Admissions & selectivity
Missouri University of Science and Technology Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at Missouri University of Science and Technology?
Missouri University of Science and Technology’s reported acceptance rate is 72.6%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 72.6%
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.
Source: Missouri University of Science and Technology Common Data Set 2025-26, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
At 72.5%, Missouri University of Science and Technology admitted a smaller share of applicants than the median of 85.9% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 8,330 first-year applicants, 6,550 admitted, and 1,251 enrolled.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled Missouri University of Science and Technology students report?
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported a 3.82 average high-school GPA among enrolled first-year students, based on the 97.8% who reported a GPA. The figure is an average, not a cutoff.
For enrolled first-year students who submitted ACT scores, the middle half scored from 25 to 31; 68% submitted ACT scores. The SAT-submitting share was much smaller, at 12%, with a middle-half range of 1220 to 1380.
Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 44% placed in the highest tenth of their high-school class and 71% in the highest quarter. About half of the entering class, 51%, reported a rank.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at Missouri University of Science and Technology. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
12% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1220
- Median
- 1300
- 75th percentile
- 1380
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
68% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 25
- Median
- 28
- 75th percentile
- 31
CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: Missouri University of Science and Technology Common Data Set 2025-26, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at Missouri University of Science and Technology?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 22.8%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 18.7%
- First-year retention
- 86.6%
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 University of Science and Technology enrolls an undergraduate population that includes 22.8% receiving Pell Grants and an estimated 18.7% entering as transfers or part-time students. Its 5,521 undergraduates suggest a campus serving both aid recipients and people continuing their college path after transferring.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 8,330 first-year applicants, 6,550 admitted applicants, and 1,251 enrolled first-year students. The same set recorded 1,116 transfer applicants, 859 admitted transfers, and 278 enrolled transfers.
Pell-eligible and transfer applicants should prepare their aid materials and transfer records early.
In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported an 88% retention rate for the first-time, full-time fall 2024 entering class. For the first-time, full-time fall 2019 entering class, its six-year graduation rate was 66.9%, with Pell recipients at 57.0%, below the overall rate.
Federal data show a first-year retention rate of 86.6% for full-time bachelor’s-seeking first-year students, above the peer median of 73.7% for comparable institutions (same type and size). For the first-time full-time cohort, the six-year graduation rate is 64.4%, above the peer median of 49.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Pell recipients’ six-year completion rate is 63.5%, below the overall rate by 0.9 percentage points. Enrolled students can expect federal retention and completion measures that both exceed peer medians.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, 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.
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