by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. Our methodology places a high weight on things such as post-graduation wages, time to graduate, and student-per-faculty ratio. Post-graduation debt, faculty and staff diversity, and other factors are also taken into account.
Out of the 1149 colleges and universities analyzed in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking, Missouri Southern State University took the #1109 spot.
Missouri Southern also ranked #29 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Missouri.
The total graduate student population at Missouri Southern is made up of 70.3% women and 29.7% men. Note that these percentages may differ for certain degree programs.
About 16.1% of the graduate students who attend Missouri Southern are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at Missouri Southern. Around 0.8% of graduate students are international. For more details on graduate school diversity at the school, check out the chart below. If you click on it, you'll be taken to a page with more details.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,300 | $6,300 |
After obtaining their master's degree from Missouri Southern, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $39,662. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 32% lower than the national average of $58,425.
Get more details about the location of Missouri Southern State University.
Contact details for Missouri Southern are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 3950 E. Newman Road, Joplin, MO 64801-1595 |
| Phone: | 866-818-6778 |
| Website: | www.mssu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/mssulions?ref=ts |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/mosolions |
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 100.0% of the graduate students at Missouri Southern took at least one online course. Approximately 96.3% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Accounting | 6 |
| Business Administration & Management | 15 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 3 |
| Curriculum & Instruction | 11 |
| Educational Administration | 6 |
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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