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Community college · Public

Moberly Area Community College

Moberly, MO1,709 online only

Moberly Area Community College is a public community college in Moberly, MO, with about 3,288 students on campus and 1,709 more studying only online.

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Students on campus
3,288
plus 1,709 studying only online
Admission rate
Open
open enrollment
Net price a year
$6,810
tuition and fees $4,110; the net price adds housing and food
Graduation rate
44%
lower than at 74% of 2-year colleges
Earnings, 10 yrs later
$37,537
lower than at 61% of U.S. colleges
In brief

What to know about Moberly Area Community College

Moberly Area Community College is mostly about liberal arts

63% of the degrees Moberly Area Community College awards are in liberal arts; the next biggest field, health professions, is 18%. Majors ↓

Rent in Moberly is below the state median

Median rent in Moberly is $774 a month, 25% below the state median. Living in Moberly ↓

This summary is written from the data on this page. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard; price, graduation and earnings include online students; graduation rates count only first-time, full-time students.

★ What stands out · Majors

What students study, and what it pays

Share of degrees by field

Liberal arts 63%Health professions 18%Education 5%Business 3%Family & consumer sciences 3%Engineering tech 2%Everything else 5%

Associate degree programs with the most graduates

And their graduates’ median earnings four years later (one year where that’s all that’s reported).

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities541 graduates a year · typical debt $9,494
$41k4 yrs out
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing73 graduates a year · typical debt $13,600
$74k4 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas43 graduates a year
$35k4 yrs out
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services18 graduates a year
—not reported
Computer Programming12 graduates a year
—not reported
Business Administration, Management and Operations12 graduates a year
—not reported
Engineering, General11 graduates a year
—not reported
Electromechanical Technologies/Technicians9 graduates a year
—not reported
Getting in

How hard is it to get into Moberly Area Community College?

Open

anyone with a high school diploma can enroll

Test scores of admitted students

No SAT or ACT ranges reported. Moberly Area Community College is likely test-optional.

What it costs

The sticker price, and what families really pay

Sticker price: $14,134 a year

Before any grants · out-of-state tuition $8,640

Tuition & fees (in state) $4,110Room & board $8,000Books & supplies $872Other costs $1,152

After grants, the average family on aid pays $6,810.

Tuition and fees are $4,110 a year. The net price also counts housing, food and other costs at full price, so a student living at home pays less than it shows.

Your family’s price

Average net price after grants, by family income

$8,308

About $16,616 over 2 years · 41% off the sticker price

Under $30k$30–48k$48–75k$75–110kOver $110k
Outcomes

Do students finish, and does it pay off?

Graduate
44%
within 3 years · Pell students 43%
Come back for year two
63%
full-time first-year students
Earnings, 10 years later
$37,537
median, students on federal aid
Typical debt
$10,658
about $113 a month over 10 years

Debt vs. the paycheck

The typical loan payment as a share of a typical graduate’s monthly pay six years after starting

4%
0%10%: a common comfort line25%

$113 a month against about $2,797 a month in pay.

Paying back loans

Federal student loans, this college

39%

of borrowers paid down at least some of their loan within three years, more than at 36% of U.S. colleges.

Almost none defaulted within three years (payments on federal loans were paused from 2020 to 2023, so recent default rates are near zero everywhere).

Earnings by family background

Median earnings 10 years after starting, by family income at enrollment

Lower incomeunder $30k
$35k
Middle income$30–75k
$43k
Higher incomeover $75k
$46k
Who goes there

The students

3,100 degree-seeking undergraduates.

By race and ethnicity

White 72%Hispanic 7%Black 11%Asian 2%Two or more 5%International 1%

Women and men

Women 63%Men 37%
22 : 1
students per teacher
25%
get Pell grants (lower income)
5%
take federal loans
13%
undergrads 25 or older
43%
study part time
The town around it

Living in Moberly

4% of Moberly’s 13,719 residents are enrolled in college. What the town is like, from TownRatings’ Moberly pages.

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$774/momedian rent · 25% below the state$161Ktypical home value19° / 87°January low / July high · 15" of snowDHealth GradeAll colleges in and near MoberlyCompare prices, admissions and outcomes
Nearby

Other colleges within 30 miles

Straight-line distances from Moberly Area Community College; colleges with 100 or more students on campus.

Central Christian College of the BibleUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Moberly
2.2 mi125 students
Central Methodist University-College of Graduate and Extended StudiesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fayette · mostly online
22.2 mi1,664 students
Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Fayette
22.2 mi1,017 students

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Sources: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (institution and field-of-study files) and IPEDS (Scorecard 06/10/2026 · IPEDS 2024 · fall 2023); town figures from the Census American Community Survey and NOAA climate normals. Graduation rates count first-time, full-time students; earnings and debt are for students who received federal aid. Distances are straight-line. Colleges are described, not graded (how TownRatings describes colleges). Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.