Southern Missouri
Technical Institute
Public College in West Plains, MO. Median 10-year earnings $31,460.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. Retention is strong at 89%, and first-year attrition is where most degrees are lost. The 7:1 student-faculty ratio is small enough that seminar-sized classes are the norm. This is a public short-program institution, so read every rate on this page against that peer group specifically. The undergraduate body is just 130, which shapes everything from class size to how often a required course is offered.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 130 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $21,005 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $75–110k bands is narrow ($22,145 versus $21,428), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. About 82% get grants averaging $7,145, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. 28% 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 · 88 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 | $22,145 |
| $30–48k | $22,144 |
| $48–75k | $22,916 |
| $75–110k | $21,428 |
| $110k+ | — |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 36 of these 130 students, totalling $263,224 — an average of $7,312 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Howell 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)