Career Programs at Missouri State University-West Plains

2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs

The average undergraduate tuition & fees at Missouri State University-West Plains is $9,180 for academic year 2022-2023. The amount is the average costs over all degree programs and the vocational program tuition may be lower than the average cost.

Missouri State University-West Plains offers the alternative tuition plans .

64% of enrolled students have received grants and/or scholarships and the average amount of received financial aid is $4,137 (exclude student loans).

Missouri State University-West Plains 2023 Tuition & Fees, Living Costs
Tuition & Fees	$9,180
Average Financial Amount	$4,137

Offered Career / Vocational Programs and Completers

Missouri State University-West Plains offers 24 vocational programs for Less than 1-Year Certificate and 1-2 Years Certificate programs. The following table lists number of programs by offered type and online availability along with number of completers.

Last year, 274 students have completed their career programs.

Offered Career Programs at Missouri State University-West Plains
Award Level	Total Number of Programs	Available Online Class	Number of Completers
Less than 1 Year Certificate	16	10	7
2 Years Certificate	8	6	20
Total	24	16	274

Programs by Award Level

The following table summarizes the number of completers by program and award level.

7 students have earned/completed Less than 1 Year Certificate program.
20 students have earned/completed 1-2 Years Certificate program.
247 students have earned/completed Associate's program.

Less than 1 Year Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (4 completers)	0 completers	-
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	✔	0	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	✕	0	-
Animal Sciences	✔	0	-
	✔	0	-
Agronomy and Crop Science	✔	0	-
Horticultural Science	✕	0	-
Computer and Information Sciences [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Information Technology	✕	0	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	2 completers	-
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician	✕	0	-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	2	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Child Development	✔	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	0 completers	-
Criminology	✔	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	4 completers	-
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant	✔	0	-
Medical/Clinical Assistant	✔	4	-
Business [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✕	1	-
Business Administration and Management	✔	0	-
	Total	7

1-2 Years Certificate Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (2 completers)	2 completers	-
Food Science	✔	0	-
	✔	2	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (2 completers)	17 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Medical Office Computer Specialist/Assistant	✔	15	-
Pre-Nursing Studies	✕	0	-
Business [+]	✔	1 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	1	-
Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services (other)	✔	0	-
	Total	20

Associate's Programs and Number of Completers
Program	Available Online	Number of Completers	Average Earning after graduation
Agriculture [+]	✔ (2 completers)	4 completers	-
Food Science	✔	0	-
	✔	4	-
Communications Technologies [+]	✕	3 completers	-
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects	✕	3	-
Personal and Culinary Services [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Restaurant, Culinary, and Catering Management/Manager	✕	0	-
Education [+]	✕	26 completers	-
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (other)	✕	26	-
Engineering Technology [+]	✕	8 completers	-
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians (other)	✕	5	-
Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields (other)	✕	3	-
Work and Family Studies [+]	✔ (1 completers)	15 completers	-
Child Development	✔	15	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities [+]	✔ (1 completers)	104 completers	-
General Studies	✔	104	-
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, and Firefighting [+]	✕	0 completers	-
Criminal Justice/Police Science	✕	0	-
Social Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	2 completers	-
Criminology	✔	2	-
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences [+]	✔ (1 completers)	57 completers	-
Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician	✔	2	-
Health/Medical Preparatory Programs (other)	✕	4	-
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse	✕	51	-
Business [+]	✔	20 completers	-
Business/Commerce	✔	20	-
	Total	247

Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation

Total 1,770 students are attending at Missouri State University-West Plains. There are 34 full-time faculty (instructional/teaching staffs) and 64 part-time faculty teaching for the school.

The students to faculty ratio is 13 to 1 (7.69%). The number of non-teaching staffs is 118 (full-time) and 129 (part-time).

The graduation rate of Missouri State University-West Plains is 33% and transfer-out rate is 20%. The retention rate is 58% at the school.

Missouri State University-West Plains 2023 Key Statistics
Student Population	1,770
Graduation Rate	33%
Number of Faculty	98
Student to Faculty Ratio	13 to 1

Student Population at Missouri State University-West Plains

For the academic year 2021-2022, total 1,960 students enrolled into Missouri State University-West Plains. By gender, 632 male and 1,328 female students are attending the school.

The following table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for Missouri State University-West Plains.

Student Population By Gender
Missouri State University-West Plains
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,960	632	1,328
Full-time	684	199	485
Part-tme	1,276	433	843

There are 1,720 White (87.76%), 32 Black/African American (1.63%), 51 Hispanic (2.60%), 16 Asian (0.82%), and 191 students with other races attending Missouri State University-West Plains. 10 students are enrolled with non-resident alien status.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at Missouri State University-West Plains
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,960	632	1,328
American Indian/Native American	21	7	14
Asian	16	10	6
Black/African American	32	14	18
Hispanic	51	15	36
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	1,720	537	1,183
Two More	49	22	27
Un-Known	60	24	36
Non-resident Alien	10	3	7

Missouri State University-West Plains offers the distance learning opportunities (online classes) for career programs.

590 students (30.10% of total students) are enrolled online exclusively and 633 students (32.30% of total students) are enrolled some online courses. The following table summarizes the online student population for Missouri State University-West Plains.

Distance Learning Student Population at Missouri State University-West Plains
	Number of Students
Total	1,960
Enrolled Online Exclusively	590
Enrolled Some Online Courses	633
Not in Online Courses	737

By age range, at Missouri State University-West Plains, 291 students are aged 20 to 24 (14.85% of total students), 1,382 students are aged below 20 (70.51%), 34 students are aged above 50 (3.16%).

Graduate Student Population By Age at Missouri State University-West Plains
	Total	Male	Female
Total	1,960	632	1,328
Under 18	866	284	582
Age 18-19	516	182	334
Age 20-21	197	65	132
Age 22-24	94	28	66
Age 25-29	88	26	62
Age 30-34	67	16	51
Age 35-39	42	11	31
Age 40-49	56	13	43
Age 50-64	31	7	24
Over 64	3	0	3

Directory and Accreditation Information

Missouri State University-West Plains is accredited by Higher Learning Commission (1/1/1994 - Current[Estimated Date]).

The following list shows the contact and directory information of Missouri State University-West Plains.

128 Garfield Avenue, West Plains, MO

417-255-7255

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