Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMissouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO · Midwest
- Acceptance rate
- 72.5%
- SAT mid-50
- 1190-1420
- Cost after aid
- $16,298
- Graduation rate
- 64%
What Missouri University of Science and Technology says matters
How Missouri University of Science and Technology rates each admissions factor in its Common Data Set, with the full published numbers below.
- Acceptance rate
- 73%
- 6,060 of 8,354
- Yield
- 21%
- 1,269 enrolled
- SAT mid-50
- 1220-1400
- ACT mid-50
- 25-31
- CDS year
- 2024-25
Acceptance rate by gender
- Men
- 74%4,202 of 5,685
- Women
- 70%1,854 of 2,663
The full Common Data Set
Every figure Missouri University of Science and Technology published for 2024-25, section by section.
First-Time, First-Year Admission65
Applications
- Total first-time, first-year men who applied
- 5,685
- Total first-time, first-year women who applied
- 2,663
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who applied
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who applied
- 4
- Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted
- 4,202
- Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted
- 1,854
- Total first-time, first-year another gender who were admitted
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year unknown gender who were admitted
- 3
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 956
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled
- 10
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 299
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled
- 4
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year another gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total full-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year unknown gender who enrolled
- 0
- Total first-time, first-year students who applied
- 8,354
- Total first-time, first-year students who were admitted
- 6,060
- Total first-time, first-year students who enrolled
- 1,269
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 2,848
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 2,421
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 946
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 2,817
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 2,263
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 277
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 2,670
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 1,371
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 46
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- 19
- Total first-time, first-year who were admitted
- 5
- Total first-time, first-year who enrolled
- 0
Wait List
- Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list?
- 1
- Do you release that information to school counselors?
- Very Important
Basis for Selection
- Application Essay
- 25th Percentile
- Recommendation(s)
- 1220
- Interview
- 25
- Extracurricular activities
- 25
- Talent/ability
- 23
- Character/personal qualities
- 6
- First generation
- 24
- Alumni/ae relation
- 24
- Volunteer work
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing
- Work experience
- 0.1266
- Level of applicant’s interest
- 0.5823
Entrance Exams
- SAT or ACT
- ACT Composite
- ACT Only
- 0.3501
- SAT Only
- 0.5096
First-time, first-year Profile
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 0.13
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 0.781
- Submitting SAT Scores
- 165
- Submitting ACT Scores
- 991
- SAT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 1,220
- SAT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 1,300
- SAT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 1,400
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 25th Percentile
- 580
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 50th Percentile
- 630
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 75th Percentile
- 690
- SAT Math: 25th Percentile
- 610
- SAT Math: 50th Percentile
- 670
- SAT Math: 75th Percentile
- 730
- ACT Composite: 25th Percentile
- 25%
- ACT Composite: 50th Percentile
- 28%
- ACT Composite: 75th Percentile
- 31%
- ACT Math: 25th Percentile
- 2024-07-01 00:00:00
- ACT Science: 25th Percentile
- 200
Transfer Admission5
Fall Applicants
- If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?
- Applicants
- Unknown
- Required of All
Application for Admission
- Spring
- Priority Date
- Summer
- 2024-07-01 00:00:00
- Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?
- 2024-05-01 00:00:00
Student Life4
Percent Participating
- Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)
- 0.1%
- Percent of men who join fraternities
- 18%
- Percent of women who join sororities
- 19%
Activities Offered
- Concert band
- Marine Option (for Naval ROTC)
Annual Expenses8
Private Tuition
- Tuition
- 1520
All Institutions Expenses
- Required Fees:
- Residents
- Food and housing (on-campus):
- 488
- Housing Only (on-campus):
- Not Applicable
- Food Only (on-campus meal plan):
- Not Applicable
- Required Fees:
- 978
Comprehensive Expenses
- Comprehensive tuition and food and housing fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition and food and housing fees):
- 569
- Other:
- 1330
Financial Aid23
Reporting Year
- 2024-2025
- Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid
- 2023-2024 Final
- Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
Methodology
- Federal methodology (FM)
- Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- Institutional methodology (IM)
- Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- Both FM and IM
- On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
Need-based Aid Awarded
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid awarded to students in line n
- Federal Work-Study
- Number of students in line a who were awarded an institutional non-need-based athletic scholarship or grant
- State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
- Average dollar amount of institutional non-need-based athletic scholarships and grants awarded to students in line p
- Parent Loans
- Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4 and H5.
- Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
- Include:
- Athletic Awards
- • 2024 undergraduate class: all students who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024.
Non-need-based Aid Awarded
- Federal
- • Students who transferred in.
- State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
- • Money borrowed at other institutions.
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- • Parent loans
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- • Students who did not graduate or who graduated with another degree or certificate (but no bachelor’s degree).
Students Awarded Aid
- I. On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- Deadline for filing required financial aid forms:
- J. The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis)
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- b) Students notified on a rolling basis:
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- Yes
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- No
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- If yes, starting date:
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 2024-02-01 00:00:00
Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred2
Diploma/Certificates
- Psychology
- 0.282
- Public administration and social services
- 1
Enrollment And Persistence36
Institutional Enrollment
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: men
- 3,926
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- Men
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: unknown
- 10
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: men
- 282
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: women
- 333
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: another gender
- 14
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: unknown
- 347
- All other degree-seeking: men
- Men
- All other degree-seeking: women
- 4,273
- Total degree-seeking: men
- 501
- Total degree-seeking: women
- 0
- Total degree-seeking: another gender
- 773
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: men
- 129
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 246
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 3
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 378
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: men
- Men
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: women
- 1,151
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: unknown
- Men
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: men
- 5,552
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: women
- 1,602
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: another gender
- 7,154
- Total undergraduate Part-Time Students: unknown
- 39
- Total undergraduate students: men
- 324
- Total undergraduate students: women
- 539
- Total undergraduate students: another gender
- 0
- Total undergraduate students: unknown
- 96
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: women
- 321
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: another gender
- 2
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: unknown
- 319
- Degree-seeking, first-time: men
- Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant
- All other degree-seeking: unknown
- 0
All
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: men
- 60
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: women
- 30
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: another gender
- 158
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: unknown
- 0.495
About Missouri University of Science and Technology
Missouri University of Science and Technology is a small public university in Rolla, MO, in a city setting.
What Missouri University of Science and Technology looks for
Missouri University of Science and Technology admits the majority of applicants who meet its baseline academic profile. For most students applying here, the work is in writing applications that reflect real fit rather than treating the application as a checklist. Demonstrated interest matters more here than at the most selective schools. Visiting, attending an info session, and asking real questions of admissions all move the needle.
Frequently asked
What SAT score do I need for Missouri University of Science and Technology?
Missouri University of Science and Technology's middle 50% SAT range is 1190 to 1420. A score in or above that band keeps you in the conversation; below it, the rest of your application has to do more work.
What ACT score do I need for Missouri University of Science and Technology?
Middle 50% ACT range is 25 to 31. The top of that range or above is what most admitted students submit when they choose to send a score.
What is the acceptance rate at Missouri University of Science and Technology?
Missouri University of Science and Technology admits roughly 73% of applicants. An acceptance rate above 40% means a strong application can land here without high-end stats.
What does Missouri University of Science and Technology actually cost after financial aid?
Average net cost (after institutional aid) is about $16,298 per year. Net cost varies enormously by family income; run the school's net price calculator for an estimate that reflects your situation.
Is Missouri University of Science and Technology a reach, match, or safety for me?
Compare your stats to the middle 50% above. If you are at or below the 25th percentile, treat Missouri University of Science and Technology as a reach. If you are in the middle 50%, it is a match. Above the 75th percentile and the school accepts above 25% overall, it is closer to a safety. Selectivity below 20% should be treated as a reach for everyone, period.
