Missouri residents pay up to 49.8 percent less to attend a Missouri Valley Conference school and up to 36.5 percent less to attend an Ohio Valley Conference school than their counterparts in other states, according to a Higher Education Tribune’s analysis of in-state tuition at public colleges and universities in 10 Midwest states.
The Tribune compared in-state tuition at 115 schools. Seventy-nine are competitors in 10 athletic conferences, including five Division I schools, five Division II schools and one Division III school. Missouri has schools in four of those conferences.
How does Missouri’s in-state tuition compare by athletic conference? Missourians pay…
- $7,001, or 49.8 percent, less to attend Missouri State University-Springfield in the Missouri Valley Conference than Illinois residents pay to attend Illinois State University in the same league.
- $4,018, or 36.5 percent, less to attend Southeast Missouri State University in the Ohio Valley Conference than Illinois residents pay to attend Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville in the same league.
- $3,957, or 34.7 percent, less to attend Truman State University in the Great Lakes Valley Conference than Illinois residents pay to attend University of Illinois-Springfield in the same league.
The in-state tuition differences were less pronounced in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, where Northwest Missouri State University students pay 7.3 percent more than University of Nebraska-Kearney residents. Missouri Southern State University students, however, pay 19.3 percent less than those attending the Nebraska school.
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Missouri Valley Conference
The Missouri Valley Conference is a Division I conference that has 11 members. The analysis includes six of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| Illinois State University | Illinois | 18,643 | $14,061 |
| Southern Illinois Univ.- Carbondale | Illinois | 12,182 | $13,481 |
| Western Illinois University | Illinois | 8,543 | $12,655 |
| Indiana State University | Indiana | 11,202 | $8,746 |
| University of Northern Iowa | Iowa | 10,104 | $8,309 |
| Missouri State Univ.- Springfield | Missouri | 20,316 | $7,060 |
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Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference is a Division I conference with 12 members. The analysis includes six of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| Southern Illinois Univ.- Edwardsville | Illinois | 11,720 | $11,008 |
| Eastern Illinois University | Illinois | 5,957 | $11,580 |
| Eastern Kentucky University | Kentucky | 14,293 | $8,868 |
| Morehead State University | Kentucky | 9,752 | $8,496 |
| Murray State University | Kentucky | 8,877 | $8,400 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Missouri | 10,693 | $6,990 |
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Great Lakes Valley Conference
The Great Lakes Valley Conference is a Division II conference with 15 members. The analysis includes five of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| University of Illinois-Springfield | Illinois | 2,959 | $11,413 |
| University of Southern Indiana | Indiana | 9,585 | $7,605 |
| University of Missouri- St. Louis | Missouri | 13,898 | $9,394 |
| Missouri Univ. of Science & Technology | Missouri | 6,906 | $9,057 |
| Truman State University | Missouri | 6,039 | $7,456 |
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Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Conference is a Division II conference with 14 members. The analysis includes five of those schools.
| School | State | Enrollment | 2016-17 Tuition |
| Northwest Missouri State University | Missouri | 5,628 | $7,343 |
| Missouri Western State University | Missouri | 5,120 | $7,330 |
| University of Central Missouri | Missouri | 9,786 | $7,322 |
| University of Nebraska- Kearney | Nebraska | 5,056 | $6,844 |
| Missouri Southern State University | Missouri | 6,231 | $5,523 |
Source for all: U.S. Department of Education
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