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Truman State at a Glance

Location:
Kirksville, MO
Control:
Public
In-State Tuition:
$6,692
Out-of-State Tuition:
$11,543
Room & Board:
$6,780
Average Financial Aid:
$6,056
Full-Time Undergrads:
5,359
Part-Time Undergrads:
109
More statistics . . .
School Website:
www.truman.edu
Admissions Website:
admissions.truman.edu
Financial Aid Website:
financialaid.truman.edu
Application Deadline:
March 1
Acceptance Rate:
74 %
Admission Difficulty:
Easy
Average SAT Scores:
1130–1390
Average ACT Scores:
25–30

Best Things

  • The faculty
  • The value
  • Impromptu snowball fights in winter and the big trees on campus in the fall
  • SAB Concerts
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Worst Things

Most Popular Majors

  • Business
  • Languages and Literature
  • Business Management
  • Business Administration and Management
  • More majors . . .

Student Author OverviewWhat's This?

If you ask a Truman student why he or she is at Truman, as opposed to a different college, chances are you’ll hear, “It was the money.” For in-state kids, Truman is a fabulous deal, especially because the school gives out so many scholarships. When push comes to shove, that’s why a majority of students initially enroll. But however majestic the buildings are, how impressive and wonderful the professors are, or how many scholarships are awarded, it’s the other students who make or break the college experience. Truman students are a pretty motivated, involved, and accepting bunch of people.

If you choose Truman, be prepared to delve whole-heartedly into college life because there’s not much to do outside of the University. But there is always something to do on campus: movie nights, plays, concerts, karaoke, lectures, and demonstrations for every interest under the sun. A lot of colleges claim to be involved in student life, but Truman definitely makes good on its own assertion. While many people scorn finances as a top reason to choose a school (and perhaps they’re right on principal), it makes life a lot more comfortable to be able to afford dinners in restaurants, laundry, and printer ink while receiving a top-notch education. If you want to be a famous lawyer, by all means, look at Harvard. If you want to make it big in the music business, you’ll obviously consider Berklee or the UMKC Conservatory. But you have just as high of a chance at achieving anything you want with a diploma from Truman State University, an opinion received from both employers and graduate schools alike. Truman fosters a sense of responsibility, real companionship, and a thirst for excellence that you won’t find in more pretentious institutions.

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Facilities at Truman State University

15steve

'15

Microbiology

4.2
A-

Campus Is Great

We have a library that us open til 2 a.m in school nights,big beautiful rec center that's stays clean an cooled. There's always some activities from comedians,games, to plays on campus . The student center we have is very resourceful. It's a small campus with a lot of fun jam packed into it.

Feb 10, 2012

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Guys & Girls at Truman State University

net4865

'15

English

2.3
C

Truman Scale

Welcome to Truman, home of the Truman scale. Whats the Truman scale? Well, unfortunately Truman has a pretty terrible selection when it comes to girls. Sure, there are the occasional attractive girls but they tend to know how attractive they are and have terrible personalities as a result. Truman does however have a large population of butter faces, just straight up ugly girls, a fair amount of average looking girls and a very small number of attractive girls...so what is a guy to do? Use the Truman scale my friend. With the Truman scale you essentially scale down your normal standards and drop them by three points. So now a girl that outside of Truman would be a 5/10 is now a 8/10.

Its terrible, its awful, but its Truman.

Jan 20, 2012

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Athletics at Truman State University

net4865

'15

English

0.8
D-

Bulldogs Blow

Almost all of Truman's athletic teams are terrible and there is almost no student support of said teams. It is kind of sad how much we suck really.

Jan 20, 2012

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