Missouri Valley College
Private College in Marshall, MO. Six-year graduation rate 22%. Median 10-year earnings $43,221.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $43,221 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential they enrolled for. Median debt at graduation is $25,950, 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.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.60 — elevated (above 0.60)
- ! Graduation rate 22% — below national average
Admissions
69% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 2,489 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. 29% of those admitted enroll, which is unremarkable in either direction. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 2% 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 | 405–540 | 10 (2%) |
| SAT Math | 490–575 | |
| ACT Composite | 16–20 | 31 (6%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Only 22% finish within six years, so roughly four in five students leave without the credential. 53% first-year retention is low enough to be the defining risk of enrolling here. Retention runs well ahead of completion, which means students are not leaving immediately; they are leaving somewhere between the second year and the finish line. 40% of students transfer out, which reframes what the graduation rate above is measuring. A 18:1 ratio is unremarkable; expect a mix of lecture halls and seminars.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,294 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $18,923 annually once grants are applied. Net price varies modestly by income — $16,132 at $0–30k against $22,669 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Most students get help: 97% receive grants worth $19,110 on average. 51% 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 · 405 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 | $16,132 |
| $30–48k | $15,854 |
| $48–75k | $16,039 |
| $75–110k | $20,499 |
| $110k+ | $22,669 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 660 of these 1,294 students, totalling $3,959,121 — an average of $5,999 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Saline 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)