Missouri University
of Science and Technology
Public Research University in Rolla, MO. Six-year graduation rate 64%. Median 10-year earnings $82,957.
Ten-year median earnings of $82,957 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Six-year completion sits at 64%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $23,250, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.28 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Missouri University of Science and Technology accepts 73% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. 8,352 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 21% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. The score bands below rest on the 13% of enrolled first-years who submitted an SAT score — a self-selected group, and not a cutoff.
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 | 580–690 | 165 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 610–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 25–31 | 991 (78%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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64% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention of 87% shows the cohort holds together through the hardest year. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 17:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars. This is a public four-year university, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,467 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $17,366 annually once grants are applied. Aid is steeply need-based: families in the $0–30k band pay $10,912 while those at $110k+ pay $20,088. Most students get help: 89% receive grants worth $12,601 on average. 40% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
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 · 1,187 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 | $10,912 |
| $30–48k | $12,027 |
| $48–75k | $13,330 |
| $75–110k | $18,241 |
| $110k+ | $20,088 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,204 of these 5,467 students, totalling $13,411,278 — an average of $6,085 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Phelps 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)