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Best Colleges in Missouri

The strongest colleges and universities in Missouri, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

How this list is ranked

The strongest colleges and universities in Missouri, ranked by graduation rate and selectivity, with verified acceptance rates, net price, and test scores for this admissions cycle.

Schools on this list 40
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Admit rate, net price, and SAT in the table are for context. Rank order follows the method above, not those columns.

Rank School Admit Net price SAT
1 Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO 12.1% $21,786 1500-1570 See record
2 Chamberlain University-Missouri St. Louis, MO 100% $30,716 - See record
3 Cox College Springfield, MO 100% - - See record
4 Bolivar Technical College Bolivar, MO 95% - - See record
5 Bryan University Springfield, MO - $20,053 - See record
6 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO 75% $24,398 1200-1410 See record
7 University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 78% $20,268 1150-1330 See record
8 Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences Cape Girardeau, MO 100% $19,390 1020 See record
9 Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO 70% $25,884 1120 See record
10 Truman State University Kirksville, MO 84% $12,780 1170-1370 See record
11 William Jewell College Liberty, MO 38% $17,562 1080-1270 See record
12 Maryville University of Saint Louis Saint Louis, MO 95% $22,066 - See record
13 Evangel University Springfield, MO 72% $18,669 1040-1260 See record
14 Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO 73% $16,298 1190-1420 See record
15 Webster University Saint Louis, MO 86% $27,047 1110-1310 See record
16 College of the Ozarks Point Lookout, MO 12.0% $6,100 1050-1220 See record
17 Ozark Christian College Joplin, MO 94% $20,580 - See record
18 Drury University Springfield, MO 58% $20,831 1130-1290 See record
19 University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO 90% $31,817 1055-1240 See record
20 St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton Fenton, MO 80% $24,395 - See record
21 Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO 55% $27,650 - See record
22 Southeast Missouri State University Cape Girardeau, MO 74% $15,882 950 See record
23 Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO 91% $17,613 1020-1270 See record
24 University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO 63% $15,071 1060-1290 See record
25 Cottey College Nevada, MO 69% $13,805 - See record
26 Westminster College Fulton, MO 79% $24,314 990-1250 See record
27 University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 72% $13,310 1290-1550 See record
28 Southwest Baptist University Bolivar, MO 68% $21,677 810-1210 See record
29 Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO 86% $16,244 976-1193 See record
30 University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64% $14,462 1050 See record
31 Ranken Technical College Saint Louis, MO - $18,795 - See record
32 Concorde Career College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO 96% $29,500 - See record
33 Avila University Kansas City, MO 88% $16,053 800-960 See record
34 Calvary University Kansas City, MO 72% $16,334 980-1140 See record
35 Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette, MO 57% $22,766 960-1045 See record
36 Hannibal-LaGrange University Hannibal, MO 73% $22,814 1090 See record
37 Conception Seminary College Conception, MO 32% $24,558 - See record
38 Evangel University-College of Online Learning Springfield, MO 49% $22,503 - See record
39 Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO 57% $19,638 1190 See record
40 Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary Kansas City, MO 96% $23,006 - See record