Community Engagement and Honors College Internships

As part of the requirements for completion of the Pierre Laclede Honors College Certificate, all honors students complete six credit hours of internship, independent study, or independent research. Internships are experiences that combine academic development and meaningful applied practical experience.

UMSL Chosen as One of Military Times’ ‘Best for Vets’ Colleges for the Sixth Straight Year

Thanks to a welcoming, supportive environment for military-connected students, UMSL ranked 49th on a list of 134 four-year universities and colleges.

Center for Behavioral Health

UMSL-Center for Behavioral Health provides no cost psychological evaluations and support for children, adolescents, and young adults in Greater St. Louis.

Engagement Contact

Have an Engagement that you’d like to see in your community? Have a story about an Engagement that you’d like to share?

UMSL Footprint Across the State of Missouri

Learn more about how the largest public research university in eastern Missouri impacts a number of sectors across the state.

Construction Projects

$21.3 million remitted to 39 Missouri vendors, for 20 projects

Students

15,159 students with 3,389 Pell grant recipients (aid year 2018)

UMSL SUCCEED

UMSL Succeed at the University of Missouri-Saint Louis is a high quality, two-year model comprehensive transition and postsecondary education (PSE) program for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (ID) designed to provide the supports, partnerships, and experiences needed to prepare students for gainful employment, independent living, and a full life in the community. While enrolled in our program, students engage in ongoing person-centered planning, receive evidence-based supports and services for academic and social inclusion, and work in volunteer and paid positions in integrated environments. Since our launch in 2013, we have graduated 64 students. After graduation, 74.6% go on to gainful employment and 47.3% live independently (alone or with a roommate outside the family home).

The Missouri Opioid State Targeted Response (STR) Project

The Missouri Opioid STR project aims to enrich response efforts by health care providers – emergency rooms, drug treatment centers, mental health clinics, primary care doctors and emergency responders.

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UM System Statewide Footprint

Economic and Community Development Highlights

In FY25, Business Development Specialists worked with small businesses and entrepreneurs statewide to create or retain 62,689 jobs.
$3.1billion

For every dollar invested from 2019 to 2021, the MU Extension Business Development Program has returned $133 in economic impact for its clients by increasing sales more than $1.6 billion. For a total impact of $3.1 billion, the program has generated more than 37,000 jobs and attracted nearly $451 million in capital investments and $1.5 billion in government contracts.
Between FY19 and FY24, UM System brought Missouri more than $1.75 billion in federal and private research funds, funded primarily from outside the state, but spent within the state.
In FY{{fy}}, UM System was issued 26 patents and filed 76 new U.S. patent applications, and earned $6.5 million in licensing income.
In FY{{fy}}, the UM System awarded 550 design and construction project contracts throughout Missouri, for a total investment of $729.9 million in the state.
In FY{{fy}}, to improve access to medical and health related services, MU Health Care’s Missouri Telehealth Network’s Show-Me ECHO program provided 17,336 hrs of case-based instruction to 3,146 learners located in 102 of 114 Missouri counties and the city of St. Louis.

Education and Training Provided

47,840 police, fire fighters, and medical professionals attending continuing education (2025)
Agriculture and natural resource programs served 442,493 farmers and related businesses (2025)
693,799 youth and stakeholder educational contacts in 4-H clubs, schools, camps and other programs (2025)

Education Highlights

FY{{fy}} Financial Aid Awards

In FY{{fy}}, 70.6% of the UM System’s 78,839 students received financial aid totaling $1.115 billion

MU

29,630 students receiving financial aid

$626.5M financial aid awarded

UMKC

11,079 students receiving financial aid

$238.5M financial aid awarded

Missouri S&T

6,875 students receiving financial aid

$136.5M financial aid awarded

UMSL

8,090 students receiving financial aid

$113.4M financial aid awarded
UM System’s MOREnet (Missouri Research and Education Network) provides internet connectivity, access, support and training to 58 higher education institutions (231,000 students), 478 K-12 school districts (830,000 students) and 134 public libraries (serving nearly 5.6 million Missourians) in FY{{fy - 1}}.
UM System awarded 50.5% of the 31,689 Bachelor’s or higher degrees awarded by Missouri four-year public institutions in 2023-24.
UM System awarded 35.0% of the 1,776 research doctorates and 26.8% of the 3,796 professional doctorates awarded by Missouri public and not-for-profit private institutions in 2023-24.
In FY{{fy - 1}}, UM System’s $30.7 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) grants represented 96.9% of all NSF grants made to Missouri public colleges and universities.
A $25 million USDA-funded Missouri Climate-Resilient Crop & Livestock (CRCL) project has had the following impact 2.5 years into the 5-year project: Over 1,200 Missouri farmers implemented conservation practices such as cover crops, regenerative grazing, and improved nutrient management practices on approximately 300,000 acres across the state.

Supporting the University of Missouri is an investment in the future of Missouri.

The university advances Missouri citizens and communities through its mission of teaching, research, public service, and economic development across our four campuses and University of Missouri Extension.

Prepared in December 2025, based on the best available and most recent data. Data Sources include: Missouri Office of Administration • UM IR • MU Institute for Public Policy • Center for Applied Research and Engagement Systems (CARES) • MU • UMKC • Missouri S&T • UMSL • UM System • UM Health Care • MU Extension • US Census Bureau • US Dept. of Health and Human Services • National Science Foundation

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