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Truman State University

Kirksville, Missouri·Public, 4-year or above·Plains·truman.edu
6-yr Graduation
69%
+19.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Total enrollment
3,664
peer median 3,208
Avg net price
$12,030
-$1.1k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
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Admissions & acceptance rate

First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.

Applied
2,883
2,883 candidates competed
Admitted
2,415
83.8% acceptance rate
Enrolled
626
25.9% yield

Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
69%+19.5pp vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
4-year graduation
58%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
69%
Full-time retention
85%

Pell equity

10.0pp gap
Pell recipients
57%
Non-Pell
67%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 10.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 62 Title IV programs, 21 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 41 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
62
Passing
21
33.9% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

62programs
  • Passing21 · 33.9%
  • No Data41 · 66.1%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
3
Safe
16
No data
41

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.

21
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
+6.7%
$44,010 vs $41,236
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Master's Degree · Education
+8.4%
$44,705 vs $41,236
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+12.7%
$60,478 vs $53,672
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+18.0%
$38,923 vs $32,989
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+21.3%
$40,026 vs $32,989
Research and Experimental Psychology
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
+25.8%
$41,487 vs $32,989
History
Bachelor Degree · History
+31.6%
$43,405 vs $32,989
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+46.5%
$48,320 vs $32,989

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

19
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services
Master's Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
68%
$40,799 debt · $60,478 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
53%
$20,500 debt · $38,923 earn
Research and Experimental Psychology
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
48%
$19,971 debt · $41,487 earn
Sports Kinesiology and Physical Education/Fitness
Bachelor Degree · Parks, Recreation, Leisure, And Fitness Studies
47%
$25,800 debt · $55,213 earn
History
Bachelor Degree · History
45%
$19,500 debt · $43,405 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Master's Degree · Education
44%
$19,281 debt · $44,010 earn
Public Health
Bachelor Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
44%
$26,300 debt · $60,157 earn
Political Science and Government
Bachelor Degree · Social Sciences
42%
$25,647 debt · $60,586 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1914Next review Aug 2035

Programmatic accreditations · 6

Action history · 6

  1. Jul 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  2. Jul 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  3. Apr 2023Renewal of Accreditation
    Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education · Nursing (CNURED) - Nursing education programs at the baccalaureate degree levels
  4. Jul 2017Renewal of Accreditation
    American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology · Speech-Language Pathology (SLP) - Graduate degree programs
  5. Mar 2016Renewal of Accreditation
    Missouri State Board of Nursing · Baccalaureate Degree Nursing Programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$7,322
$30–48k$7,585
$48–75k$11,125
$75–110k$14,616
$110k+$15,816

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$12,030
-$1,147vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs median $13,177
Federal loans
27.5%
In-state tuition
$9,470
Out-of-state
$17,870

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 662 students received $3.8M in Pell grants, alongside $7.7M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
662
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$3.8M
$3,798,968 total
Direct Loans
$7.7M
1,404 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
20
1k
21
1k
22
1k
23
1k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$2.0M
505 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$2.8M
663 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$2.2M
164 loan awards
Parent PLUS$725K
68 loan awards
Grad PLUS$42K
4 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 984 borrowers who entered repayment, 8 (0.8%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
0.8%
-1.5pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
984
Defaulted
8
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
3.7%
2017
3.5%
2018
2.6%
2019
0.8%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Truman State

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs56
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

731 total completions
01Business
14019.2%
02Health Professions
12617.2%
03Education
8511.6%
04Psychology
648.8%
05English Language
618.3%
06Biological Sciences
587.9%
07Parks/Recreation
557.5%
08Visual/Performing Arts
557.5%
09Social Sciences
547.4%
10Mathematics
334.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
3,664
12-mo unduplicated
3,994
Undergraduate
3,525
Graduate
469

Gender split

Men
40%1,589
Women
60%2,405

Race / ethnicity composition

White
78.8%
Non-resident
9.2%
Hispanic
3.5%
Two or more
3.1%
Asian
2.1%
Black
2.0%
Unknown
1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
363
222 M · 141 W
Women athletes
38.8%
Athletic aid
$1.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$5.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$889K
$571K
Recruiting expense
$44K
$22K
Head-coach salaries
$52K
$38K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 10

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
65 M · 67 W
$428K
Football
93 M ·
$1.4M
Soccer
33 M · 34 W
$464K
Baseball
37 M ·
$270K
Basketball
15 M · 16 W
$1.1M
Swimming
16 M · 13 W
$254K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
2.53
10 offenses · 3,960 students

3-year trend

3.012 yrs ago2.601 yr ago2.53Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
35
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
13
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
2
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Rape
6
Fondling
2
Burglary
1
Motor vehicle theft
1

By location

10total
  • On campus10

Includes 8 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

1
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
1 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs03
Liquor04

Residence-hall fires

  • Ryle Hall1 fire
    CookingDamage $0-$99

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
12.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
231

Truman State vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Truman State selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectTruman State University
69%3,664$12,030Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Minot State University
45%64.6%2,751$12,514Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
52%79.9%2,576$20,380Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Dakota State University
49%88.0%3,774$19,725Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Chadron State College
50%2,098$13,308Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Washburn University
44%6,033$13,046Masters Colleges & Universities: Medium Programs
Peer group median50%79.9%3,208$13,177

Frequently asked questions about Truman State University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Truman State.

What is the graduation rate at Truman State University?

Truman State University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 69% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Truman State University?

Truman State University reports a total enrollment of 3,664 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Truman State University?

The average net price at Truman State University is $12,030 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

What is the yield rate at Truman State University?

Truman State University's yield rate is 25.9%, the share of admitted students who enrolled, per the latest IPEDS.

Where is Truman State University located?

Truman State University is located in Kirksville, Missouri 63501-4221.

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