University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri · Public · 6,817 undergraduates · umkc.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
65%
of 7,557 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1115 to 1525
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$35,830Est.Estimate
$58,020 out of state
Your chances and merit aid at University of Missouri-Kansas City
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
65% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$54,520
a year in 2027-28, from a $58,020 sticker price (out of state)
What to do with your 1350
Send your score
About 60% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 980, and yours is above it.
Named scholarships you may qualify for (6)
You meet: 3.00+ GPA
$2,500 a year
You meet 3.00+ GPA. Also needs a specific major or program. · Application required
Full cost of attendance
You meet 3.50+ GPA. Also needs a class rank in the top 5%. · Application required
1 more award needs a higher GPA or score. See every tier
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
Source: Admission Requirements - First-Time College Students - How to Apply - Admissions · Checked October 17, 2026
Application deadlines
- Jan15Priority deadline · January 15, 2027Apply by this date for the best chance at admission and scholarships.
Who gets in
65%
of applicants were admitted: 4,907 of 7,557 for fall 2025.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 3% of them sent SAT scores and 48% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1115 to 1525
Reading and Writing 585 to 750
Math 540 to 775
ACT composite 20 to 29
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160047%
- 1200 to 139919%
- 1000 to 119931%
- 800 to 9992.8%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.48
- 4.014%
- 3.75 to 3.9923%
- 3.50 to 3.7418%
- 3.25 to 3.4914%
- 3.00 to 3.2415%
- 2.50 to 2.9915%
- Below 2.501.4%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$35,830
a year, in state
$58,020
a year, out of state (tuition $35,780)
- Tuition (in state)$13,590
- Fees$1,870
- Food and housing$14,620
- Books and supplies$830
- Transportation and other$4,920
University of Missouri-Kansas City published $33,835 in state for 2025-26. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24 (in-state students), by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$12,681
- $30,001 to $48,000$11,444
- $48,001 to $75,000$10,840
- $75,001 to $110,000$14,070
- Over $110,000$20,335
Financial aid
66%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$13,922
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
23%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $6,260 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Not required. Only the FAFSA is needed.
- Aid priority date: 2/1
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
Torchbearer's Fellow Award
$7,500 a year
Automatic · No separate application
- 3.65+ GPA, 30+ ACT, High school core GPA; ACT 30+ AND 3.65 core GPA
Deadline: Apply by Jan. 15 (fall). To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, stay a full-time student (at least 12 credits a semester), and pass 24 credits at the college each year; it renews for up to 5 years.
DetailsAcademic Excellence Award
$5,000 a year
Automatic · Out-of-state students · No separate application
- 28+ ACT, Kansas residents: ACT 28+ OR 3.75 core GPA
- 3.75+ GPA, Kansas residents: core GPA alone qualifies
- 3.75+ GPA, 28+ ACT, Other domestic nonresidents: ACT 28+ AND 3.75 core GPA
Deadline: Apply by Jan. 15 (fall). To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, stay a full-time student (at least 12 credits a semester), and pass 24 credits at the college each year; it renews for up to 5 years.
DetailsCurator's Scholars Award
$5,000 a year
Automatic · In-state students · No separate application
- 28+ ACT, Missouri resident; ACT 28+ OR 3.75 core GPA
- 3.75+ GPA, Missouri resident; high school core GPA
Deadline: Apply by Jan. 15 (fall). To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, stay a full-time student (at least 12 credits a semester), and pass 24 credits at the college each year; it renews for up to 5 years.
DetailsChancellor's Award
$3,500 a year
Automatic · No separate application
- 25+ ACT, Missouri or Kansas residents: ACT 25+ OR 3.5 core GPA
- 3.50+ GPA, Missouri or Kansas residents: core GPA alone qualifies
- 3.50+ GPA, 25+ ACT, Other domestic nonresidents: ACT 25+ AND 3.5 core GPA
Deadline: Apply by Jan. 15 (fall). To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, stay a full-time student (at least 12 credits a semester), and pass 24 credits at the college each year; it renews for up to 5 years.
Details
Show 4 more scholarships
Provost's Award
$2,000 a year
Automatic · No separate application
- 22+ ACT, Missouri or Kansas residents: ACT 22+ OR 3.0 core GPA
- 3.00+ GPA, Missouri or Kansas residents: core GPA alone qualifies
- 3.00+ GPA, 22+ ACT, Other domestic nonresidents: ACT 22+ AND 3.0 core GPA
Deadline: Apply by Jan. 15 (fall). To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, stay a full-time student (at least 12 credits a semester), and pass 24 credits at the college each year; it renews for up to 5 years.
