+23%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Missouri-St Louis rose 23% between 2021 and 2024 ($28.5k → $35.1k).
Missouri · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
University of Missouri-St Louis
Saint Louis, Missouri. 5,108 undergraduate students. 151 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at University of Missouri-St Louis
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at University of Missouri-St Louis fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.3% → 0.0%).
-12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Missouri-St Louis fell 12% between 2021 and 2024 (5.7k → 5.0k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Missouri
Each tile compares this institution to the Missouri median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$53,037+12% · 6→10y
Missouri median $40,979$47,564
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry56.9%+68% · '97→'24
Missouri median 59.3%$16,500+264% · '97→'20
At program completion5,108-44% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS68.3%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time57.2%-8% · '01→'24
latest cohort$13,440+85% · '00→'09
out-of-state $33,432SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
4.1%Median federal debt $16,500 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $53,037 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+68%
University of Missouri-St Louis · completion · 150% rose
33.8% → 56.6%
+237%
University of Missouri-St Louis · completion · 100% rose
11.3% → 38.1%
-44%
University of Missouri-St Louis · undergrad enrollment fell
9,044 → 5,024
+85%
University of Missouri-St Louis · in-state tuition rose
$4,650 → $8,595
+186%
University of Missouri-St Louis · out-of-state tuition rose
$12,274 → $35,112
+264%
University of Missouri-St Louis · median debt rose
$5,500 → $20,000
-100%
University of Missouri-St Louis · cohort default rate fell
7.5% → 0.0%
-28%
University of Missouri-St Louis · pell share fell
25.4% → 18.4%
+28%
University of Missouri-St Louis · earnings_median_10yr rose
$41,500 → $53,037
+33%
University of Missouri-St Louis · earnings_median_8yr rose
$38,700 → $51,418
+33%
University of Missouri-St Louis · earnings_median_6yr rose
$35,700 → $47,564
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Optometry.$123,036Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$119,093Business/Commerce, General.$110,354Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.$99,007Computer Science.$96,734Mechanical Engineering.$90,966Management Information Systems and Services.$90,391Accounting and Related Services.$85,960Education, General.$85,196Civil Engineering.$84,523Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$76,027Accounting and Related Services.$74,336Public Administration.$73,320Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.$66,101Economics.$65,785Educational Administration and Supervision.$63,405Chemistry.$63,244Special Education and Teaching.$61,428Business/Commerce, General.$61,411Mathematics.$60,849Social Work.$59,130Biology, General.$58,767Business Administration, Management and Operations.$58,618Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$55,479
Showing top 24 of 43 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
43 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$54,636Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$38,671Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$52,691Education, General.$85,196Education, General.$33,199Educational Administration and Supervision.$63,405Special Education and Teaching.$54,785Special Education and Teaching.$61,428
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
MATHEMATICS & STATISTICS · CIP 27
PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at University of Missouri-St Louis
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$475,187
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $12,980
- HS-only baseline · MO
- $35,100
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 52
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Missouri
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“University of Missouri-St Louis graduates earn $X” — not “University of Missouri-St Louis makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending University of Missouri-St Louis caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.