Central Missouri acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Central Missouri, a public university in Missouri, reports a 64% acceptance rate and sits in the moderately selective band. In practice that means it admits more applicants than it rejects, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Central Missouri weighs, where it ranks among Missouri schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1120, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at Central Missouri with a 3.1 GPA and a 1060 SAT?

About 79% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1060 SAT, the middle of Central Missouri's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1120 SAT comes out near 94%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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There is no formula that guarantees a spot at Central Missouri, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Central Missouri admitted 3,407 of the 4,966 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 68.6%. 1,061 enrolled. Only about 31% of admitted students enrolled, so the school admits several students for every seat it expects to fill, which is why its acceptance rate reads higher than its selectivity feels. Central Missouri enrolls about 5,648 undergraduates in total, 53% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 18 to 1.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS 2023 admissions and enrollment.

On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 17 to 24. Central Missouri is test-optional: scores are considered if you submit them but not required. Send a score at or above the middle of the admitted range; otherwise apply without one and let your transcript lead.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10.

The factors that carry the most weight at Central Missouri are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Central Missouri's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Central Missouri's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $22,947 per year. Tuition and fees are $10,050 for MO residents and $18,600 for out-of-state students, a $8,550 gap that makes residency the single biggest lever on cost. What families actually pay is different: the average net price after grants and scholarships is $14,462 a year, and it ranges from $10,965 for families earning under $30,000 to $18,485 for families earning over $110,000. 27% of undergraduates receive a federal Pell Grant.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Net price is what students receiving aid paid after grants, by family income.

Ten years after enrolling, the median Central Missouri student who received federal aid earns $49,560 a year, up from $41,593 at six years. 54% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 74% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $21,000; 32% of undergraduates take federal loans.

Source: College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), release 2026-06-10. Earnings cover students who received federal aid.

Among the 35 Missouri schools we track, Central Missouri ranks #8 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Washington University in St. Louis (12%) and College of the Ozarks (12%) sit nearby, which makes Missouri a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

Applicants targeting Central Missouri often weigh UNC Wilmington, Elizabeth City State University, and Queens College (NY), which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate, application counts, admitted test ranges, cost, and outcomes reflect publicly reported federal data (U.S. Department of Education: IPEDS 2023 and the College Scorecard) and each school's Common Data Set; figures are rounded and lag the current cycle by one to two years, so confirm deadlines and policies on the school's own site. The typical-admit GPA and SAT are CollegeCalcAI's modeled estimates. Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.