University of
Missouri-St Louis
Public Research University in Saint Louis, MO. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $53,037.
Ten years after entry, the median University of Missouri-St Louis student earns $53,037 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Debt at graduation runs to a median of $20,000, neither a bargain nor a burden.
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
63% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 6,193 students applied in the most recent cycle — a mid-sized pool drawn mostly from the surrounding region. A 13% yield rate is low: the admitted pool is much larger than the entering class. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 5% 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 | 510–630 | 26 (5%) |
| SAT Math | 550–660 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–27 | 126 (26%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. 74% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in four are gone before sophomore year. The two rates sit near each other: few students who return for a second year are missing from the six-year completion figure. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 40% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled. A 13:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 5,108 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price is $14,008 a year after grant aid — low for a four-year institution, though your own figure depends on aid eligibility. The income table below is the number that matters — $13,031 at $0–30k versus $21,608 at $110k+. About 80% get grants averaging $11,968, so plan on the possibility of paying closer to full price. Federal borrowing reaches 46% of students.
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 · 434 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 | $13,031 |
| $30–48k | $12,979 |
| $48–75k | $15,222 |
| $75–110k | $17,598 |
| $110k+ | $21,608 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 2,336 of these 5,108 students, totalling $17,186,718 — an average of $7,357 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (St. Louis 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)