Missouri State University-Springfield
Public College in Springfield, MO. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $49,827.
Ten years after entry, the median Missouri State University-Springfield student earns $49,827 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 58%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Graduates carry a median of $21,992 in debt — in line with the national norm.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. With 11,584 applications received, this is a school operating at national scale. About 26% of admitted students enroll, a yield in the normal range. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 4% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 510–640 | 109 (4%) |
| SAT Math | 510–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–26 | 1,992 (74%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 58%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. Retention of 77% means a meaningful slice of each entering class does not return. Retention and graduation track closely, so most of the attrition shows up in the first year rather than after it. Transfer-out runs to 24% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 62% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 13,410 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,181 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($13,718 versus $20,576), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $8,242. About 42% borrow federally, roughly the national pattern.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,672 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $13,718 |
| $30–48k | $13,529 |
| $48–75k | $14,905 |
| $75–110k | $18,770 |
| $110k+ | $20,576 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 5,567 of these 13,410 students, totalling $36,015,618 — an average of $6,469 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Greene County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)