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    Information Summary

    Ranks 310th for total enrollment

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    Surrounding communityLarge city (inside urban area, pop. over 250,000)
    Highest offeringDoctoral degree
    Full-time Enrollment8,271
    Total Enrollment14,310
    Calendar SystemSemester
    Years of college work requiredN/A
    Variable TuitionYes
    Application Fee RequiredYes
    Undergraduate Application Fee$35
    Graduate Application Fee$35
    First Professional Application Fee$35

    Demographics Main Campus and Surrounding Areas

    Reported area around or near Kansas City, MO

    Total Population17,842 (17,842 urban / N/A rural)
    Households7,198 (2.3 people per house)
    Families3,759 (3.08 people per family)
    Pop. — African American10,217
    Pop. — Asian342
    Pop. — Pacific Islander22
    Pop. — American Indian / Alaskan Native229
    Pop. — White (incl. Hispanic)7,120
    Pop. — Other399

    Carnegie Foundation Classification

    Research Universities (high research activity)

    UndergraduateArts & sciences plus professions, high graduate coexistence
    GraduateDoctoral, professional dominant
    Undergraduate PopulationMedium full-time four-year, selective, higher transfer-in
    EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
    Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily nonresidential

    Student Tuition Costs and Fees

    What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Missouri-Kansas City?

    Ranks 501st for total cost of attendance

      In District In State Out of State
    FT Undergraduate Tuition $6,819 $6,819 $17,070
    FT Undergraduate Required Fees $773 $773 $773
    PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $227 $227 $569
    FT Graduate Tuition $4,975 $4,975 $12,847
    FT Graduate Required Fees $595 $595 $595
    PT Graduate per Credit Hour $276 $276 $713
    Total Cost of attendance — On-Campus $22,132 $22,132 $31,696
    Total Cost of attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $23,872 $23,872 $33,436
    Total Cost of attendance — Off-Campus with Family $15,242 $15,242 $24,806

    Student Tuition Costs for Professional Fields

    What are the typical tuition costs and fees for getting a professional degree?

      In State Out of State
    Medical Degree — Tuition $21,108 $40,080
    Medical Degree — Required Fees N/A N/A
    Dentistry Degree — Tuition $22,786 $44,556
    Dentistry Degree — Required Fees N/A N/A
    Pharmacology Degree — Tuition $15,873 $33,888
    Pharmacology Degree — Required Fees N/A N/A
    Law Degree — Tuition $12,365 $24,416
    Law Degree — Required Fees $773 $773

    Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

    Three year history and trends on the cost of attending

      In District In State Out of State
    Published Tuition & Fees $6,752 trend  $7,182 $6,752 trend  $7,182 $15,568 trend  $16,746
      Cost (regardless of residency)
    Books & Supplies $904 trend  $990
    On-Campus – Room & Board $8,500 trend  $9,090
    On-Campus – Other Expenses $4,240 trend  $4,870
    Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $7,910 trend  $8,630
    Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $6,220 trend  $7,070
    Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $6,220 trend  $7,070

    Admission Details

    Applicants 3,228 (1,261 male / 1,967 female)
    Admitted 2,299 (912 male / 1,387 female)
    Admission rate 71%
    First-time Enrollment 955 (396 male / 559 female)
    FT Enrollment 929 (382 male / 547 female)
    PT Enrollment 26 (14 male / 12 female)

    Admission Criteria

    What criteria does University of Missouri-Kansas City use for admissions?

    Required = Required, Recommended = Recommended, Neither required nor recommended = Neither required nor recommended
    Open AdmissionsNo
    Secondary School GPA / Rank / RecordRequired / Required / Required
    College Prep. CompletionRecommended
    RecommendationsN/A
    Formal competency demoN/A
    Admission test scoresRequired
    TOEFLRequired
    Other testsN/A

    Special Learning Opportunities

    Distance LearningYes
    ROTC — Army / Navy / Airforce YesYes / No / No
    Study AbroadYes
    Weekend CollegeNo
    Teacher CertificationYes

    Athletics - Association Memberships

    Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
    NCAA / NAIA Basketball Conference Mid-Continent Conference
    NCAA / NAIA Track & Field Conference Mid-Continent Conference

    Admission Credits Accepted

    What types of credits does University of Missouri-Kansas City accept?

    Dual CreditYes
    Life ExperienceNo
    Advanced Placement (AP)Yes

    ACT Test Admission

    Rank 254th for 75pctl scores

    Applicants submitting ACT results 93%
    Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 20 / 28
    Math scores (25/75 %ile) 18 / 27
    Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 20 / 27

    SAT Test Admission

    Rank 133rd for 75pctl scores

    Applicants submitting SAT results 4%
    Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 550 / 660
    Math scores (25/75 %ile) 535 / 690
    Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1085 / 1350

    Student Services

    Remedial ServicesYes
    Academic / Career CounselingYes
    PT Cost-defraying EmploymentYes
    Career PlacementYes
    On-Campus Day CareYes
    Library FacilityYes

    Student Living

    First-time Room / Board RequiredNo
    Dorm Capacity1,000
    Meals per Week19
    Room FeeN/A
    Board FeeN/A

    Student Financial Aid Details

    How many students use Financial Aid, and how much do they use?

