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College costs in Missouri

All 80 colleges in Missouri, 64 four-year and 16 two-year. Median published tuition and fees at the four-year schools is $16,293, rising about 3.1% a year, faster than the national median of 2.6%. 14 of the four-year schools are public. 15 show a tuition freeze or guarantee.

Four-year colleges (64)

Four-year colleges in Missouri, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Avila University	private	$38,762	4.7%
Baptist Bible College	private	$16,230	6.7%
Barnes-Jewish College Goldfarb School of Nursing	private	$25,285	3.5%
Bolivar Technical College	private	$27,125	n/a
Bryan University	private	$15,868	0.4%
Calvary University	private	$13,692	2.9%
Central Christian College of the Bible	private	$11,200	-0.5%
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended Studies	private	$6,960	-0.1%
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences	private	$27,140	2.4%
Chamberlain University-Missouri	private	$19,740	1.2%
City Vision University	private	$6,400	0.7%
College of the Ozarks	private	$21,290	1.6%
Columbia College	private	$12,268	7.2%
Conception Seminary College	private	$25,208	2.9%
Cottey College	private	$26,209	3.5%
Cox College	private	$16,355	3.1%
Culver-Stockton College	private	$29,915	2.5%
DeVry University-Missouri	private	$15,032	-0.8%
Drury University	private	$35,235	4.4%
Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies	private	$8,044	n/a
Evangel University	private	$27,192	3.0%
Evangel University-College of Online Learning	private	$7,870	n/a
Fontbonne University	private	$28,976	2.5%
Hannibal-LaGrange University	private	$26,880	3.6%
Harris-Stowe State University	public	$6,442	2.4%
Kansas City Art Institute	private	$43,550	2.4%
Lincoln University	public	$9,290	3.2%
Lindenwood University	private	$21,100	3.4%
Logan University	private	$9,000	4.1%
Maryville University of Saint Louis	private	$27,166	0.5%
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary	private	$11,020	6.6%
Missouri Baptist University	private	$33,122	4.3%
Missouri Southern State University	public	$8,400	4.3%
Missouri State University-Springfield	public	$9,024	2.8%
Missouri University of Science and Technology	public	$16,172	4.8%
Missouri Valley College	private	$23,000	2.5%
Missouri Western State University	public	$8,970	4.2%
Northwest Missouri State University	public	$10,181	5.1%
Ozark Christian College	private	$15,550	3.5%
Ozarks Technical Community College	public	$5,624	4.1%
Park University	private	$12,808	2.1%
Ranken Technical College	private	$17,490	2.1%
Research College of Nursing	private	$21,160	-4.9%
Rockhurst University	private	$43,420	3.1%
Saint Louis Christian College	private	$13,280	-1.8%
Saint Louis University	private	$59,960	3.9%
Southeast Missouri Hospital College of Nursing and Health Sciences	private	$11,691	-3.2%
Southeast Missouri State University	public	$9,495	3.4%
Southwest Baptist University	private	$28,320	3.5%
St Louis College of Health Careers-Fenton	private	$25,365	n/a
Stephens College	private	$27,000	-0.6%
Stevens-The Institute of Business & Arts	private	$12,968	-3.4%
Truman State University	public	$9,470	2.8%
University of Central Missouri	public	$9,735	3.3%
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	private	$31,920	1.6%
University of Missouri-Columbia	public	$16,014	4.9%
University of Missouri-Kansas City	public	$12,734	3.3%
University of Missouri-St Louis	public	$14,400	4.8%
Urshan College	private	$8,506	n/a
Washington University in St Louis	private	$72,722	3.8%
Webster University	private	$30,730	2.5%
Westminster College	private	$34,188	4.7%
William Jewell College	private	$19,890	-4.8%
William Woods University	private	$28,860	3.5%

Two-year colleges (16)

Community and technical colleges, projected over two years rather than four.

Two-year colleges in Missouri, with published tuition and fees in dollars.
School	Sector	Tuition & fees	Growth / yr
Crowder College	public	$5,784	7.4%
East Central College	public	$5,064	5.5%
Evangel University-James River Assembly of God Church	private	$17,268	n/a
Jefferson College	public	$6,300	6.7%
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City	public	$7,110	3.4%
Mineral Area College	public	$6,530	5.8%
Missouri State University-West Plains	public	$5,544	4.5%
Moberly Area Community College	public	$6,540	5.1%
North Central Missouri College	public	$7,050	6.9%
Pinnacle Career Institute	private	$14,048	n/a
Saint Louis Community College	public	$5,130	1.7%
St Charles Community College	public	$5,430	2.3%
State Fair Community College	public	$5,664	6.2%
State Technical College of Missouri	public	$7,830	3.4%
Texas County Technical College	private	$19,025	1.9%
Three Rivers College	public	$5,970	2.1%

Published rates before aid, from federal IPEDS data through 2023. Projections are estimates, not quotes. See the methodology.