Missouri S&T acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

Missouri S&T, a public university in Missouri, reports a 73% 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 Missouri S&T 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 Missouri S&T with a 3.1 GPA and a 1310 SAT?

About 97% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1310 SAT, the middle of Missouri S&T's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1420 SAT comes out near 98%. 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 Missouri S&T, but the applicants who get in tend to do the same four things. Here is what the numbers say each one looks like.

Missouri S&T admitted 5,978 of the 8,181 students who applied for fall 2023, which works out to 73.1%. 1,196 enrolled. Only about 20% 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. Missouri S&T enrolls about 5,521 undergraduates in total, 23% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 17 to 1.

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

The middle 50% of admitted students at Missouri S&T scored between 1190 and 1420 on the SAT (average 1317). On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 25 to 31. A score above 1420 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1190 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. Missouri S&T 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 Missouri S&T 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 Missouri S&T's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Missouri S&T's published cost of attendance, before any aid, is roughly $29,231 per year. Tuition and fees are $14,984 for MO residents and $33,248 for out-of-state students, a $18,264 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 $16,298 a year, and it ranges from $10,912 for families earning under $30,000 to $20,088 for families earning over $110,000. 23% 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 Missouri S&T student who received federal aid earns $82,957 a year, up from $69,295 at six years. 64% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 87% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $23,250; 40% 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, Missouri S&T ranks #21 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 Missouri S&T often weigh Louisiana State University, Texas Tech University, and Buffalo State University, 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.