{"id":5627,"date":"2017-11-10T19:19:21","date_gmt":"2017-11-10T19:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=5627"},"modified":"2020-06-15T11:35:44","modified_gmt":"2020-06-15T16:35:44","slug":"about-mwsu","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/admissions\/about-mwsu\/","title":{"rendered":"Missouri Western Quick Facts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:30px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:30px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><h4>Location<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Main campus\u00a0\u2013\u00a0St. Joseph, MO (population: over 76,000)<\/li>\n<li>Learning landscape \u2013 main campus located on more than 700 acres of land<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/uncommoncharacter.com\/\">St. Joseph: Made with Uncommon Character<\/a>\n<ul>\n<li>Designated a Missouri Creative Community<\/li>\n<li>USA Today ranks St. Joseph the 7th fastest growing economy in the nation<\/li>\n<li>One of Expedia\u2019s 17 places you must visit in 2017<\/li>\n<li>45 minutes from Kansas City, and a little over two hours to Lincoln and Omaha, Neb.<\/li>\n<li>48 parks, 13 museums, 12 annual festivals, 26 miles of parkway and an arts culture unlike any other<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>History<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>1915 \u2013 Founded as St. Joseph Junior College<\/li>\n<li>1969 \u2013 Transformed into a four-year college<\/li>\n<li>1977 \u2013 Became a full member of the State of Missouri system<\/li>\n<li>2005 \u2013 Received university designation and changed it\u2019s name to Missouri Western State University<\/li>\n<li>2015 \u2013 Missouri Western celebrated is centennial year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Enrollment Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Undergraduate enrollment\u00a0(Fall 2017):\u00a05,321<\/li>\n<li>59% of undergraduate students are female, 41% are male and 88% are from Missouri<\/li>\n<li>International students: 130<\/li>\n<li>Students represent 35\u00a0states and 40 countries<\/li>\n<li>Graduate enrollment\u00a0(Fall 2017): 241<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Academic Information<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Average class size:\u00a015<\/li>\n<li>Student\/faculty ratio: 16:1<\/li>\n<li>Missouri Western\u2019s retention rate is 3.29% higher than national peer universities<\/li>\n<li>Missouri Western\u2019s graduation rate is higher\u00a0than its\u00a0peers<\/li>\n<li>Majors: 122<\/li>\n<li>Minors:\u00a060<\/li>\n<li>Degrees &amp; certificates granted for 2015-16:\u00a0884 degrees and 15 certificates<\/li>\n<li>84% of faculty members with terminal degree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Applied Learning<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Official Applied Learning Institution of Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Nearly 100% of graduates engaged\u00a0in at least one applied learning experience<\/li>\n<li>More than 120,000 hours of community service completed by Missouri Western students<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Financial Aid<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>95% of first-time freshmen receive financial aid<\/li>\n<li>Students receive $41.5 million each year in financial aid<\/li>\n<li>Qualified students from contiguous states\u00a0are eligible for our in-state tuition waiver<\/li>\n<li>Missouri Western offers\u00a0automatic merit-based scholarships\u00a0and\u00a0over 230 competitive scholarships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Tuition<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Tuition is 3rd lowest in the state of Missouri<\/li>\n<li>Undergraduate Tuition\/Fees:\u00a0$6,842\/year (In-State)\u00a0 | \u00a0$13,350\/year (Out-of-State)<br \/>\n(Based on 30 credit hours\/year \u2013 15 hours\/semester)<\/li>\n<li>Graduate Tuition\/Fees:\u00a0$6,559\/year (In-State) \u00a0| \u00a0\u00a0$11,283\/year (Out-of-State)<br \/>\n(Based on 18 credit hours\/year \u2013 9 hours\/semester)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Athletics<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Division \u2013 NCAA Division II<\/li>\n<li>Conference \u2013 Mid-American Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA)<\/li>\n<li>Mascot \u2013 Max the Griffon<\/li>\n<li>Colors \u2013\u00a0Black and Gold<\/li>\n<li>Men\u2019s athletics: baseball,\u00a0basketball, cheer, cross country, football, golf, track &amp; 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