University of Central Missouri

Public · Moderately Selective · MO

School data & stats

TypePublic

LocationMO · Midwest

SettingRural

Undergrads5,648

Student:faculty18:1

Outcomes

4-yr grad rate38.5%

6-yr grad rate54.1%

Drop-out rate26.4%

Study abroad—

Cost

In-state tuition$10k

Out-of-state tuition$19k

Application fee—

Community

Racial diversity26%

Gender diversity52.7%

International2%

Identity—

Overview

University of Central Missouri sits in Warrensburg, southeast of Kansas City, and has built one of the country's more established collegiate aviation programs around its own on-campus airport and flight training fleet.

Academics

Aviation is the clearest signature program, offering flight training as a formal degree path rather than an add-on, alongside solid programs in education, criminal justice, and safety sciences — the latter benefiting from the university's proximity to Whiteman Air Force Base.

Campus & student life

Warrensburg is a small Missouri town, and the nearby Whiteman Air Force Base gives the campus a real, visible military-affiliated student population alongside its traditional undergraduates. The Mules are the school's mascot and athletic identity.

Getting in

Admission is accessible and transcript-driven, typical of Missouri's regional public universities, though the aviation program has its own more specific flight-readiness and medical-certification requirements for incoming students.

After graduation

Aviation graduates place into regional and commercial airline pipelines and into military aviation-adjacent careers, aided by the program's own fleet and flight-hour infrastructure, while education and criminal justice graduates place steadily across Missouri.

Worth knowing

Prospective aviation students should know the program requires its own medical certification and flight-readiness process distinct from ordinary admissions, and that the Whiteman Air Force Base connection gives the safety sciences programs a genuine local pipeline.

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Admissions

Acceptance rate63.8%

Enrolled mid-50%ACT 17–24

Test policyoptional

Rec letters0

Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)

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