Overview
Missouri State University is a public, comprehensive university system with a mission in public affairs. Our purpose is to develop fully educated persons with a focus on ethical leadership, cultural competence and community engagement.
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State formerly Southwest Missouri State University) is a public university located in Springfield, Missouri, United States and was founded in 1906. It is the state's second largest university, with an official enrollment of 22,385 in the fall 2014 semester. In 2011 students represented 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and 83 countries. The Springfield campus is one of two degree-granting institutions within the Missouri State University System, the other being a two-year campus in West Plains, Missouri. A bachelor of science in business from MSU is offered at the Missouri State University Branch Campus Dalian in the People's Republic of China. In addition to its main campus, MSU maintains a fruit research station in Mountain Grove and the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies program housed in Fairfax, Virginia.The school is classified by the Carnegie Foundation as one of six master's colleges and universities in Missouri.In the 2014 U.S. News and World Report the school was ranked 68th in the category Midwestern regional universities
University accreditation:
Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) - Provisional
- The Higher Learning Commission
- Missouri State Board of Nursing (Full Approval)
- National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission (NLNAC)
Memberships
- American Association for Affirmative Action
- American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (AACRAO)
- American Association of Community Colleges (AACC)
- American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
- American Student Government Association (ASGA)
- Association of International Educators (NAFSA)
- Association of Veterans Education Certifying Officials (AVECO)
- College Reading and Learning Association (CRLA)
- Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
- Council of North Central Two-Year Colleges (CNCTYC)
- Educause
- Mid-States Association of College Stores (MSACS)
- Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (MASFAA)
- Missouri Association of College Admissions Counselors (MOACAC)
- Missouri Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers (MACRAO)
- Missouri Association of Financial Aid Personnel (MASFAP)
- Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Students Organization (MPAS)
- Missouri Campus Compact (MOCC)
- Missouri League for Nursing (MLN)
- Missouri Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (MOADN)
- Missouri Postsecondary Agriculture Students Organization (MPAS)
- National Association of College Stores (NACS)
- National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE)
- National Association of Developmental Education (NADE)
- National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA)
- National Council for Marketing and Public Relations (NCMPR)
- National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA)
- National League for Nursing (NLN)
- National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing (NOADN)
- National Postsecondary Agriculture Students Organization (NPAS)
- National Student Clearinghouse
- North Central Association (NCA)
- Rural Community College Association (RCCA)
- Service members Opportunity Colleges
- Southwest Missouri Nursing Education Consortium
Location & Facilities
The Missouri State University campuses are structured to address the special needs of the urban and rural populations they serve. Missouri State University-Springfield is a selective admissions, graduate level teaching and research institution. Missouri State University-West Plains is an open admissions campus serving seven counties in south central Missouri. Missouri State University-Mountain Grove serves Missouri’s fruit industry through operation of the State Fruit Experiment Station.
Missouri State Outreach provides learning opportunities through Internet-based instruction, interactive video network, and iCourses. The University also operates various other special facilities, such as the Darr Agricultural Center in southwest Springfield, the Jordan Valley Innovation Center in downtown Springfield, the Bull Shoals Field Station near Forsyth, Baker’s Acres and Observatory near Marshfield, the Missouri State University Graduate Center in Joplin, and the China Branch Campus at Liaoning Normal University (LNU) in Dalian, China.
In addition, Missouri State has the operations and program offerings of one entire academic department, its Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, located near Washington, D.C. in Fairfax, Virginia.