Popular Missouri Colleges Easy to Get Into
Missouri has 29 four-year colleges that accept 75% or more of applicants. If your GPA and test scores meet their typical thresholds, these are strong safety options, ordered by student interest online.
Leading examples include University of Missouri Columbia in Columbia, Missouri, accepting 78% of applicants. Also frequently researched: Missouri State University Springfield, Saint Louis University and Northwest Missouri State University.
Use the filters below to narrow by GPA, SAT, or ACT and see your estimated admission chance. For the highest academic quality among easy-admission schools, see best-ranked colleges with high acceptance rates. For schools with the highest acceptance rates regardless of popularity, see highest acceptance rate colleges.
University of Missouri Columbia
- Public 4 Year
- Columbia, MO
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 78% acceptance rate
Mizzou is a large public university known for undergraduate journalism and agriculture. Columbia is a Midwestern college town built around the campus.
- SAT Range 1150-1330
- Predicted Avg GPA 3.61
- Net Price $22,169
Missouri State University Springfield
- Public 4 Year
- Springfield, MO
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4.0 | 3 reviews
- 91% acceptance rate
Missouri State is a large public university known for undergraduate business, education, and health professions. The Springfield campus lies in the Ozarks region of southwest Missouri.
- SAT Range 1020-1270
- Avg GPA 3.73
- Net Price $17,181
Saint Louis University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 75% acceptance rate
SLU is a private Jesuit university known for undergraduate health sciences, nursing, and aviation. The urban campus sits in Midtown St. Louis.
- SAT Range 1200-1410
- Avg GPA 3.95
- Net Price $27,749
Northwest Missouri State University
- Public 4 Year
- Maryville, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Northwest Missouri State is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and agriculture. The residential campus is in the small college town of Maryville.
- SAT Range 976-1193
- Avg GPA 3.45
- Net Price $16,790
Truman State University
- Public 4 Year
- Kirksville, MO
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 84% acceptance rate
Truman State is a public liberal arts university known for undergraduate sciences, business, and education. The residential campus sits in the small college town of Kirksville.
- SAT Range 1170-1370
- Avg GPA 3.81
- Net Price $13,602
Webster University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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4.0 | 2 reviews
- 86% acceptance rate
Webster is a private university known for undergraduate communications, theatre, and media arts. The main campus sits in suburban Webster Groves near St. Louis.
- SAT Range 1110-1310
- Avg GPA 3.64
- Net Price $29,503
Maryville University of Saint Louis
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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3.3 | 3 reviews
- 95% acceptance rate
Maryville University is a private university known for undergraduate nursing, health professions, and business. The suburban campus is in Town and Country in the St. Louis area.
- SAT Range 1000-1230
- Avg GPA 3.58
- Net Price $22,983
Lincoln University
- Public 4 Year
- Jefferson City, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Lincoln University is a public historically Black university known for undergraduate agriculture and education. The campus is in Jefferson City, Missouri's state capital.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 2.75
- Net Price $14,002
Harris Stowe State University
- Public 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Harris-Stowe is a small public HBCU known for undergraduate teacher education. The urban campus is in St. Louis.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.04
- Net Price $9,418
Columbia College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, MO
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- 100% acceptance rate
Columbia College is a private college known for undergraduate business, education, and criminal justice. The campus is in the college town of Columbia, also home to the University of Missouri.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.59
- Net Price $21,530
Stephens College
- Private 4 Year
- Columbia, MO
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3.0 | 4 reviews
- 77% acceptance rate
- Nov 1 application deadline
Stephens is a private women's college known for undergraduate fashion, theater, and performing arts. Most students live on its residential campus in the college town of Columbia.
- SAT Range 1130-1270
- Avg GPA 3.27
- Net Price $23,194
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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4.0 | 1 reviews
- 90% acceptance rate
- Mar 1 application deadline
UHSP is a private university known for undergraduate pharmacy, biomedical sciences, and pharmaceutical sciences. The compact urban campus sits in St. Louis's Central West End near major medical centers.
- SAT Range 1055-1240
- Avg GPA 3.65
- Net Price $33,147
Avila University
- Private 4 Year
- Kansas City, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 88% acceptance rate
Avila is a private Catholic university known for undergraduate nursing and education. The compact campus sits in southern Kansas City.
- SAT Range 800-960
- Avg GPA 3.24
- Net Price $17,004
Missouri Western State University
- Public 4 Year
- Saint Joseph, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
Missouri Western is a public university known for undergraduate nursing, teacher education, and business. Students complete a required applied learning experience before graduation.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.25
- Net Price $13,126
Park University
- Private 4 Year
- Parkville, MO
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5.0 | 1 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- Aug 1 application deadline
Park University is a private university known for undergraduate business, education, and criminal justice. The historic campus sits on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River.
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA NA
- Net Price $19,519
Missouri Southern State University
- Public 4 Year
- Joplin, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 97% acceptance rate
Missouri Southern is a public university known for undergraduate teacher education, business, and health sciences. The campus is in Joplin in southwest Missouri.
- SAT Range 1150-1420
- Avg GPA 3.5
- Net Price $11,626
Culver Stockton College
- Private 4 Year
- Canton, MO
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- 99% acceptance rate
- Aug 15 application deadline
Culver-Stockton is a private liberal arts college known for undergraduate business, education, and equestrian studies. The campus sits on bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River.
- SAT Range 970-1080
- Avg GPA 3.37
- Net Price $21,996
Fontbonne University
- Private 4 Year
- Saint Louis, MO
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| 0 reviews
- 100% acceptance rate
- SAT Range -
- Avg GPA 3.3
- Net Price -