University of Central Missouri | 2023-24 Quick Guide

HIGH-DEMAND CAREERS

96%

UCM GRADUATES FEEL PREPARED FOR THE WORKFORCE

18

AVERAGE CLASS SIZE STUDENTS

At UCM you will find the right classes, land the right internships and navigate college life with the help of your own personal success team.

VISIT BIG EXPERIENCES

Study abroad in more than 60 countries

Become a leader in one of more than 185 student organizations.

Go Greek and join one of UCM’s 26 national Greek-letter chapters.

Give back to your community and enhance your skills by taking part in volunteer opportunities.

The best way to see if UCM is the right fit for you is by visiting our beautiful, award-winning campus. Customize a personal visit based on your interests with the opportunity to tour our historic buildings and state-of-the-art facilities, meet your future professors and learn about our nationally-recognized programs. Discover what life as a UCM Mule is all about!

LIVING ON CAMPUS PUTS YOU CLOSER TO THE ACTION!

• Create lifelong friendships and earn better grades.

• Satisfy your appetite with 13 on-campus dining options including vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and other allergy-free meals.

• Live in one of 10 Learning Communities that connect you with other students who share your academic major or interests.

LEARNING COMMUNITIES

• Art and Design

• Aviation

• Biology and Related Fields

• Computer Science and Software Engineering

• Criminal Justice

• Cybersecurity and Information Technology

• Education

• Music

• Nursing

• Theatre

9 RESIDENCE HALLS 13 ON-CAMPUS DINING OPTIONS

THREE VIRTUAL DINING OPTIONS:

MORE SUPPORT. FEWER OBSTACLES.

SUPPORT FOR SUCCESS

• Innovative Success Advising Center

• Academic support offered through in-person and online resources

• Free expert tutoring for 100+ courses

• Review and editing services from the Writing Center

• Free counseling and mental health services

• Free career counseling

NEW EXPERIENCES. LASTING TRADITIONS.

MEN Baseball

Basketball

Cross Country Football Golf

Indoor Track & Field

Outdoor Track & Field Wrestling

185+ STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

GET THE RED OUT

UCM’s annual street fair features tons of vendors, games and food. It’s held on Holden Street before the first home football game each year. Get hyped up before heading into the stadium!

FAMILY WEEKEND

Each September, UCM invites families to join their favorite student on campus for an exciting weekend of activities including a talent show, football game, color run and more!

HOMECOMING

WOMEN

Basketball Bowling

Cross Country Golf Soccer

Softball

Indoor Track & Field Outdoor Track & Field Volleyball

75+ ACADEMIC ORGANIZATIONS

32 INTRAMURAL SPORTS

Homecoming is the biggest campus and community celebration of the year! It features weeklong competitions, a pep rally and the annual parade, drawing hundreds of our awesome alumni back to campus.

FOUNDERS DAY BIRTHDAY BASH

This annual event celebrates UCM’s founding day in 1871. Students, faculty and staff gather in the Quad for a picnic lunch, games and selfie stations, mule carriage rides, appearances by our live mules and Mo the Mule, music by the UCM band and more!

CHEER ON OUR 17 NCAA D-II TEAMS!

LEARN MORE. SPEND LESS.

HOW UCM COMPARES NATIONALLY*

UCM’S TYPICAL YEARLY COSTS*

IN-STATE TUITION FOR OUT-OF-STATE STUDENTS

The UCM Bound Out-of-State Scholarship allows incoming, regularly admitted students to pay in-state tuition and fees for all classes on the main campus in Warrensburg if your permanent residence is in one of the eight states that border Missouri or one of UCM’s Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association Conference (MIAA) border states.

PAY $0 IN TUITION & FEES!

The Mule Grant helps first-time undergraduate degree-seeking students and transfer students with an associate degree who are residents in the state of Missouri attend UCM with less financial stress. It covers any tuition and general fees remaining after federal, state, institutional and private/outside grants and scholarships have been applied! ucmo.edu/mulegrant

Students in these 13 states save up to $8,325

ACCESS TO

of UCM RECEIVE FINANCIAL AID

94% UNDERGRADUATES

665+ UCM SCHOLARSHIPS VIA UCM SCHOLARSHIP FINDER

APPLYING IS EASY & FREE !

1 Submit your application at ucmo.edu/apply.

2 Request that your official high school transcript be sent to UCM’s Office of Admissions (via processing@ucmo.edu or an electronic transcript service).

Optional: To be eligible for the maximum amount of financial aid, send your scores to UCM using our codes – ACT: 2272 and SAT: 6090 .

UCM IS TEST-OPTIONAL

STUDENTS APPLYING TO UCM WITH A 2.75 GPA OR HIGHER WILL BE ADMITTED WITHOUT SUBMITTING AN ACT OR SAT TEST SCORE.

FILL OUT YOUR FAFSA!

UCM Scholarship Finder makes it easy to find 665+ scholarships ! The application portal is open from Sept. 15 to March 15.

ucmo.edu/scholarshipfinder

File your FAFSA every year at fafsa.gov using UCM’s FAFSA code 002454. This is one of the most important things you can do. It’s your key to unlocking scholarships, grants and even work-study funding!

MAJOR DECISIONS

APPLIED SCIENCES & TECHNOLOGY

• Aviation Management

° Flight Operations Management (B.S.)

° Airport Management (B.S.)

• Construction Management (B.S.)

• Crisis & Disaster Management (B.S.)

• Design & Drafting Technology

° Civil and Architectural Design Technology (B.S.)

