Northwest Missouri State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Northwest Missouri State University was initially founded in 1905 as a teachers college. It became Northwest Missouri State Teacher's College in 1919. The name was changed to Northwest Missouri State College in 1949. This college was granted university status on August 14, 1972 and was given its current name at that time. The university offers enrollment to over 5,000 undergraduates and more than 1,000 graduate students every year.

Northwest Missouri State University is composed of:

• Booth College of Business and Professional Studies
• College of Arts and Sciences
• College of Education and Human Services

The sports teams of the university are known as the Bearcats. Men’s and women’s teams participate in sports like baseball, softball, football, basketball, cross country, track & field, volleyball, golf, tennis and soccer.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in education and teaching, computer science and engineering, and agricultural science and management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.
• Large number of students.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Superior share of faculty on tenure track.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Trimester.
• Carnegie classification: Masters Colleges and Universities I.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 6,687 in 2009-2010 (6,012 full-time equivalent).

About 42% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 58% of the class.

Undergrads are 47% of enrolled students and graduate students are 53%.

Students under 25 years old represent 85% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Northwest Missouri State provides on-campus housing for 2,987 of its 6,012 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 179 male students received the aid (men were 63% of those receiving aid) and 107 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 37% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Northwest Missouri State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Master.

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Postbaccalaureate With Arts & Sciences (Education Dominant).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (55 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Economics
• Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
• Agriculture

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (12 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (255 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (93 awarded)

• Computer Systems Analysis/Analyst
• Computer and Information Sciences
• Web Page, Digital/Multimedia and Information Resources Design

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (12 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES (19 awarded)

• Apparel and Textile Marketing Management

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (10 awarded)

• Acting
• Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (401 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Art Teacher Education
• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Business Teacher Education
• Computer Teacher Education
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Education
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Multiple Disabilities
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Reading Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary School Administration/Principalship
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Superintendency and Educational System Administration
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (20 awarded)

• Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (13 awarded)

• Foodservice Systems Administration/Management
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration

FINE ARTS (17 awarded)

• Fine/Studio Arts

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (10 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science

LIBERAL ARTS (134 awarded)

• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Geography
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (2 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (73 awarded)

• Advertising
• Journalism
• Organizational Communication
• Public Relations/Image Management
• Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (2 awarded)

• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (0 awarded)

• Pre-Veterinary Studies

MUSIC (3 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (51 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

OFFICE AND ADMINISTRATION (9 awarded)

• Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science
• Business Operations Support and Secretarial Services

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (3 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (42 awarded)

• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography
• Physics

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (103 awarded)

• Counseling Psychology
• Industrial and Organizational Psychology
• Physiological Psychology/Psychobiology
• Psychology
• Social Psychology