Transfer Student Profile

Defining a Missouri State transfer Bear

Want to know what your fellow transfer students are like? The information below provides a detailed profile of the transfer students who enrolled for Fall 2016.

• Total: 1,782
• Female: 970 (54.4%) 
• Male: 812 (45.6%)      

What they plan to study

• Agriculture: 80 (4.5%)
• Arts and Letters: 196 (11.0%) 
• Business: 643 (36.1%)   
• Education*: 133 (7.5%)
• Health and Human Services: 309 (17.3%)   
• Humanities and Public Affairs: 96 (5.4%)       
• Natural and Applied Sciences: 206 (11.6%)   
• Undeclared: 119 (6.7%)

* Includes only students in early childhood, elementary, middle school, and special education. Students in secondary education are included with the subject areas they plan to teach.

Where they’re from

• Southwest Missouri: 796 (44.7%)   
• St. Louis area: 264 (14.8%) students from St. Louis City, St. Louis, St. Charles, Franklin and Jefferson counties
• Kansas City area: 107 (6.0%) students from Clay, Jackson and Platte counties
• Other Missouri counties: 239 (13.4%)   
• Other states: 116 (6.5%)
• Other countries: 260 (14.6%)

Type of school they came from

• Two-year institutions: 1,306 (73.29%)  
• Four-year institutions: 433 (24.3%)
• Other (Exchange Program): 20 (1.12%)

By year

• Freshman: 204 (11.4%)
• Sophomore: 764 (42.9%) 
• Junior: 697 (39.1%)   
• Senior: 117 (6.6%)

By the numbers

• Underrepresented students: 211 (11.8%)   
• Living on campus: 318 (17.8%)