DetailsRoo Nation Scholarship
Automatic · Out-of-state students · No separate application
Nonresident tuition differential; limited number, depends on available funds
- 3.00+ GPA, High school core GPA; newly enrolled nonresident
Deadline: Apply by April 1. To keep it: a 2.75 college GPA, and complete 24 credit hours at the college each year.
DetailsBloch Launchpad Scholarship
$2,500 a year
Competitive · Application required
- 3.00+ GPA, High school core GPA; Bloch School business or accounting student, a specific major or program
Deadline: Competitive application period Oct. 1 - March 1. To keep it: it renews; ask the college for the renewal rules.
DetailsTrustees' Scholars Program
Full cost of attendance
Competitive · Application required
- 3.50+ GPA, 30+ ACT, High school core GPA 3.5 and ACT 30+ or top 5% class rank
- 3.50+ GPA, top 5%
Deadline: Dec. 1. To keep it: ask the college for the renewal rules.
Details
Missouri programs for residents
Higher Education Academic Scholarship (Bright Flight)
$1,000 to $3,000 a year
State program · In-state students
- 1600+ SAT or 32+ ACT, Tier 1 (top 3% of MO test takers); US citizen/permanent resident; first-time full-time enrollment in academic year immediately after HS graduation, from Missouri$3,000
- 1590+ SAT or 30+ ACT, Tier 2 (4th-5th percentile of MO test takers); US citizen/permanent resident; first-time full-time enrollment in academic year immediately after HS graduation, from Missouri$1,000
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
40 of 40
Earn credit with a score of 3
40 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $1,360Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition for in-state students
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART Elective |
| 3-D Art and Design | 3 | 3 | ART 131 |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | REGS 202 |
| Art History | 3 | 3 | ART Elective |
| Biology | 3 | 3 | BIOLOGY 102 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 4 | MATH 210 |
| Calculus BC | 3 | 8 | MATH 210 & 220 |
| Chemistry | 3 | 5 | CHEM 115, CHEM 115L |
| Chemistry | 4 | 5 | CHEM 211, CHEM 211L |
| Chemistry | 5 | 10 | CHEM 211, 211L, 212R, 212LR |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | CHINESE 211 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | CHINESE 221 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL-SCI 220 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | COMP-SCI Elective |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 4 | COMP-SCI 101/101L |
| Computer Science Principles | 3 | 3 | COMP-SCI 100 |
| Drawing | 3 | 3 | Art Elective |
| English Language and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGLISH 110 |
| English Literature and Composition | 3 | 3 | ENGLISH 126 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | ENV-SCI 110R |
| Environmental Science | 4 | 5 | ENV-SCI 110R & 110L |
| European History | 3 | 6 | HISTORY 201 & 202 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | FRENCH 211 |
| French Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | FRENCH 221 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | GERMAN 211 |
| German Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | GERMAN 221 |
| Human Geography | 3 | 3 | Geography General Education (100 Level) |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | ITALIAN 211 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | ITALIAN 221 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | JAPANESE 211 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | JAPANESE 221 |
| Latin | 3 | 9 | LATIN 110, 120 & 211 |
| Macroeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 100 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 201 |
| Microeconomics | 3 | 3 | ECON 100 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECON 202 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 2 | CONSVTY103 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | PHYSICS 210 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | PHYSICS 220 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 5 | PHYSICS 250 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 5 | PHYSICS 240 |
| Pre-Calculus | 3 | 5 | MATH 120 |
| Psychology | 3 | 3 | PSYCH 210 |
| Research | 3 | 3 | HONORS Research Elective |
| Seminar | 3 | 3 | HONORS 100PS |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPANISH 211 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 4 | 3 | SPANISH 221 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 3 | SPANISH Elective |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | STAT 115 |
| Statistics | 4 | 3 | STAT 235 |
| United States Government and Politics | 3 | 3 | POL-SCI 210 |
| United States History | 3 | 6 | HISTORY 101 & 102 |
| World History: Modern | 3 | 3 | HISTORY 208 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
56%
Come back for a second year
75%
Typical earnings
$63,110
a year, 10 years after starting here
- University of Missouri-Kansas City$70,077
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 24 majors here have earnings data.
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