The Mizzou Impact on Student Success
Mizzou attracts more valedictorians, Curators Scholars and almost twice as many of the state's Bright Flight Scholars than any other college or university in Missouri.
Nearly one-third of Mizzou freshmen come from the top 10 percent of their high school classes.
Mizzou's six-year graduation rate of 68.9 percent is the highest it's ever been and ranks first among the state's public institutions.
Mizzou's Freshman Interest Group communities are national models, supporting freshmen academically and socially and leading to higher retention and graduation rates.
Mizzou offers students opportunities to perform at national venues through two programs: Mizzou on Tour at Carnegie Hall and Mizzou on Broadway at the York Theatre in New York.
MU is one of 13 universities in the world selected to recruit and train students to serve as volunteers for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics News Service.
In 2006-07, 2,896 students enrolled in Mizzou's service-learning courses, worked with more than 200 community organizations and served more than 116,700 hours.
Mizzou has more than 500 student-athletes involved in 20 sports in the state's only Division I-A athletic program.
Fifty percent of student athletes have a semester GPA above a 3.00 and 33 percent are recognized on their respective dean’s list. In 2007, Tiger athletes led the Big 12 Conference in graduation and student retention rates in nine sports.
