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• LocationMaryville, The United States
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Northwest Missouri State University (Northwest) is a public, primarily residential four-year university founded in 1905 in Maryville, Missouri, United States, a town of about 10,000 inhabitants and the city's only traditional four-year university. It offers undergraduate and graduate programmes on its Maryville campus and online.

Northwest offers more than 200 majors and programmes, over 120 of them open to international students, with a student-faculty ratio of 16 to 1 and a focus on profession-based learning through research, internships and hands-on projects. Its colleges cover agriculture and natural sciences; arts, communication and social sciences; business, mathematics and technology; and education, health and human services. Online programmes include MBA specialisations, education master's degrees and bachelor's degrees completed online.

International freshmen are assessed individually on secondary school results and school-leaving examinations; transfer students need a GPA of at least 2.00, and graduate applicants a bachelor's degree with a GPA of at least 2.50. The application requires no essay, and scholarship decisions are communicated at the time of acceptance. The International Involvement Center guides international applicants. Students can live in seven on-campus housing options, including apartment-style housing, with furnished rooms, Wi-Fi and free laundry.

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800 University Drive, Maryville, MO, The United States, 64468-6001

Master's, education specialist and graduate certificate programmes, many of them online in 7-week courses:

• MBA (general and specialisations such as accounting, business analytics, finance, healthcare management and marketing)
• M.S. in Data Analytics, Information Systems, Geographic Information Science, Mathematics and Nutrition
• M.S.Ed. in curriculum, early childhood, special education, educational leadership and teaching subjects
• M.S. in Nursing (Nurse Educator, Nurse Executive)
• Master of Public Administration
• Ed.S. degrees and graduate certificates

Admission criteria for international students:

• Freshmen: assessed individually; academic qualifications equivalent to domestic requirements (minimum 2.00 GPA and a college-preparatory curriculum); students not eligible for university in their home country are unlikely to be admitted
• Transfer students: GPA of 2.00
• Graduate students: a recognised bachelor's degree, a GPA of at least 2.50 on a 4.00 scale and GRE or GMAT scores where the programme requires them

Credit may be awarded for IB higher level examinations and A-Level exams.

Tuition and fees for 2026-2027 (US$, two semesters):

• Undergraduate, non-Missouri resident: $775.00 per credit hour; $23,250 per year (15 credit hours per semester)
• Graduate: $540.00 per credit hour ($602.00 business, $600.00 computer science and information systems)
• Housing and food (double room, unlimited plan): from $12,620 per year

Total yearly cost for a non-resident first-time freshman: $36,540. A separate international student fee applies.

Northwest has seven on-campus housing options for first-year and upperclass students, including residence halls, suites and the Forest Village apartments. Rooms are furnished and include Wi-Fi and free laundry. Admitted students can request roommates through the housing portal, and Living Learning Communities exist in agricultural sciences and elementary education.