Location: Columbia, Missouri

Motto: Salus Populi (Welfare of the people)

Type: Flagship State University

Setting: Suburban

Mascot: Tigers (Truman the Tiger)

Colors: Black and Yellow

Cost: $20,000 per year

Total Enrollment: 21,652

Percent Accepted: 86%

Average High School GPA: 3.49 unweighted

Athletic Division: Big 12 Conference (Central states Competitions)

Pros:

• Over 270 undergraduate, graduate programs
• Specializes in medicine, law, journalism, agriculture, life science and veterinary practices

Cons:

• Industrial areas nearby

Interesting Facts:

• Established the Homecoming traditio
• Set the Guinness world record for the biggest Homecoming
• Won the ‘Best Mascot Award’ Twice
• Journalism program was the first founded in the world
• Largest and oldest Greek system in the nation