Northwest Missouri State University

Career Services

The Career Services office at Northwest helps their students choose a major, supports them to find an internship, search for jobs and provides career guidance and critiques for job interviews, resumes, cover letters, and networking.

Jobs after Graduation

Northwest strives to prepare students for successful careers and we believe it is important to continuously evaluate the post-graduation status of our graduates.

Career Services surveys the previous academic year graduates and organizes the data to provide a view of “first destination” employment and continuing education statistics. The data reported is six months after graduation (industry standard).

Of undergraduates 97% secure employment or continue education within six months of graduation

• Agricultural Sciences - Job placement=98.2% Continuing Education=8.8%
• Behavioral Sciences - Job placement=97.27% Continuing Education=36.4.8%
• Business - Job placement=98.3% Continuing Education=16.3%
• Communication & Mass Media - Job placement=96.3% Continuing Education=8.5%
• Professional Education - Job placement=99.1% Continuing Education=16.8%
• Fine & Performing Arts - Job placement=92.9% Continuing Education=14.3%
• Health & Human Services - Job placement=95.7% Continuing Education=23.9%
• Humanities & Social Sciences - Job placement=97.9% Continuing Education=25.5%
• English and Modern Languages - Job placement=95.5% Continuing Education=31.8%
• Mathematics, Computer Science & Information Systems - Job placement=93.6% Continuing Education=2.1%
• Natural Science - Job placement=94.1% Continuing Education=47.%

Textbooks and Laptop Included

Studying just got a little easier. Students at Northwest save $7,200 over four years in textbook and laptop fees with the school's rental program.

• Rental of your primary textbooks is included in your tuition and fees.
• Full-time undergraduate (at least 12 credit hours) and graduate students (at least 9 credit hours) will also receive a fully loaded laptop to use while studying at Northwest.
• Northwest students save time and money by not having to find, buy and resell textbooks, and on-campus technical support is provided to students.

The Electronic Campus and Computing Museum

Northwest Missouri State University has been directly and indirectly involved in computing technology since 1945 when Northwest alumnus Jean Jennings Bartik became one of the first computer programmers.

Jean was one of only six women involved in programming the ENIAC, the world's first Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer. She also went on to program the UNIVAC I, the world's first commercial computer.

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Studying in Missouri

Many international students choose to study in Missouri due to the state's highly ranked and prestigious universities. New reports show a substantial increase in the number of international students in Missouri by more than 18 percent over last year. Because of this growth, Missouri was recently ranked the 16th state in the nation for its ability to attract international students.
Read our full article on studying in Missouri