University of Missouri - Kansas City Teaching Programs

University of Missouri - Kansas City is a public institution located in Kansas City, Missouri. The location of UMKC is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is University of Missouri - Kansas City?

Contact details for UMKC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5000 Holmes St., Kansas City, MO 64110
Phone:	816-235-1000
Website:	www.umkc.edu

How Do I Get Into UMKC?

You can apply to UMKC online at: https://www.umkc.edu/admissions/apply/index.html

Admission Requirements for UMKC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UMKC?

With an acceptance rate of 69%, UMKC does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 33% of accepted students are men and 67% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 64%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 3% of students accepted to UMKC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 625 and 760. Math scores were between 620 and 790.

UMKC received ACT scores from 50% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 31. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 30.

Can I Afford University of Missouri - Kansas City?

The overall average net price of UMKC is $35,512. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UMKC, approximately 35% of students took out student loans averaging $6,389 a year. That adds up to $25,556 over four years for those students.

University of Missouri - Kansas City Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,698 undergraduate students at UMKC, with 5,786 being full-time and 4,912 being part-time.

There are also 5,305 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,786 full-time undergraduates at UMKC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Missouri - Kansas City students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	616
Black or African American	712
Hispanic or Latino	743
White	2,989
International Students	296
Other Races/Ethnicities	430

Geographic Diversity

Missouri students aren't the only ones who study at University of Missouri - Kansas City. At this time, 22 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 93 countries are represented at UMKC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and China.

Online Learning at University of Missouri - Kansas City

There are 9 bachelor’s degree and 6 master’s degree programs available online at UMKC. In 2022-2023, 4,815 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UMKC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 19th most popular in Missouri for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of UMKC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	30%

University of Missouri - Kansas City Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Curriculum & Instruction	0	2	37	0	39
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	1	30	0	31
Secondary Education	14	0	12	0	26
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	8	14	0	22
Elementary Education	19	0	0	0	19
Music Education	9	0	7	0	16
College/Postsecondary/University Teaching	0	10	0	0	10
Early Childhood Education	10	0	0	0	10
Reading Teacher Education	0	5	1	0	6
General Education	0	0	0	4	4
General Special Education	0	0	2	0	2
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	2	0	0	0	2
TOTAL	54	26	103	4	187

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
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