Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 20.5-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 128 Title IV programs, 29 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 99 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing29 · 22.7%
- No Data99 · 77.3%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 1
Action history · 3
- Dec 2022Loss of Accreditation or Preaccreditation: Voluntary WithdrawalCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Apr 2020Renewal of AccreditationCommission on English Language Program Accreditation · English Language
- Mar 2019Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 1,527 students received $8.6M in Pell grants, alongside $22.0M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 1,373 borrowers who entered repayment, 12 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at MST
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 9
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus19
- Non-campus8
- Public property1
Includes 13 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
MST vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions MST selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMissouri University of Science and Technology | 64% | — | 7,154 | $16,298 | R2 Research |
| 54% | 72.2% | 14,732 | $13,310 | R2 Research | |
| 57% | 62.7% | 14,736 | $15,071 | R2 Research | |
| 60% | 98.8% | 10,619 | $19,858 | R2 Research | |
| 62% | 98.3% | 12,056 | $19,841 | R2 Research | |
| 49% | 87.0% | 14,972 | $13,441 | R2 Research | |
| Peer group median | 59% | 87.0% | 13,394 | $15,685 |
Institutions like MST
Explore the federal data for institutions in MST's comparison group.
- R2 ResearchMissouri
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Grad rate54%Admit rate72.2%Enrollment14,732Net price$13,310View data - R2 ResearchMissouri
University of Missouri-St Louis
Grad rate57%Admit rate62.7%Enrollment14,736Net price$15,071View data - R2 ResearchSouth Dakota
University of South Dakota
Grad rate60%Admit rate98.8%Enrollment10,619Net price$19,858View data - R2 ResearchSouth Dakota
South Dakota State University
Grad rate62%Admit rate98.3%Enrollment12,056Net price$19,841View data - R2 ResearchNebraska
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Grad rate49%Admit rate87.0%Enrollment14,972Net price$13,441View data
MST Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The Factbook provides answers to many of the most commonly asked questions about the campus and serves as a source of comparative information over time.
Visit IR office pageCommon Data Set
MST's own annual Common Data Set: the most detailed self-reported reference for selectivity, cost, outcomes, and the student body.
Selectivity & Admissions
Admissions funnel
C18,181 applied → 5,978 admitted (73.1%) → 1,196 enrolled.
Selectivity
C1Accessible — 73.1% acceptance rate.
Admit rate by gender
C1Admit rates are similar across genders (Women 70.0%, Men 74.6%).
SAT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% SAT 1160–1350 (median 1280).
ACT range (middle 50%)
C9Middle 50% ACT 25–31 (median 27).
High-school class rank
C10Share of enrolled first-years by HS class-rank band.
What matters in admission
C7Relative importance of each admission factor.
Affordability & Value
Cost of attendance
GTotal sticker cost of attendance is $29,722 (2024-2025).
Sticker vs. net price
G+HSticker $29,722 → about $14,398 net for aided students after the average need-based grant ($15,324); 84% of demonstrated need is met.
Where grant aid comes from
H10% of need-based grant dollars come from the institution itself.
Graduate debt
H4/H557% of graduates borrowed; those who did owed $29,441 on average.
Academic Experience
Class-size distribution
I343% of classes have under 20 students; 3% have 50+.
Faculty profile
IKey faculty indicators.
Degrees by discipline
JSTEM-dominant: ~93% of bachelor's degrees are in computing, engineering, math & sciences.
Transfer Path
Transfer admissions
D1946 transfer applicants → 697 admitted (73.7%) → 279 enrolled
Source publications
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