    University of Missouri-Kansas City ranks 340th for the average student loan amount.

      Average Users % of Attendees
    Federal Grant Aid $2,820 268 pie   30%
    State & Local Grant Aid $2,078 95 pie   10%
    Institutional Grant Aid $4,893 650 pie   72%
    Student Loan Aid $7,075 524 pie   58%
    Any financial aid type   804 pie   89%

    Student Enrollment Demographics

    How many students are enrolled at University of Missouri-Kansas City?

      Men Women Total
    Non Resident Alien
    431273704
    Black Non-Hispanic
    4671,0991,566
    Hispanic
    206294500
    Asian / Pacific Islander
    317433750
    American Indian / Alaskan Native
    336699
    White Non-Hispanic
    3,7955,5039,298
    Race Unknown
    6937001,393
    Total 5,942 8,368 14,310

    Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

    How many students complete University of Missouri-Kansas City?

      Non Resident Alien Black Non-Hispanic Hispanic Asian / Pacific Islander American Indian / Alaskan Native White Non-Hispanic Race Unknown Total
    Accounting 7 1 9 2 57 8 84
    American/United States Studies/Civilization 1 2 3
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation 1 6 1 8
    Art/Art Studies, General 1 5 2 23 3 34
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General 8 1 1 7 2 50 7 76
    Business/Commerce, General 32 17 7 15 169 18 258
    Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other 1 3 4
    Chemistry, General 4 7 7 32 4 54
    City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 6 2 8
    Civil Engineering, General 5 1 15 2 23
    Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other 2 12 6 3 41 5 69
    Computer and Information Sciences, General 42 2 1 7 10 4 66
    Corrections and Criminal Justice, Other 2 12 2 1 27 5 49
    Counseling Psychology 1 1 1 1 4
    Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 2 1 1 35 3 42
    Curriculum and Instruction 2 12 3 2 49 4 72
    Dance, General 1 10 11
    Dental Clinical Sciences, General (MS, PhD) 1 2 4 15 1 23
    Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 1 1 25 1 28
    Dentistry (DDS, DMD) 5 2 4 10 3 62 6 92
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 3 2 2 29 1 37
    Economics, General 5 6 1 18 5 35
    Education, General 8 1 9
    Educational Evaluation and Research 2 2
    Educational Leadership and Administration, General 1 16 1 38 9 65
    Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 22 1 2 3 8 1 37
    Elementary Education and Teaching 1 3 26 2 32
    English Language and Literature, General 5 3 1 52 4 65
    Foreign Languages and Literatures, General 1 3 5 1 10
    French Language and Literature 1 2 1 4
    Geography 1 2 3
    Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other 2 1 3
    History, General 1 2 28 7 38
    Information Science/Studies 4 2 2 13 2 23
    Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching 1 1 8 1 11
    Law (LL 2 4 1 6 5 130 8 156
    Legal Professions and Studies, Other 5 1 1 13 1 21
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 48 6 29 2 138 27 250
    Mathematics, General 1 2 10 5 18
    Mechanical Engineering 4 2 12 1 19
    Medicine (MD) 5 1 27 47 10 90
    Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 15 2 2 30 1 50
    Music History, Literature, and Theory 1 1 2
    Music Performance, General 3 2 2 1 34 4 46
    Music Teacher Education 1 1 15 2 19
    Music Theory and Composition 2 10 2 14
    Music, General 1 13 1 15
    Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) 7 8 4 1 123 3 146
    Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) 3 1 4 1 9
    Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) 8 2 2 1 62 2 77
    Philosophy 2 13 1 16
    Physical Education Teaching and Coaching 1 4 2 7
    Physics, General 4 5 9
    Political Science and Government, General 3 4 3 3 27 2 42
    Psychology, General 3 13 9 4 1 77 5 112
    Public Administration 1 5 2 1 17 2 28
    Reading Teacher Education 2 19 3 24
    Secondary Education and Teaching 2 2 1 37 6 48
    Social Work 1 14 2 40 9 66
    Sociology 5 2 1 20 2 30
    Spanish Language and Literature 3 3 14 2 22
    Special Education and Teaching, General 1 7 20 4 32
    Urban Studies/Affairs 3 2 1 6
    Total 201 253 90 158 22 1,811 221 2,756

    Faculty Compensation / Salaries

    University of Missouri-Kansas City ranks 723rd for the average full-time faculty salary.

