Why Hire a Tiger?

  • With over 31,000 students , Mizzou is the Show-Me State’s flagship institution, offering more than 300 degree and certificates in 13 schools and colleges to help students reach their career and personal goals. Our students come from all 50 states and over 100 countries.
  • Our students are successful: the average freshman ACT score is 26.2 and students are graduating with their Bachelor’s degrees in an average of 4.1 years. According to the Outcomes Survey, 95.2% of Class of 2023 graduates had successful outcomes within six months of spring graduation. 
  • MU boasts more than $432 million dollars in annual research expenditures and has a $5 billion impact on Missouri’s economy.  Mizzou is driving innovation and the state’s economy.
  • Based on quality of teaching, research and scholarship, MU is one of only 34 public U.S. universities — and one of only two institutions in Missouri — invited to membership in the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU).
  • MU is one of only six public institutions nationwide that can claim a medical school, veterinary medicine college and a law school on the same campus. Faculty and students also have immediate access to agriculture and engineering colleges along with the country’s most powerful university nuclear research reactor.
  • Tigers are making an impact around the globe. There are more than 362,000 MU alumni living around the world and 14,000 are active volunteers, keeping Mizzou traditions alive.
  • MU supports students for their success, spending more than $186 million on financial aid in the most recent school year and $58 million on student employment. U.S. News & World Report ranked Mizzou the #1 Best Value among Midwest flagships.
  • Mizzou students learn from the best with 93.1% of our full-time ranked faculty holding a doctorate or the highest degree in their field.