A Mizzou degree means more — more respect from potential employers and graduate schools, and more help from accomplished and well-connected alumni who live and work throughout the United States and the world. (For example, we have 275 alumni in Taiwan, 95 in Germany, and 83 in the United Kingdom.)

Want some facts about the Mizzou degree?

• The overall employment rate for Mizzou graduates is 85 percent.
• The overall median starting salary is $36,600.
• Sixty-eight percent of graduates find employment in Missouri.
• Twenty-five percent of undergraduates and 16 percent of graduate students are continuing their education.

Meet five recent grads …

Of course, we also have super-famous, amazingly accomplished alums. But more important, we have thousands of graduates who are doing cool things, interesting things — productive, exciting and meaningful things — with their lives.