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Most selective (lowest admit rate) in Missouri
31 colleges in Missouri with this figure reported (500+ students).
1Washington University in St Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit)12% admit2College of the Ozarks · MO · Private (nonprofit)15% admit3William Jewell College · MO · Private (nonprofit)34% admit4Missouri Valley College · MO · Private (nonprofit)53% admit5University of Missouri-St Louis · MO · Public57% admit6Webster University · MO · Private (nonprofit)58% admit7Drury University · MO · Private (nonprofit)59% admit8Avila University · MO · Private (nonprofit)60% admit9Kansas City Art Institute · MO · Private (nonprofit)60% admit10Missouri Baptist University · MO · Private (nonprofit)64% admit11Lindenwood University · MO · Private (nonprofit)66% admit12Cottey College · MO · Private (nonprofit)66% admit13University of Central Missouri · MO · Public69% admit14Rockhurst University · MO · Private (nonprofit)69% admit15Evangel University · MO · Private (nonprofit)69% admit16Missouri University of Science and Technology · MO · Public73% admit17William Woods University · MO · Private (nonprofit)74% admit18University of Missouri-Kansas City · MO · Public75% admit19University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit)75% admit20University of Missouri-Columbia · MO · Public77% admit21Westminster College · MO · Private (nonprofit)78% admit22Southeast Missouri State University · MO · Public79% admit23Truman State University · MO · Public80% admit24Saint Louis University · MO · Private (nonprofit)81% admit25Northwest Missouri State University · MO · Public86% admit26Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences · MO · Private (nonprofit)88% admit27Missouri State University-Springfield · MO · Public91% admit28Maryville University of Saint Louis · MO · Private (nonprofit)94% admit29Missouri Southern State University · MO · Public97% admit30Culver-Stockton College · MO · Private (nonprofit)98% admit31Southwest Baptist University · MO · Private (nonprofit)100% admit
Source: U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS (latest survey year). Sorted only by most selective (lowest admit rate) — this is not an overall quality ranking. Open-admission colleges do not report an admit rate and are not listed here.