freshman retention rate and a 57% four year graduation rate, with 40.1% male, 59.9% female, 64.3% residents of Missouri, 11.0% minority, and 7.2% non-resident aliens. For 2024, admitted freshman students had an average 3.76 high school GPA. The university does not require submission of standardized test scores, Truman being a test optional school. Those accepted that submitted test scores had an average 1070-1330 SAT score (10% submitting scores) or average 23-29 ACT score (77% submitting scores).
=== Rankings ===
In addition to the "Academic rankings" listed to the right, for 2025, U.S. News & World Report ranked Truman #1 in Top Public Schools, and #11 in Best Value Schools, of all Regional Universities Midwest. Truman has a 12:1 student/faculty ratio and 67% of
classes have fewer than 20 students.
=== The Liberal Studies program ===
On July 20, 1985, the state of Missouri charged Truman State University with serving as the state's public liberal arts and sciences university. To meet this commitment to …
