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×Joplin, Missouri
Public 4 Year
ACT
19/24
Estimated Cost
$17,120
Financial Aid
$15,133
Students
5,000 - 9,999
Missouri Southern State University is a public, state university located in Joplin, in the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri Southern State University was formerly Missouri Southern State College and is also known as Missouri Southern, MSSU, or MoSo for short. Established in 1937 as Joplin Junior College, Missouri Southern became a four-year college in 1968 and became state-assisted four-year college known as Missouri Southern State College in 1977. In 2003, the Missouri General Assembly authorized the renaming of the college to Missouri Southern State University–Joplin, and in 2005 the university dropped Joplin from its name.
Prepler rankings are based on rigorous and in-depth analysis of key statistics from the U.S. Department of Education.
2024 Best Colleges in America
#1263 of 6828
2024 Best Colleges in Missouri
#37 of 174
2024 Best Public Colleges in Missouri
#10 of 51
Out of 20 majors categories at Missouri Southern State University, the 5 most popular are listed below.
Graduation rate of college is a strong indicator of success of the college’s students in attaining their educational goals. Prepler defines graduation rate as the percentage of first-time, full-time students who graduated from Missouri Southern State University within four or six years.