Office of the Registrar - Missouri State

Important dates

Sep. 27

Last day to drop, or declare Pass/Not-Pass or Audit for first block classes.

Refund Schedules

Oct. 12
Fall Break begins (October 12 - October 13). No classes, offices open.

Oct. 16
Second block classes begin.

Oct. 20

Last day to add and to drop second block classes for 100% credit.

Refund Schedules

Helpful information for students

Registration

Carrington Hall Building

Summer and fall registration generally opens in late March / early April and spring registration generally opens in late October.

Check your Registration Status in your My Missouri State for your earliest registration date and time, your academic status, and any holds preventing registration.

Registration

Transcripts

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Missouri State partners with Parchment to provide our official transcripts. An official transcript can be sent electronically or by mail and costs $10.00 per transcript.

A copy of your unofficial transcript can be found in your My Missouri State or can be requested by emailing the Office of the Registrar at Registrar@MissouriState.edu.

Frequently Asked Questions

Commencement & Graduation

Commencement Ceremony

Students are required to apply to graduate. Applying to graduate informs our office that you are ready to have your record reviewed for graduation eligibility. Your application also provides us with information used for commencement participation and the commencement program. Please review your degree audit and the Graduation Checklist and Commencement Eligibility webpage for additional information.

Frequently Asked Questions

Student Information Change

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It is important that all students keep up-to-date and accurate contact information on file with the University. You can update your personal email address, phone number, and emergency contact information in your My Missouri State.

You can change your address by submitting the Change of Address Form to the Office of the Registrar.

To request changes to legal information such as name, marital status, social security number, date of birth, sex, guardianship (parent or legal guardian) or citizenship status, complete the Student Information Form and submit the required documentation to the Office of the Registrar.

Enrollment Verification

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Students can receive an enrollment verification or certificate of attendance for any or all semesters at Missouri State University.

The National Student Clearinghouse is a source for instant verification of past and current enrollment that includes your name, beginning and ending dates of term, and enrollment status (full-time, three-quarter time, half-time, or less than half-time).

If additional information such as address, GPA, class schedule, SSN, address, degree awarded or expected graduation date is needed, you can complete the online request form.

If you do not have access to your My Missouri State, you can send an email to Registrar@MissouriState.edu.

Enrollment Verification

Frequently asked questions

Adding and Dropping Classes can assist you with registration through your My Missouri State.

If you are a first-time, new in college student, you will be registered at your SOAR Orientation.
There may be a few issues preventing registration. The Registration Status page is helpful to see if the advisor release, academic status, admission status, and enrollment agreement are all completed. This page also shows if there are any holds preventing your registration as well contact information to assist you with resolving the hold.

If you are able to register but a specific class is causing a Registration Error, a message will appear in the window explaining the error and whom to contact. Typically, the department that offers the course or the department of your major can assist.
If you never attended or received any credits at Missouri State University, you can contact the Office of the Registrar at Registrar@MissouriState.edu and request a letter of non-attendance. Please provide your full name and date of birth in the email so that we can verify your information.
It typically takes 4-6 weeks after your degree is awarded for your diploma to be received by mail. A digital diploma will be sent to your Missouri State email address within a few days of your degree being awarded. Your paper diploma will be mailed after your digital diploma is delivered. For diplomas being mailed internationally, the estimated time can vary greatly based on a variety of reasons. Parchment will notify you via email when the diploma has been delivered.
Blackboard typically takes a few hours to show a course after you have registered. Your instructor chooses when to make your Blackboard course available. If you do not see a course that you are registered for, contact the instructor to make sure they plan to use Blackboard and that they have made the course available to students. If you are having technical issues, please contact the Help Desk.
You should order your official transcript and attach a document (Microsoft Word, Adobe PDF) that lists your name and educator ID or SSN and we will include it with your transcript.
Missouri State University has a GPA calculator to help with calculating potential GPA. If you are needing to calculate the last 60 credits, you can use your unofficial transcript to manually count the credits and the GPA calculator to calculate the GPA.
For undergraduate students, the primary offices that can assist you with changing a major, minor, or certificate are the Academic Advising and Transfer Center and the Office of the Registrar.

The Academic Advising and Transfer Center’s major change website offers an online request form as well as MSU Bearmail and in-person instructions for how to change a major, minor, or certificate.

The Office of the Registrar will take these requests via MSU Bearmail to Registrar@MissouriState.edu or will process in-person.

All undergraduate College of Business major, minor, or certificate-related changes must be made through the College of Business Advisement Center.

The McQueary College of Health and Human Services Student Success and Advisement Center is also able to process major, minor, and certificate changes for programs that are part of MCHHS.

If you are requesting a major/minor change through one of these areas, please keep the following in mind as you make your request:
- Please be clear if the major/minor/certificate you wish to add is replacing an existing major/minor/certificate or if it is in addition to what you have already declared.
- If the major has options, please specify which option you wish to pursue.
- If the major requires a minor, please specify which minor you wish to pursue.
For additional information about the currently available majors, minors, and certificates, please visit the Office of the Registrar’s Major, Minor, and Certificate Codes website, which contains a list of available options from which to select.

For graduate students who wish to change majors/certificates or add additional majors/certificates, please contact Graduate Admissions in the Graduate College for assistance.
Please visit the Office of the Registrar's DG/DX Holds page for more information. This includes an explanation of the two holds, why they are applied, and information about how to resolve them.
If you are a current or future undergraduate student who has questions about how a particular course from a particular college/university will transfer to Missouri State, you can use the University’s Course Equivalency Guide to look up the MSU equivalency for your transfer course.

If you are a current or future undergraduate student who has questions about how to find the courses at other colleges/universities that are equivalent to a specific MSU course, you can use the University’s Transfer Equivalency Search to identify such courses.

If you believe one of your current transfer courses should have a different equivalency, you can request reevaluation through the Request Undergraduate Transfer Credit Re-Evaluation link in the My Missouri State portal.

If you have a potential transfer course that you cannot find in the Course Equivalency Guide and you wish to request pre-approval for how it will transfer, you can request evaluation through the Request Undergraduate Transfer Credit Pre-approval link in the My Missouri State portal.

For questions related to these guides, searches, and re-evaluation/pre-approval processes, please contact the Office of Admissions.