Defining a Missouri State freshman Bear
Want to know what your fellow freshman students are like? The information below provides a detailed profile of the freshman students who enrolled for Fall 2016.
- Total: 3,126
- Female: 1,909 (61.1%)
- Male: 1,217 (38.9%)
What they plan to study
- Agriculture: 95 (3.0%)
- Arts and Letters: 361 (11.5%)
- Business: 640 (20.5%)
- Education*: 167 (5.3%)
- Health and Human Services: 718 (23.0%)
- Humanities and Public Affairs: 167 (5.3%)
- Natural and Applied Sciences: 334 (10.7%)
- Undeclared: 644 (20.6%)
* 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 (25.5%)
- St. Louis area: 960 (30.7%) students from St. Louis City, St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties
- Kansas City area: 365 (11.7%) students from Clay, Jackson and Platte counties
- Other Missouri counties: 614 (19.6%)
- Other states: 366 (11.9%)
- Other countries: 25 (0.8%)
By the numbers
- Number in Honors College: 331 (10.6%)
- Underrepresented students: 454 (14.5%)
- Living on campus: 2,700 (86.4%)
Additional information
- Average high school GPA: 3.64
- Average ACT Composite: 23.99
- Percentage that finished in the top half of class: 85.0%