University of Missouri-Columbia's admit rate has held within a 187.9-point band over 6 reported cycles.
The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.
Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.
| Year | Admit rate | Enrolled | 6-yr grad | Retention | SAT (50th) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-2025 | 78.5% | 5,953 | 74.9% | 92.7% | — |
| 2023-2024 | 77.0% | 5,139 | 76.2% | 91.3% | — |
| 2022-2023 | 187.9% | 4,983 | 75.3% | 88.6% | — |
| 2021-2022 | 0.1% | 10 | 72.5% | 88.4% | — |
| 2020-2021 | — | 9 | 73.0% | 89.4% | — |
Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.
Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.
Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.
The schools University of Missouri-Columbia applicants most commonly also apply to range from 42.4% admit to 92.6% admit — a 50.2 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.
Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 19 percentage points.
University of Missouri-Columbia's 74.9% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 18.6 pp.
Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.
University of Missouri-Columbia's 78.5% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.
Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →
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