Community Colleges in Missouri
14 community colleges in Missouri meet our size floor, charging between $3,048 and $8,160 a year in tuition and fees, a difference of $5,112 between the cheapest and the priciest.
The median college charges $4,731, $185 (4%) above the national community college median of $4,546. The median net price is $8,468, above the median tuition, because net price also counts books, transportation and living costs that tuition leaves out. That is why a community college can show a net price higher than its sticker price.
St Charles Community College ranks first at $3,048, ahead of Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City ($3,630) and Saint Louis Community College ($3,660).
How this list is built
A college appears here only if it meets every condition below.
- Colleges considered
- Public community colleges and state colleges whose main award is the associate degree
- Ranked by in-state tuition & fees, lowest first. Ties are broken by larger undergraduate enrollment, then by name.
- Main campuses only, with at least 60% of core data fields reported
- Main campus located in Missouri
- At least 500 undergraduate students enrolled (fall 2024)
- A reported in-state tuition & fees value (schools without one are not ranked)
- Schools that report no tuition or a $0 price are not ranked
- State colleges that also grant a few bachelor's degrees but mostly award associate degrees are included and marked in the table
- This page is published only when at least 10 schools qualify; Missouri has 14
- Data period
- In-state tuition and fees: full-time undergraduate sticker price, academic year 2024-25. Some community colleges report the in-district rate.
- Out-of-state tuition and fees: academic year 2024-25. Shown for public colleges only, because private colleges charge everyone the same price.
- Net price: average for students receiving aid, academic year 2023-24.
- Graduation rate: first-time, full-time students who started in fall 2018 (4-year) or fall 2021 (2-year), finishing within 150% of normal time.
- Enrollment: undergraduate students, fall 2024.
- Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
Showing all 14 qualifying schools. Select a column heading to re-sort the table.
| 1 | St Charles Community College Cottleville, MO Public · 2-year | $3,048 | $6,096 | $5,837 | 24% | 5,017 |
| 2 | Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO Public · 2-year | $3,630 | $9,600 | $8,398 | 31% | 10,649 |
| 3 | Saint Louis Community College Bridgeton, MO Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $3,660 | $6,990 | $8,440 | 19% | 11,788 |
| 4 | Moberly Area Community College Moberly, MO Public · 2-year | $4,110 | $8,640 | $6,810 | 43% | 3,100 |
| 5 | State Fair Community College Sedalia, MO Public · 2-year | $4,176 | $7,416 | $7,985 | 42% | 2,694 |
| 6 | East Central College Union, MO Public · 2-year | $4,272 | $7,680 | $13,128 | 43% | 1,639 |
| 7 | Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO Public · Also grants some bachelor's degrees | $4,512 | $7,200 | $6,936 | 32% | 8,165 |
| 8 | Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff, MO Public · 2-year | $4,950 | $6,180 | $8,496 | 34% | 1,844 |
| 9 | Jefferson College Hillsboro, MO Public · 2-year | $5,250 | $8,850 | $7,378 | 35% | 2,552 |
| 10 | North Central Missouri College Trenton, MO Public · 2-year | $5,370 | $8,820 | $13,626 | 57% | 1,286 |
| 11 | Mineral Area College Park Hills, MO Public · 2-year | $5,660 | $8,570 | $12,045 | 46% | 1,592 |
| 12 | Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains, MO Public · 2-year | $5,936 | $8,106 | $9,750 | 38% | 965 |
| 13 | Crowder College Neosho, MO Public · 2-year | $6,180 | $8,280 | $9,023 | 46% | 2,570 |
| 14 | State Technical College of Missouri Linn, MO Public · 2-year | $8,160 | $14,610 | $15,190 | 82% | 2,123 |
How to compare these colleges
Community college tuition is often quoted at the in-district or in-state rate, and the out-of-state column shows what a nonresident would pay. Colleges marked as also granting some bachelor's degrees are state colleges that mostly award associate degrees. If you plan to transfer, check the receiving university's transfer agreements before choosing on price alone.
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