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# Missouri State University-Springfield Acceptance Rate & Admissions

Updated September 30, 2026

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## What is the acceptance rate at Missouri State University-Springfield?

Missouri State University-Springfield’s reported acceptance rate is 90.5%.

**Acceptance rate · Fall 2024**
90.5%

Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.

How to interpret the acceptance rate

Missouri State University-Springfield admitted 90.5% of its applicants, a rate well above the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

## What SAT and ACT scores do Missouri State University-Springfield students report?

Missouri State University-Springfield enrolls students across a wide academic range, and the test scores of its entering class reflect that breadth. Among enrolled students who submitted SAT scores, the middle half scored between 1,020 and 1,270.

For those who submitted ACT scores, the middle half ranged from 19 to 26. These ranges describe the enrolled class, not a set of minimum requirements.

An applicant whose own scores sit near or above the upper end of those ranges can use them as one signal of academic fit.

The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Missouri State University-Springfield. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.

SAT: approximate enrolled-student range

**Approximate lower endpoint**
1020

**Approximate upper endpoint**
1270

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff. The endpoints add section percentiles; they are not verified composite-score percentiles. A separate SAT-equivalent average is not plotted as a median. Source: College Scorecard; sum of section 25th/75th percentiles; enrolled score-submitters.

ACT: enrolled-student score range

**25th percentile**
19

**75th percentile**
26

Enrolled students who submitted scores. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Figures cover fall 2024.

## Who enrolls at Missouri State University-Springfield?

**Pell Grant recipients**
22.0%

**Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group**
35.7%

**First-year retention**
77.2%

Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.

About these student measures

The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.

Missouri State University-Springfield enrolls 13,313 undergraduates. An estimated 35.7% of students arrive as transfers or part-time students, and 22.0% receive Pell Grants.

The classroom includes people who began their degree elsewhere alongside those who started as first-year students. Federal grant aid reaches about one in five undergraduates.

Pell-eligible students can use the net price calculator to estimate their own grant-adjusted cost before applying.

For first-time, full-time students, the first-year retention rate is 77.2%, and the [six-year graduation rate](/analysis/what-the-graduation-rate-doesnt-count/) is 57.9%. Both figures trail the peer medians of 83.1% and 65.0% for comparable institutions.

Pell Grant recipients in the same entering cohort complete at a rate of 49.4%, below the overall six-year rate by 8.5 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect a university where persistence and graduation outcomes lag behind those of comparable institutions, and where the Pell completion gap is a material part of the picture.

## Data & methodology

Sources and reporting periods: [methodology](/methodology/).

Analysis and methodology by [Daniel Rogers](/about/#founder), founder of College Azimuth.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.

Figure notes link to sources and limitations. [About College Azimuth](/about/).