Missouri Southern State University is a mid-sized public college located in Joplin, MO ranked 48th in Missouri. It has a total of 6,517 full-time undergraduate students and is not competitive, accepting 94.07% of applicants. Missouri Southern State University offers 70 different majors and is best known for its Music Performance, Industrial Production Technologies, and Secondary Education and Teaching programs (respectively ranked 4th, 6th, and 6th in Missouri). With an annual tuition of $6,803 for in-state students and $13,606 for those from out-of-state, Missouri Southern State University is pretty cheap. 37.02% of students graduate moving on to the next stage of their lives, entering the workforce. Open graduating, alumni go on to make around $33,300 per year, which is 20% less than the national median.