Private for-profit · Community college
Midwest Institute
Earth City, Missouri · Large suburb
- 0%
- Transfer rate
- $18,509
- Avg net price
- 55%
- Grad / completion
- $30,414
- Median earnings
Midwest Institute is a private for-profit certificate-granting institution in Earth City, Missouri (large suburb setting), enrolling 177 undergraduates.
About Earth City, Missouri
Earth City is an unincorporated commercial area located in St. Louis County, Missouri, United States, along Interstate 70, near the Missouri River. It is bounded by the city of Bridgeton on the east and north, the city of Maryland Heights to the south, and the Missouri River to the west. It is also near Lambert International Airport. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Large suburb
- Highest degree offered
- Associate
- Nearest big city
- 17 miles to St. Louis, MO
- To Great Lakes shore
- 256 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to St. Louis Lambert (STL) · major hub
How Midwest Institute compares
More selective than 44% · #7 most selective of 16 in Missouri
Higher than 42% · #50 of 70 in Missouri
Higher than 57%
Higher than 33% · #43 of 62 in Missouri
Cheaper than 37% · #44 cheapest of 68 in Missouri
Lower than 57%
Lower than 35%
Larger than 42%
Percentiles compare Midwest Institute with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Missouri.
Student body
Undergraduates by gender
- Women15688%
- Men2112%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White39%
- Black51%
- Hispanic2.8%
- Other or multiracial7.4%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 177
- Student–faculty ratio
- 19 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 50%
- First-generation students
- 48%
- Students over 25
- 40%
- Median family income
- $15,823
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $40,878
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Cost
- In-state tuition
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- Room & board
- —
- Total cost of attendance
- —
- Average net price
- $18,509
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Admissions
- Admission rate
- 87.2%
- Test scores
- Not considered
- SAT range (25th–75th %)
- —
- SAT average
- —
- SAT reading
- —
- SAT math
- —
- ACT composite
- —
Outcomes
- Graduated
- 55%
- First-year retention
- 76%
- Transferred to another college
- 0%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $31,483
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $30,414
- Median debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Students with federal loans
- 50%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 30%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- No
- Application fee
- Free
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Midwest Institute funds essentially no grants of its own — almost all aid here comes from federal (Pell), state, or outside sources rather than the school's own discount. Its sticker price is what it is.
Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid, 2022–23 full-time first-year undergraduates.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $30,414
- Typical debt at graduation
- $9,500
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 31%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 31%
Typical debt would take roughly 3.1 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
A reasonable return: earnings comfortably clear the debt over a few years for most students who finish.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $11,410 (40%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 88°F
- Winter low
- 22°F
- Annual rain
- 45.7″
- Annual snow
- 9″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, ST Charles Elm PT, MO US station (4 mi from campus).
What Midwest Institute graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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- Transfer
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.