by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Truman State University came in at #420 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking.
Truman State also ranked #10 for Best Master's Degree Schools in Missouri.
Women make up 70.3% of the total graduate student body at Truman State while men make you 29.7%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
Of all the graduate students at Truman State, around 9.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.1% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $9,600 | $9,600 |
| Fees | $324 | $324 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Truman State is $43,706. When comparing to other master's degree holders, that's on the low side. It's about 25% lower than the national average of $58,425.
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Contact details for Truman State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 100 E Normal Avenue, Kirksville, MO 63501-4221 |
| Phone: | 660-785-4000 |
| Website: | https://www.truman.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/trumanstateuniversity |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/TrumanState |
In 2020-2021, 61.2% of the graduate students at Truman State University took at least one class online. Approximately 24.8% 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 | 40 |
| Allied Health Professions | 3 |
| Business Administration & Management | 6 |
| Communication Sciences | 18 |
| General English Literature | 3 |
| Music | 7 |
| Special Education | 6 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 33 |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 54 |
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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