College · Public · Rolla, MO · Town
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO
Admit rate73%
6-yr median pay$69k
Net price / yr$16k
Undergrad size5,521
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $16k/yr for a shot at a $69k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 73% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 1317 · ACT 29.
If you get in
5,521 undergrads. Small. You will know your cohort.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $29k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $16k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$117k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$65k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$52k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback0.9x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $15.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $33.2k
- Room & board
- $12.9k
- Books & supplies
- $488
How students pay for it.
Pell grants23%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans40%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$23k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $10k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
Graduation · 6 yr64%
Majority finish.
6-yr median pay$69k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$83k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 5,521
- Location
- Rolla, MO
- Region
- Plains (IA, KS, MN, MO, NE, ND, SD)
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral Universities: High Research Activity (R2)
- Size & setting
- Four-year · medium · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Higher Learning Commission
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White73%
- Unknown8%
- Hispanic5%
- Asian4%
- Black3%
- International3%
- Two or more races3%
First-gen students22%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time8%
Mostly a full-time student body.
Median family income$68k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 33
What you can study.