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Where discovery, innovation and creativity are the norm

Founded in 1870 as one of the first technological schools west of the Mississippi, Missouri S&T is one of the nation's top technological research universities. Missouri S&T produced the engineers, scientists and innovators who helped drive the Industrial Revolution and launch the Space Age. Today, our graduates are poised to lead the new global, green economy.

 

How we rate

Missouri S&T has a worldwide reputation for academic excellence. But don't just take our word for it. Here's what others are saying.

  • No. 1 "Best Investment" among public universities for out-of-state students (Newsweek, August 2012).
  • No. 1 "Awesome College Lab" for our Experimental Mine - three years running (Popular Science, September 2010-2012).
  • No. 3 "Best Investment" among public universities for in-state students (Newsweek, August 2012).
  • No. 5 public university for starting salaries and top 15 in the nation, according to PayScale Inc.'s survey for highest average starting salaries for graduates (PayScale.com, July 2012). Missouri S&T is No. 2 among Midwestern public and private universities, with a starting salary of $59,000, and 15th in the nation among all universities.
  • No. 7 among public universities for 30-year return on investment for in-state students (Payscale.com, May 2013)
  • No. 7 "Great Schools, Great Prices" among public universities (U.S. News & World Report, September 2012).
  • Top 50 best public colleges as rated by America's high school counselors (U.S. News & World Report, September 2012). Missouri S&T ranked 44th in the survey among public universities.
  • One of three Missouri universities to make Kiplinger’s list of Best Values in Public Colleges. Missouri S&T ranked 96th for out-of-state students and 100th for in-state students. (Kiplinger's Personal Finance, February 2013)
  • Top 150 best value colleges based on academics,  financial aid and cost of attendance (The Princeton Review, February, 2013)
Experience S&T
  • 7,647 students (5,843 undergraduate, 1,804 graduate) from 49 states and 50 foreign countries
  • More than 65 degree programs in engineering, science, computing and technology, business, management systems, the humanities and the liberal arts
  • 15 accredited undergraduate engineering programs (more than MIT, Purdue, Illinois or Michigan and three times the average number found at U.S. universities)
  • 284-acre campus in Rolla, a community of 19,600 in the heart of the Missouri Ozarks and one of the "best small towns in America"
  • More than 200 student organizations
  • Seven men's varsity sports, six women's varsity sports, and 19 intramurals
  • 14 award-winning student design teams -- our solar car team has won two national championships
  • S&T has 25 research centers and institutes
  • 102 study abroad opportunities
Degrees that make a difference
  • 78 percent medical school acceptance rate for S&T grads over the past decade
  • More than 870 employers recruit on campus annually
  • One of 12 colleges whose grads earn higher starting pay than Harvard's, ABC News (2012)
  • $59,994 is the average paycheck right out of S&T
  • S&T is a "top key school" for many Fortune 500 corporations that recruit on campus
  • Three of our grads have become NASA astronauts
Energy and the environment
  • S&T was the first U.S. university to attain ISO 14001 certification for environmental management
  • We're home to the Midwest's only rural hydrogen fueling station
  • The hydrogen fueling station is located at the E3 Commons, a place where students and researchers focus on energy, environment and education
  • We also have a "solar village" -- four student-built and inhabited solar homes