230 Jesse Hall, Columbia, MO 65211 ADMISSIONS OFFICE: 573-882-7786
university of Missouri At Columbia
N $119,632 In-State Total Cost
$188,284
Out-of-State Total Cost
69.2%
Acceptance Rate
1220
Average SAT
$51,611
Average compensation (including bonus)
95.4%
Class of 2018 accepting jobs 90 days after graduation
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estled in the quaint college down of Columbia, Missouri is the 54thranked business school on the third annual Poets&Quants’ ranking. Those lumping Missouri as a fly-over state have likely never stepped foot in the town of a little more than 100,000, which is one of the most educated and culturally rich towns in the middle of the country. Despite being a two hour drive from any significant metropolitan area, it hasn’t slowed down the school’s ability to get it’s graduates full-time career positions soon after graduation. “We have extraordinary success with placement for our students,” says Mary Marrs, the assistant dean of undergraduate programs at the University of Missouri Trulaske College of Business. Indeed, Trulaske placed 34th in employment category, buoyed by a required business internship and greater than 95% placement rate for its Class of 2018 within 90 days of graduation. From the moment students arrive on campus, they begin work in the required Professional EDGE program. To be sure, the professional EDGE program is the main unique selling point of a Trulaske degree, which includes six majors to choose from. Established on a point system, students must earn 200 “points” before graduating. Points are earned by attending campus workshops and events. After 200 points are earned, all students take BA 4500, the required internship course. Within the course, Marrs says, students must go through a “professional competency model,” created by industry partners and designed to give students a “360 degree” evaluation of the competencies. “That’s why we consistently see placement percentages north of 90,” Marrs believes. While the internship is required, it’s certainly not handed to the students, Marrs says. “The students aren’t given an internship. They have to hustle for it on their own,” Marrs says. “Our students graduate with 1.7 internships.” And the course credit certainly isn’t given to the students, either. Students must complete a minimum of 120 hours of work and spend at least eight consecutive weeks at the internship. Also, Marrs says, before even getting the internship approved, students must submit an application with their duties as an intern. CORNELL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY FOR HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS A gem within the Missouri undergraduate experience for high achieving high school students is the Cornell Leadership Program. High school students scoring higher than 1,320 on the SAT and 28 on the ACT may submit an application for one of 30 spots in the four-yearlong program. Accepted students receive mentoring from upper-level students and alums, along with traveling the country and the world meeting with top execs.
