
The University of Missouri - Saint Louis experienced a notable increase in its overall acceptance rate to 62.67% for the 2024 application year, up from 57.17% in 2023, reflecting a substantial rise in both applicants and admissions, with 6,193 applicants and 3,881 accepted. This upward trend follows several years of fluctuating rates, including a low of 51.1% for the 2022 application year, which was significantly lower compared to the extremely high rates of 72.99% in 2019 and 75.94% in 2017. Over the past few years, acceptance rates have generally trended upward after reaching a recent low, indicating a potentially increasing accessibility for applicants.