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Missouri: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 18	5,988,927	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.9%	26.4%
65 and older	14.0%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 18	5,988,927	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.5%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.1%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.1%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.4%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.9%	26.4%
65 and older	14.0%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	1.6%	4.8%
Black	11.6%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	82.8%	72.4%
More than one race	2.1%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	3.5%	16.3%
Other	1.3%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	4.7%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	9.1%	8.7%
High-school diploma	32.6%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	22.0%	20.6%
Associate degree	6.5%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	15.8%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.6%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	5.8%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 30	$38,248	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	15.3%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	58,720	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-3.8%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	10,334	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$7,120	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,440	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$18,286	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$930,089,844	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-7.1%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$56,931,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$33,843,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$12,606,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$103,381,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$1,087,432,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	6.3%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	62.9%	61.2%
State and local governments	2.5%	6.3%
Industry	5.1%	5.2%
Nonprofit	5.6%	6.1%
Institution itself	20.5%	19.4%
Other	3.4%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	6.7%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	1.3%	4.9%
Life sciences	73.7%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	1.1%	3.7%
Physical sciences	3.2%	7.6%
Psychology	1.2%	1.8%
Social sciences	1.4%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.1%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	11.3%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Washington University in St. Louis	$5,280,143,093
Top fund raisers:
Washington University in St. Louis	$215,070,573
University of Missouri at Columbia	$83,098,203
Saint Louis University main campus	$29,504,156

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$98,340	$112,647
Associate professor	$71,009	$78,804
Assistant professor	$60,835	$67,236
All	$73,549	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$74,080	$87,677
Associate professor	$60,137	$70,215
Assistant professor	$51,373	$59,511
All	$58,533	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$127,438	$133,973
Associate professor	$77,590	$86,108
Assistant professor	$67,573	$72,242
All	$88,532	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$68,912	$82,002
Associate professor	$58,747	$66,466
Assistant professor	$49,387	$55,352
All	$55,868	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$55,376	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$51,584	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$54,583	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$53,621	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	366,934	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	77,761	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	144,591	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	111,528	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	152,163	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,661	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	23,979	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	10,773	430,177
Total	444,695	21,016,126
Public institutions	58%	72%
4-year institutions	72%	63%
2-year institutions	28%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	15,802	849,452
Bachelor’s	39,670	1,650,014
Master’s	19,403	693,025
Doctorate	4,651	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 80% of all freshmen enrolled in Missouri in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 84% of all Missouri residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	54.5%	56.0%
Men	51.7%	53.0%
Women	56.9%	58.5%
American Indian	42.2%	37.0%
Asian	63.6%	66.3%
Black	31.2%	38.3%
Hispanic	49.5%	47.8%
White	57.5%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	2,737	196,374
Asian	11,225	1,218,118
Black	63,346	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	607	64,046
Hispanic	15,586	2,741,448
White	331,901	12,722,549
Foreign	13,772	709,565
Two or more races	5,521	325,275
Total	444,695	21,016,126
Women	58.1%	57.0%
Minority	22.3%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	18.4%	28.4%
Foreign	3.1%	3.4%
Full-time	61.8%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 21.6 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 75% of Missouri’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	13	678
Public 2-year institutions	21	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	54	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	4	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	22	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	24	664
Total	138	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Concordia Seminary, Lindenwood University, Metropolitan Community Colleges
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
Fontbonne University, Southeast Missouri State University, Southwest Baptist University, University of Missouri at St. Louis