    Tenure system Yes
    Average FT Salary $63,026 ($70,721 male / $52,784 female)
    Number of FT Faculty 662 (378 male / 284 female)
    Total Benefits $10,096,661

    University of Missouri-Kansas City Academics

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    University of Missouri: Kansas City is unique in its study options. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Distance Learning, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Air Force, ROTC, Army, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. Further, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Adult (re-entering) student services, Alcohol/Substance Abuse Counseling, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Minority Student Services, On-Campus Daycare, Personal Counseling, Placement Service, Veterans Counselor and Women’s Services can help. There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Learning Center, Reduced Course Load, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed.

    The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at University of Missouri: Kansas City.

    Biological and Biomedical Sciences:
    Biology
    Philosphy and Religion:
    Philosophy
    English Language and Literature:
    English, English Language & Literature – General
    Education:
    Education – General, Elementary Education, Junior High Education, Music Teacher Education, Secondary Education
    History:
    History – General
    Health and Clinical Sciences:
    Clinical Laboratory Science, Dental Hygiene, Music Therapy, Nursing (RN), Pharmaceutical Science
    Security and Protective Services:
    Law Enforcement Administration
    Popular majors:
    twenty-one percent liberal arts, thirteen percent business per marketing, nine percent education, seven percent health professions, seven percent social sciences, seven percent visual and performing arts, six percent psychology, five percent communications per journalism, five percent computer and information sciences
    Psychology:
    Psychology – General
    Computer Science:
    Computer/Information Sciences – General, Information Sciences/Systems
    Physical Sciences:
    Chemistry, Geology, Physics
    Social Sciences:
    Economics, Geography, Political Science/Government, Sociology, Urban Studies
    Foreign Language and Literature:
    French, German, Spanish
    Communications & Journalism:
    Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Mass Communications/Media Studies
    Mathematics:
    Mathematics – General, Statistics
    School of Visual and Performing Arts:
    Art – General, Art History/Criticism/Conservation, Dance, Drama/Theater Arts, Fine/Studio Arts, Jazz Studies, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music Theory/Composition
    Business, Management, & Marketing:
    Accounting, Business – General

    Again, for international students, the application fee is 50.

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    University of Missouri-Kansas City Admissions

    Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 75% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 71%. Remember that this can change at any time. This school requires an application fee consisting of thirty-five dollars regular application fee, thirty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, thirty-five dollars online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. Specifically, there were two thousand, nine hundred and forty-seven total number of transfer students who applied and two thousand and seventy-five total number of transfer students who were admitted.

    For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. SAT and ACT score reports are very important, so you will want to check on the specific dates with the university. Besides, Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported. The regular application due date was not reported. In the same way, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 1st of April.

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    University of Missouri-Kansas City Athletics

    The following sports can be found here:

    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Basketball
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Cross_country
    • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Football
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Women’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Golf
    • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Handball
    • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Racquetball
    • Men’s NCAA Division I, Men’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Men’s Scholarship Soccer
    • Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Softball
    • Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Table_tennis
    • Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural, Men’s Scholarship and Women’s Scholarship Track_and_field
    • Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_indoor
    • Men’s NCAA Division I and Women’s NCAA Division I Track_outdoor
    • Women’s NCAA Division I, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural, Women’s Intramural and Women’s Scholarship Volleyball
    The Roos are a member of NCAA.

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    University of Missouri-Kansas City Financial Aid

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    Financial aid distribution is at thirty-three percent scholarships per grants and sixty-seven percent loans per jobs. In the same way, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Alumni Affiliation, Art, Athletics, Leadership, Minority Status, Music/Drama and State/District Residency. Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Financial aid forms are FAFSA.

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    University of Missouri-Kansas City Students

    The school’s size is approximately seven thousand and seventy degree-seeking undergrads, one thousand and twenty-eight first-time degree-seeking freshmen and three thousand, two hundred and ninety-six graduate enrollment. University of Missouri: Kansas City offers Bachelor’s, Master’s, Doctoral and First Professional degrees. Further, the student body consists of eighty percent in-state students, twenty percent out-of-state students, two percent part-time students, fifty-seven percent women, forty-three percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, nine percent asian per pacific islander, eighteen percent black per non-hispanic, five percent hispanic, sixty percent white per non-hispanic, two percent non-resident alien, six percent race per ethnicity unreported, thirty percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-five percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty-four percent in top half of graduating class, twenty-eight percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, thirteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, ten percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and one percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Again, it is part of an Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Commuter campus. The university is a Public, University, Four-year, Coed, where 75 percent of the applicants were admitted, Regionally accredited and College Board member.

    This school features the Urban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Commuter campus. Students should note the housing policies: forty percent of first-year students live in college housing, thirteen percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Coed Housing, Fraternity/Sorority Housing, Wellness housing (alcohol/drug/smoke-free), fifteen-MAR deadline for housing deposit, three hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. Furthermore, the university has many unique facilites such as observatory, science and technology library, theater, music conservatory, miniature toy museum. On the whole, the school is located 500 miles from Chicago, 250 miles from St. Louis.

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