63.59% of Applicants Accepted to Missouri Colleges in 2025 Admission

183,451

Applicants

116,663

Admitted

63.59%

Acceptance Rate

23.58%

Yield

For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Missouri colleges is 63.59%, 116,663 accepted out of 183,451 applicants.

For Missouri college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 12,464 (7.29%) compared to last year, from 170,987 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 913, which is more than 3.43% 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 1.10%.

Among Missouri colleges, College of the Ozarks has the lowest acceptance rate of 11.99% with 350 accepted students out of 2,919 applicants. Washington University in St Louis has the most number of applicants of 32,754 and University of Missouri-Columbia has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,953.

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.

Data source: IPEDS
Acceptance Rate and Admission Statistics for Missouri Colleges
SchoolApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
College of the Ozarks2,919
424		350
-21		284
28		11.99%
-2.88%		81.14%
12.14%
Washington University in St Louis32,754
514		3,951
96		1,847
19		12.06%
0.10%		46.75%
-0.67%
Conception Seminary College22
14		7
-1		7
-1		31.82%
-68.18%		100.00%
William Jewell College1,929
-203		740
9		244
15		38.36%
4.07%		32.97%
1.64%
Applied Tech27
5		11
3		11
3		40.74%
4.38%		100.00%
Evangel University-College of Online Learning61
41		30
21		15
10		49.18%
4.18%		50.00%
-5.56%
Saline County Career Center6
-14		3
-11		3
-11		50.00%
-20.00%		100.00%
Kansas City Art Institute1,125
28		616
-46		216
-24		54.76%
-5.59%		35.06%
-1.19%
Lindenwood University7,966
1,223		4,528
87		638
-253		56.84%
-9.02%		14.09%
-5.97%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences1,542
393		877
-133		308
71		56.87%
-31.03%		35.12%
11.65%
Drury University2,690
69		1,549
6		337
1		57.58%
-1.29%		21.76%
-0.02%
Kirksville Area Technical Center13
1		8
2		8
3		61.54%
11.54%		100.00%
16.67%
University of Missouri-St Louis6,193
1,566		3,881
1,236		490
26		62.67%
5.51%		12.63%
-4.91%
University of Central Missouri5,647
681		3,603
196		1,031
-30		63.80%
-4.81%		28.62%
-2.52%
Logan University14
-6		9
-9		7
-6		64.29%
-25.71%		77.78%
5.56%
Lex La-Ray Technical Center9
1		6666.67%
-8.33%		100.00%
Southwest Baptist University1,275
218		872
-182		299
29		68.39%
-31.33%		34.29%
8.67%
Missouri Baptist University1,118
-77		767
1		314
50		68.60%
4.50%		40.94%
6.48%
Missouri Valley College2,489
259		1,722
547		502
80		69.18%
16.49%		29.15%
-6.76%
Cottey College636
69		440
64		95
29		69.18%
2.87%		21.59%
4.04%
Rockhurst University2,197
-430		1,529
-285		293
-46		69.59%
0.54%		19.16%
0.47%
William Woods University1,567
434		1,112
268		262
30		70.96%
-3.53%		23.56%
-3.93%
Evangel University1,194
28		855
47		333
3		71.61%
2.31%		38.95%
-1.89%
Calvary University46
-64		33
-45		2771.74%
0.83%		81.82%
47.20%
University of Missouri-Kansas City6,186
384		4,465
114		1,343
54		72.18%
-2.81%		30.08%
0.45%
Missouri University of Science and Technology8,352
171		6,059
81		1,269
73		72.55%
-0.52%		20.94%
0.93%
Hannibal-LaGrange University285
-81		207
-8		97
31		72.63%
13.89%		46.86%
16.16%
Southeast Missouri State University10,461
2,999		7,691
1,833		1,380
93		73.52%
-4.98%		17.94%
-4.03%
Evangel University-James River Assembly of God Church131
-1		97
3		4474.05%
2.84%		45.36%
-1.45%
Saint Louis University15,533
156		11,656
-871		1,615
-160		75.04%
-6.43%		13.86%
-0.31%
Stephens College1,058
644		817
438		119
45		77.22%
-14.33%		14.57%
-4.96%
University of Missouri-Columbia24,490
2,821		19,218
2,528		5,953
814		78.47%
1.45%		30.98%
0.19%
Westminster College2,654
375		2,102
334		213
53		79.20%
1.62%		10.13%
1.08%
St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton70
43		56
29		34
13		80.00%
-20.00%		60.71%
-17.07%
Truman State University2,883
-380		2,415
-194		626
-19		83.77%
3.81%		25.92%
1.20%
Urshan University74
-50		62
-42		52
-12		83.78%
-0.09%		83.87%
22.33%
Northwest Missouri State University5,185
-1,649		4,464
-1,407		990
-45		86.09%
0.18%		22.18%
4.55%
Webster University5,206
-135		4,489
1,392		612
160		86.23%
28.24%		13.63%
-0.96%
Midwest Institute39
3		34
6		13
-6		87.18%
9.40%		38.24%
-29.62%
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies409
129		358
114		289
71		87.53%
0.39%		80.73%
-8.61%
Avila University3,975
1,113		3,490
1,786		253
-144		87.80%
28.26%		7.25%
-16.05%
Grand River Technical School43
12		38
7		38
7		88.37%
-11.63%		100.00%
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis1,398
240		1,256
386		165
48		89.84%
14.71%		13.14%
-0.31%
Missouri State University-Springfield11,584
-317		10,487
-349		2,689
-152		90.53%
-0.52%		25.64%
-0.58%
Ozark Christian College266
-11		249
-23		148
2		93.61%
-4.58%		59.44%
5.76%
Maryville University of Saint Louis4,410
494		4,193
524		956
109		95.08%
1.39%		22.80%
-0.29%
Bolivar Technical College44
33		42
33		42
33		95.45%
13.63%		100.00%
Concorde Career College-Kansas City300
-41		289
-48		164
-31		96.33%
-2.50%		56.75%
-1.11%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary139
-2		134
1		95
11		96.40%
2.07%		70.90%
7.74%
Missouri Southern State University3,194
892		3,099
856		634
55		97.03%
-0.41%		20.46%
-5.35%
Culver-Stockton College1,880
529		1,863
539		192
-58		99.10%
1.10%		10.31%
-8.57%
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences15
-3		15
-3		15
-3		100.00%100.00%
Texas County Technical College29
-25		29
-25		16
-7		100.00%55.17%
12.58%
Cox College1
-6		1
-4		1
-2		100.00%
28.57%		100.00%
40.00%
Warrensburg Area Career Center26
15		26
16		26
18		100.00%
9.09%		100.00%
20.00%
Cass Career Center5
-20		5
-20		4
-16		100.00%80.00%
Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts6
-1		6
1		6
1		100.00%
28.57%		100.00%
Concorde Career College-Broadway38
-5		38
-4		25
-2		100.00%
2.33%		65.79%
1.50%
Chamberlain University-Missouri9
3		9
4		7
2		100.00%
16.67%		77.78%
-22.22%