Why We Need Your Help
Total Annual Scholarship Cost: $7,897,590
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
| Tuition & Fees | $8,441.56 | $20,383.56 |
| Room | $5,343.00 | $5,343.00 |
| Board | $3,700.00 | $3,700.00 |
| Books | $800.00 | $800.00 |
| Total | $18,284.56 | $30,226.56 |
Additional Services Provided To Each Student-Athlete:
Academic Services: $ 1,800.00
(Provides Tutoring, Review Sessions, Mentoring, Enhanced Learning Programs, Etc.)
Life Skills: $ 104.33
(Programs Structured To Prepare Mizzou Student-Athletes For Life After College Through Personal/Career Development.)
Athletics is the Window Through Which the University is Often Viewed:
Athletic competition and athletic success are important to the University of Missouri. Financial stability in athletics ultimately breeds success and success breeds pride among our many alumni and friends. Studies have shown that winning – more importantly, winning the “right way” (in compliance with NCAA rules and with great team effort) – can be a tremendous recruiting tool for the general student population as well as for potential student-athletes. In addition, athletic accomplishments often provide an invaluable public relations “advertisement” for Mizzou while also serving as a catalyst for philanthropy to all areas of the University.
Self Supporting Athletics Department:
The University of Missouri does not receive institutional support for operational and debt service funding toward its intercollegiate athletics program. Thus, similar to private business, the Mizzou Athletics Department must operate solely from what revenue it generates.
Gender Equity:
Title IX states that an athletic program must provide equitable facilities, scholarship funding, and participation percentages for women’s sports in relation to men’s sports. MU has made a firm commitment to the participation and success of its women’s programs. This commitment is evident in the recent national rankings of our softball, volleyball, golf, soccer, swimming and gymnastics teams. Currently, MU sponsors 11 women’s varsity sports with 163 student-athletes receiving scholarship aid accounting for 46% of the overall scholarship budget.
Season Ticket and Television Revenue is Not Enough:
Football and men’s basketball season ticket and television revenues are not enough to adequately support the total intercollegiate athletics program. Rising scholarship costs, escalating team travel expenses, and the need for modern facilities require that new sources of revenue be discovered.