University of Missouri-Kansas City acceptance rate and your odds of getting in

With an acceptance rate near 72%, University of Missouri-Kansas City is a moderately selective public university in Missouri. Because it admits more applicants than it rejects, admission turns on the strength of your whole profile rather than any one number.

Use this page to see what University of Missouri-Kansas City 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 1270, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

What are my chances at University of Missouri-Kansas City with a 3.1 GPA and a 1420 SAT?

About 96% (Safety), by CollegeCalcAI's deterministic model, for an applicant with a 3.1 unweighted GPA and a 1420 SAT, the middle of University of Missouri-Kansas City's admitted range, applying Regular Decision without a hook. A 3.4 GPA with a 1550 SAT comes out near 98%. Courses, activities, essays and the application round move the number; the free calculator includes them.

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Here is how to get into University of Missouri-Kansas City, built from what its admitted class actually looks like and what the school says it weighs.

For the fall 2023 entering class, University of Missouri-Kansas City received 5,802 applications and admitted 4,351, an acceptance rate of 75%. 1,289 enrolled. Only about 30% 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. University of Missouri-Kansas City enrolls about 6,817 undergraduates in total, 60% of them women, with a student-to-faculty ratio of 13 to 1.

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

Admitted students at University of Missouri-Kansas City post SAT scores of 1290 to 1550 in the middle 50%, with an average of 1204. On the ACT the middle 50% runs from 20 to 28. A score above 1550 puts you in the top quarter of admits and turns the test into an asset; a score below 1290 puts you in the bottom quarter, where the rest of the application has to carry more weight. University of Missouri-Kansas City 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.

In its review, University of Missouri-Kansas City leans most on 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 University of Missouri-Kansas City's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

The full sticker price at University of Missouri-Kansas City (tuition, fees, housing, food, books) is about $25,320 a year. Tuition and fees are $12,587 for MO residents and $30,227 for out-of-state students, a $17,640 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 $13,310 a year, and it ranges from $10,576 for families earning under $30,000 to $18,877 for families earning over $110,000. 26% 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.

Median earnings for University of Missouri-Kansas City students ten years after entry are $59,637 ($50,298 at the six-year mark). 55% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 75% return for a second year. Among graduates who borrowed, median federal debt at graduation is $18,750; 24% 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, University of Missouri-Kansas City ranks #19 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.

Build around University of Missouri-Kansas City with peers at a comparable selectivity, such as James Madison University, University of Maryland Baltimore County, and University of Memphis. 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.