Missouri State University

Missouri State University

901 South National Avenue
Springfield
Missouri 65897 

Telephone: +1 (417) 836-5000

About Missouri State University

Missouri State is the second largest university in the state. Its student body is geographically diverse, with students from all of the 114 counties in Missouri, and from 47 states and 80 foreign countries. Since 1986, more than 250 National Merit Finalists have enrolled at Missouri State.

Missouri State University is a multi-campus metropolitan university system with a statewide mission in public affairs whose purpose is to develop educated persons while focusing on five themes: professional education, health, business and economic development, creative arts, and science and the environment. Missouri State-Springfield is a selective admissions, master’s level teaching and research institution. Missouri State-West Plains is an open admissions campus serving seven counties in south central Missouri. Missouri State-Mountain Grove serves Missouri’s fruit industry through operation of the State Fruit Experiment Station.

Missouri State University was founded as the Missouri State Normal School, Fourth District, by legislative action on March 17, 1905. It became Southwest Missouri State Teachers College in 1919, Southwest Missouri State College in 1946 and Southwest Missouri State University in 1972. Southwest Missouri State University was renamed Missouri State University in 2005.

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