by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
University of Missouri - St Louis was awarded 19 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business, management & marketing.
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UMSL landed the #632 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Out of the 48 colleges in Missouri, UMSL is ranked at #11.
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If you're applying to University of Missouri - St Louis you'll face some tough competition, since the school's acceptance rate is only 51%. Definitely don't wait until the last minute to submit your application, since applying early may be in your favor.
About 10% of students accepted to UMSL submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 620. Math scores were between 520 and 590.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of Missouri - St Louis is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of Missouri - St Louis is 55%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 75% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of Missouri - St Louis enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At UMSL this rate is 34%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 10,973 undergraduates at UMSL with 4,889 being full-time and 6,084 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,311 | $9,685 | $11,523 | $19,066 | $18,192 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UMSL, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At UMSL, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $6,118 a year. That adds up to $24,472 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for UMSL are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One University Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO 63121-4400 |
| Phone: | 314-516-5000 |
| Website: | https://www.umsl.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Business/Commerce | 455 | $48,928 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 282 | $35,731 |
| Nursing | 254 | $66,972 |
| General Psychology | 157 | $31,663 |
| Social Work | 150 | $35,862 |
| Accounting | 125 | $55,615 |
| Computer Information Systems | 98 | NA |
| General Biology | 97 | $32,400 |
| Criminology | 94 | $38,207 |
| Computer Science | 81 | $72,810 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 6,334 students took at least one online class at University of Missouri - St Louis. This is a decrease from the 7,655 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 6,334 | 2,744 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,655 | 3,472 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,618 | 4,464 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,726 | 968 |
Learn more about online learning at University of Missouri - St Louis.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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