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 2014.
- Total: 2,801
- Female: 1,698 (60.6%)
- Male: 1,103 (39.4%)
What they plan to study
- Agriculture: 106 (3.8%)
- Arts and Letters: 317 (11.3%)
- Business: 516 (18.4%)
- Education*: 154 (5.5%)
- Health and Human Services: 642 (22.9%)
- Humanities and Public Affairs: 120 (4.3%)
- Natural and Applied Sciences: 353 (12.6%)
- Undeclared: 593 (21.2%)
* 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: 779 (27.8%)
- St. Louis area: 804 (28.7%) students from St. Louis City, St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties
- Kansas City area: 304 (10.9%) students from Clay, Jackson and Platte counties
- Other Missouri counties: 547 (19.5%)
- Other states: 341 (12.2%)
- Other countries: 26 (0.9%)
By the numbers
- Number in Honors College: 363 (13.0%)
- Underrepresented students: 425 (15.2%)
- Living on campus: 2,376 (84.8%)
Additional information
- Average high school GPA: 3.62
- Average ACT Composite: 24.12
- Percentage that finished in the top half of class: 85.8%
- Percentage that earned college credit (AP, IB, Dual Credit): 59.6%