MU Facts
The University of Missouri was founded in 1839 in Columbia, Mo., as the first public university west of the Mississippi River and the first university in Thomas Jefferson’s Louisiana Purchase territory.
- College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources
- School of Natural Resources
- College of Arts and Science
- School of Music
- Trulaske College of Business
- School of Accountancy
- College of Education
- School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
- College of Engineering
- Graduate School
- School of Health Professions
- College of Human Environmental Sciences
- School of Social Work
- School of Journalism
- School of Law
- School of Medicine
- Sinclair School of Nursing
- Truman School of Public Affairs
- College of Veterinary Medicine
- University of Missouri Extension
University of Missouri Health System
The MU Health System is one of the most comprehensive health care networks in Missouri. It includes:
- University Hospital
- More than 50 primary and specialty clinics statewide
- University Physicians, a group practice with 500 members
- Ellis Fischel Cancer Center
- Missouri Orthopaedic Institute
- Missouri Psychiatric Center
- Missouri Rehabilitation Center, a long-term, acute-care facility in Mount Vernon, Mo.
- Missouri Telehealth Network, which serves more than 50 Missouri counties and allows patients to stay in their own communities while being seen by a physician at a major medical center.
- Women’s and Children’s Hospital
The system also conducts life-changing research and educates tomorrow’s physicians, nurses and allied health specialists in three schools:
- School of Health Professions
- School of Medicine
- Sinclair School of Nursing
Libraries
MU’s library collection is Missouri's largest. Ellis, University Archives and eight specialized libraries hold:
- 3.6 million volumes
- 8.1 million microforms
- 1.7 million government documents
- 45,438 journal subscriptions
Living Alumni
- Worldwide: 262,779
- Missouri: 130,069
- St. Louis area: 50,320
- Kansas City area: 25,589
Visit the Mizzou Alumni Association.
Enrollment (fall 2011)- Total: 33,805
- In-state: 25,502
- Out-of-state: 8,303
- Undergraduate: 26,024
- Graduate: 6,545
- Professional: 1,236
- Minority: 4,549
- International: 1,943
- China (896), Republic of Korea (208) and India (195) send the most students from overseas.
- Missouri resident total: $21,874
- Non-resident total: $34,669
- Tuition and fees: $8,989 (resident); $21,784 (non-resident)
- Room and board: $8,643
- Books and supplies: $1,086
- Personal and transportation: $3,156
- Costs assume 14-hour enrollment each semester.
Financial Aid
During the 2010-11 academic year, four out of five Mizzou students received some form of financial assistance through grants, scholarships, loans or other financial aid. Those who received financial assistance (excluding loans):- 15,026 undergraduates (average package $6,125)
- 3,925 graduate students (average package $8,927)
Financial Aid Sources, FY 2011:
- MU (scholarships, graduate tuition and fee waivers) $100 million
- Note: Mizzou spent an additional $51.8 million on student employment.
- Federal (scholarships, fellowships and grants) $30.4 million
- State (scholarships, fellowships and grants) $9.1 million
- Other sources $9.6 million
- Federal loans $191.8 million
- Alternative loans $9.9 million
Average ACT Score
25.7 (state 21.6; national 21.1)
Freshman Retention Rate
85 percent
Graduation Rates
Four-year: 43.1 percent (state 29.6 percent; national 31.3 percent)
Six-year: 68.9 percent (state: 54.7 percent; national 53.6 percent)
Degrees Granted for 2010-11
7,486
(Of Missouri public universities, MU grants 25 percent of bachelor’s degrees, 26 percent of
master’s degrees, 37 percent of first-professional degrees and 62 percent of doctoral degrees.)
Degrees and Certificates Offered
- Total: 306
- Bachelor’s: 89
- Master’s: 93
- Certificates: 47
- First Professional: 3
- Education Specialist: 6
- Doctoral: 68
Mizzou Online
MU has offered distance education for more than 100 years. In 2010-11, Mizzou offered 57 online degree options and more than 550 online courses. MU’s 8,385 online learners comprised 37 percent of master’s degree enrollments, 76 percent of education specialist enrollments and 6 percent of doctoral enrollments.
Research & related expenditures, FY 2010
$434.8 million (includes $116.9 million in expenditures generated from federal sources)
Endowment, June 30, 2011
$585 million
Budget, FY 2012
$2 billion
Revenues (in millions), FY 2012
- Patient Care: $820 (40.4 percent)
- Tuition: $308 (15.2 percent)
- Enterprise Operations: $275 (13.6 percent)
- Grants and Contracts: $264 (13 percent)
- State Appropriations: $203 (10 percent)
- Gifts and Endowment Income: $66 (3.3 percent)
- Extension, Course and Other Fees: $76 (3.7 percent)
- Federal Appropriations: $17 (0.8 percent)
Expenditures (in millions), FY 2011
- Hospitals and University Physicians $737.6 (42.6 percent)
- Teaching and academic support $315.5 (18.2 percent)
- Auxiliary enterprises* $212.2 (12.3 percent)
- Research $154.9 (9 percent)
- Scholarships and fellowships $118.1 (6.8 percent)
- Extension/public service $102.2 (5.9 percent)
- Plant maintenance/operation $52 (3 percent)
- Student services $30.3 (1.8 percent)
- Institutional support/administration $9 (0.5 percent)
*Includes residence halls, athletics, university stores, Research Reactor, Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Lab, etc.
Full-Time Employees, 2011-12
- Total: 13,380
- Faculty and instructors: 2,087
- MU Health Care: 4,768
- (includes 318 international visiting faculty)
Classification
MU is classified with American universities that offer the most educational opportunities and highest level of instruction:
Designated “Research University/Very High” and “Community-Engaged” by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. One of only 34 public U.S. institutions in the Association of American Universities. AAU membership is for top-tier schools with outstanding teaching and research endeavors.
Acreage
- 345 buildings on 1,250 acres, main campus
- 19,425 acres statewide
Mascot and Colors
- Bengal Tiger
- Black and Gold
Nickname
Mizzou
Visitor Information
104 Jesse Hall
Phone: 573-882-6333
Toll-free: 800-856-2181
visitus.missouri.edu
