4-year | 284 | - | 10 (3.52%) |
33 (11.62%) | 62 (21.83%) |
73 (25.70%) |
74 (26.06%) |
28 (9.86%) | 4 (1.41%) |
| SPBK Enterprises IncPrivate, Less than 2-year | 96 | 2 (2.08%) |
42 (43.75%) |
12 (12.50%) | 16 (16.67%) |
10 (10.42%) |
10 (10.42%) |
1 (1.04%) | 2 (2.08%) |
| Drury University-College of Continuing Professional StudiesPrivate, 4-year | 659 | 1 (0.15%) |
53 (8.04%) |
84 (12.75%) | 99 (15.02%) |
131 (19.88%) |
187 (28.38%) |
80 (12.14%) | 24 (3.64%) |
| WellSpring School of Allied Health-SpringfieldPrivate, 2-4 year | 90 | - | 3 (3.33%) |
1 (1.11%) | 14 (15.56%) |
18 (20.00%) |
38 (42.22%) |
11 (12.22%) | 4 (4.44%) |
| Ponce Health Sciences University-St LouisPrivate, 4-year | 164 | - | - | - | 29 (17.68%) |
89 (54.27%) |
34 (20.73%) |
8 (4.88%) | 4 (2.44%) |