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School data & stats
Outcomes
Cost
Community
Overview
Maryville University is a private university in west St. Louis County that has grown rapidly in recent years by building out online and adult-degree programs alongside its traditional suburban campus.
Academics
Nursing and the health professions are the biggest draw and the clearest institutional strength, taught with an emphasis on technology-forward, career-focused instruction. Maryville has also built a notably serious esports program, with dedicated facilities and varsity-style competition — an unusual level of institutional investment in esports for a school its size.
Campus & student life
The campus sits in a quiet, suburban stretch of west St. Louis County, and the student population mixes traditional-age undergraduates with a large adult and online population, giving the school a more career-focused, less traditionally collegiate social atmosphere than a typical residential university.
Getting in
Admission is accessible, and the university has leaned into flexible, rolling, and online-friendly application processes as part of its rapid growth strategy.
After graduation
Nursing and health-profession graduates place steadily with St. Louis-area hospital systems, and the school's growth in health and technology programs reflects a deliberate strategy to align enrollment with regional job demand.
Worth knowing
The esports program is a genuine point of distinction — Maryville has invested in it more seriously than most schools of comparable size — and prospective students interested in competitive gaming as a formal college program should know it's a real offering here, not a minor club.
Admissions
Deadlines (2026–27 cycle)
Applying
maryville.edu ↗High school coursework
Required22 total academic units · 4 units of English · 3 units of Mathematics · 3 units of Science · 3 units of Social Studies · 6 units of Academic Electives · 3 units in any of the above academic areas
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