° Mechanical Design Technology (B.S.)

• Engineering Technology

° Management (B.S.)

° Robotics, Automation, & Controls (B.S.)

° Civil Engineering Technology (B.S.)

° Industrial Engineering Technology (B.S.)

° Mechanical Engineering Technology (Product Design) (B.S.)

• Environmental Safety & Risk Management (B.S.)

• Information Technology (B.S.)

• Occupational Safety

° Environmental Management (B.S.)

° Occupational Health Management (B.S.)

° Safety Management (B.S.)

• Professional Pilot (B.S.)

BUSINESS

• Accountancy (BSBA)

• Big Data & Business Analytics (BSBA)

• Computer Information Systems (BSBA)

• Economics (BSBA)

• Events Marketing & Management (BSBA)

• Fashion: Textiles & Clothing in Business (B.S.)

• Finance (BSBA)

• International Business (BSBA)

• Management

° Management (BSBA)

° Leadership (BSBA)

° Learning & Development (BSBA)

° Entrepreneurship & Social Enterprise (BSBA)

° Supply Chain Management (BSBA)

• Marketing (BSBA)

• Public Relations & Strategic Communications (B.S.)

• Risk Management & Insurance (BSBA)

• Sport Management (B.S.)

COMPUTER SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS

• Actuarial Science & Statistics

° Actuarial Science (B.S.)

° Statistics (B.S.)

• Data Science (B.S.)

• Computer Science

° Computer Networking (B.S.)

° Computer Science (B.S.)

° Game Development (B.S.)

° Software Development (B.S.)

• Cybersecurity (B.S.)

• Mathematics (B.S.)

• Software Engineering (B.S.)

EDUCATION

• Art (BSE)

• Child & Family Development (B.S.)

• Educational Studies & Training (B.S.)

• Elementary Education Early Childhood (Birth-3) (BSE)

• Elementary Education (Grades 1-6) (BSE)

• Middle School - Jr. High School

° Business Education (BSE)

° Engineering Tech (BSE)

° General Science (BSE)

° Language Arts (BSE)

° Math (BSE)

° Social Science (BSE)

° Speech/Theatre (BSE)

• Music Education

° Instrumental (BME)

° Vocal (BME)

• Physical Education

° Adapted Sport Education (B.S.)

° Elementary - Secondary Certification K-12 (B.S.)

° Sports & Recreation Education (B.S.)

• Secondary Education

° Agriculture Teacher Education (BSE)

° Biology (BSE)

° Business Teacher Education (BSE)

° Chemistry (BSE)

° Earth Science (BSE)

° Engineering and Technology Teacher Education (BSE)

° English (BSE)

° Family Consumer Science Teacher Education (BSE)

° Mathematics (BSE)

° Physics (BSE)

° Social Studies (BSE)

° Speech Communication & Theatre (BSE)

• Special Education

° Autism & Severe Disabilities (BSE)

° Cross-Category Disabilities (BSE)

° Early Childhood Special Education (Birth-3) (BSE)

FINE ARTS

• Graphic Design (BFA)

• Interior Design (BFA)

• Music (B.A.)

• Music

° Music Technology and Commercial Music (B.S.)

° Performance (B.S.)

• Studio Art

° Ceramics (BFA)

° Illustration (BFA)

° Painting (BFA)

° Photography (BFA)

° Printmaking (BFA)

° Sculpture (BFA)

• Theatre (B.A., BFA)

° Performance (BFA)

° Design/Technology (BFA)

° Musical Theatre (BFA)

HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES

• Anthropology (B.S.)

• Communication Studies (B.S.)

• Criminal Justice & Criminology (B.S.)

• Digital Media Production (B.S.)

• English (B.A.)

• History (B.A., B.S.)

• International Studies (B.A.)

• Modern Languages

° Language & Culture (B.A.)

° Professional Applications (B.A.)

° Teacher Education (B.A.)

• Political Science (B.A., B.S.)

• Psychology (B.A., B.S.)

• Social Work (BSW)

• Sociology (B.A., B.S.)

SCIENCE & HEALTH

• Agricultural Science

° Agribusiness Management (B.S.)

° Animal Science (B.S.)

° Agronomy (B.S.)

° Horticultural Science (B.S.)

° Agriculture Communications (B.S.)

• Bioinformatics

° Biological Science (B.S.)

° Computing & Statistics (B.S.)

• Biology

° General Biology (B.S.)

° Biomedical/Cellular and Molecular Biology (B.S.)

° Conservation Enforcement (B.S.)

° Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (B.S.)

° Wildlife & Natural Resource Conservation Biology (B.S.)

° Integrative Biology (B.S.)

° Pre-Science Education (B.S.)

• Chemistry

° Chemistry (B.S.)

° ACS Certified (B.S.)

° Biochemistry (B.S.)

• Health Studies (B.S.)

• Kinesiology

° Corporate Fitness (B.S.)

° Exercise Science (B.S.)

• Medical Laboratory Science (B.S.)

• Nursing (B.S.)

• Radiologic Technology (B.S.)

• Speech-Language Pathology (B.S.)

PRE-PROFESSIONAL

• Biology

° Pre-Medical (B.S.)

° Pre-Dental (B.S.)

° Pre-Veterinarian (B.S.)

• Kinesiology

° Pre-Athletic Training (B.S.)

° Pre-Occupational Therapy (B.S.)

° Pre-Physical Therapy (B.S.)

OPEN OPTIONS

• General Studies (B.A., B.S.)

• Open Option (Undecided)