Award-Winning Quality
At Truman, each application for admission is considered on an individual basis. This selection process results in a student body that is distinctive for their accomplishments both inside and outside of the classroom. Placing these talented students in small class sizes with dynamic and caring faculty has created a learning environment that has been recognized for its quality and demonstrated success.
| Freshman Class of 2009 | |
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| High School Grade Point Average: | 91% with 3.25 or higher on a 4.0 scale |
| ACT Mid-range | 25-30 |
| Students with Missouri's "Bright-Flight" Scholarship |
252 (23% of Missouri freshmen) |
| Total Freshman Class | 1342 |
| Female/Male Ratio | 58/42 |
| Minority Enrollment | |
| African American | 46 |
| Hispanic | 30 |
| Asian | 30 |
| Native American | 9 |
| Total | 115 |
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Countries of Total International Student Enrollment |
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| Albania | 2 | Mexico | 2 |
| Bahamas | 2 | Morocco | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 | Nepal | 102 |
| Brazil | 1 | Netherlands | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 11 | Nigeria | 6 |
| Canada | 1 | Norway | 4 |
| China | 36 | Oman | 1 |
| Columbia | 2 | Peru | 4 |
| Egypt | 1 | Russia | 2 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | Singapore | 2 |
| France | 9 | South Africa | 5 |
| Gambia | 2 | South Korea | 1 |
| Georgia | 1 | Spain | 11 |
| Germany | 7 | Sri Lanka | 1 |
| Ghana | 4 | Sweden | 2 |
| Greece | 1 | Thailand | 1 |
| Guatemala | 1 | Uganda | 1 |
| India | 10 | United Kingdom | 1 |
| Indonesia | 5 | Vietnam | 29 |
| Israel | 1 | Zambia | 1 |
| Japan | 6 | Zimbabwe | 2 |
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Total International Student Enrollment: 287 |
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Total Number of Countries Represented: 43 |
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Graduate Placement
Ninety-nine percent of Truman graduates are placed in either graduate/professional school or employment positions within six months of graduation. Currently, based on the students reporting post-graduation plans, 50% of our students are entering graduate or professional school immediately after graduation at institutions such as Yale, Washington University, Stanford, Harvard, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Georgetown, and the University of Chicago, among others. Students seeking jobs immediately following graduation are in demand by companies and agencies such as Boeing, Hallmark, Inc., IRS, FDIC, IBM, State Farm Insurance, Proctor & Gamble, Southwestern Bell, Metropolitan Life, major accountancy firms and many others who regularly interview on campus.