Transfer Student Profile

Defining a Missouri State transfer Bear

Want to know what your fellow transfer students are like? The information below provides a detailed profile of the transfer students who enrolled for Fall 2016.

  • Total: 1,782
  • Female: 970 (54.4%) 
  • Male: 812 (45.6%)      

What they plan to study

  • Agriculture: 80 (4.5%)
  • Arts and Letters: 196 (11.0%) 
  • Business: 643 (36.1%)   
  • Education*: 133 (7.5%)
  • Health and Human Services: 309 (17.3%)   
  • Humanities and Public Affairs: 96 (5.4%)       
  • Natural and Applied Sciences: 206 (11.6%)   
  • Undeclared: 119 (6.7%)

* Includes only students in early childhood, elementary, middle school, and special education. Students in secondary education are included with the subject areas they plan to teach.

Where they’re from

  • Southwest Missouri: 796 (44.7%)   
  • St. Louis area: 264 (14.8%) students from St. Louis City, St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties
  • Kansas City area: 107 (6.0%) students from Clay, Jackson and Platte counties
  • Other Missouri counties: 239 (13.4%)   
  • Other states: 116 (6.5%)
  • Other countries: 260 (14.6%)

Type of school they came from

  • Two-year institutions: 1,306 (73.29%)  
  • Four-year institutions: 433 (24.3%)
  • Other (Exchange Program): 20 (1.12%)

By year

  • Freshman: 204 (11.4%)
  • Sophomore: 764 (42.9%) 
  • Junior: 697 (39.1%)   
  • Senior: 117 (6.6%)

By the numbers

  • Underrepresented students: 211 (11.8%)   
  • Living on campus: 318 (17.8%)