Top Ranked Programs
University of Missouri-Kansas City's program mix is anchored in Business, with enrollment across health, education, and social-science fields — a portfolio shaped by the university's urban professional identity in Kansas City. Business accounts for 20% of graduates, followed by Engineering at 8% and Social Sciences at 7%. The largest programs by graduate volume are Business/Commerce, General (237 graduates), Biology, General (163 graduates), and General Studies (120 graduates), together representing the core of the institution's degree output across 36 programs serving roughly 1,653 students annually. The strongest earnings outcomes at University of Missouri-Kansas City are concentrated in business-adjacent and health fields. Business/Commerce, General combines substantial cohort scale with competitive four-year earnings. Azimuth ranks Computer Science #122 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning $97,043 from a cohort of 91. Azimuth ranks Nursing #180 among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment, with graduates earning $88,249, and Accounting ranks #171 with graduates earning median earnings of $73,096 four years after enrollment. Several of University of Missouri-Kansas City's programs follow high-mobility, direct-to-workforce pathways — particularly in business, nursing, and information technology — where four-year earnings reflect labor-market outcomes directly. Other programs, including those in the biological and social sciences, are more grad-school-dependent pathways where four-year earnings undercount long-term trajectory for graduates who continue to professional or graduate study.