99% received financial aid – $31.1 million in grants and scholarships
320 first-time freshmen
121 first generation students
Academics
12:1 student to faculty ratio
Average class size: 19
Over 80 majors and programs
48 minors
17 certificates
7 graduate programs
91% have a job or attended grad school in 6 months*
88% of full-time faculty members hold the highest degree in their field
444 double majors
25 triple majors
Work Experience
91% of undergraduate graduates were employed, in graduate school, working for a service organization or voluntarily taking time off
More than 25% were enrolled in graduate / professional school
92% students reported their internship successfully met their objectives
97% of internship site supervisors would hire their intern if a full-time position were available
Cost
2021-2022: $32,500 annual tuition, based on 15 credit hours each semester in 2020-21, not including fees or room and board
99% of Drury students receive a portion of over $31.1 million in financial assistance
Athletics
Mascot: Panther
Men’s Sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, wrestling
Women’s sports: basketball, bowling, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball
Drury has had eight swimming student-athletes represent their country at the Olympic Games.
2021-2022: 10 of Drury’s NCAA sports were represented in national championship events: men’s swimming & diving, wrestling, women’s basketball, women’s cross country, women’s soccer, softball, women’s swimming & diving, women’s tennis, women’s indoor track & field, and women’s outdoor track & field.
2021-2022: Drury Athletics had 45 student-athletes earn all-conference honors in the GLVC, and 25 were named NCAA-II All-Americans.
2021-2022: Drury won three GLVC Championships: women’s soccer, women’s basketball, and women’s swimming & diving.
2021-2022: Men’s tennis won the GLVC West Division championship going 9-6 overall and 5-0 in the GLVC; their 5-0 conference record marked the 15th time in 16 years the Panthers have finished the year without a conference loss.
2021-2022: Drury track & field had their first athlete advance to the national championship meet for the first time in nine years, and the for the first time ever, sent multiple competitors to nationals.
Program Highlights
Drury’s Master of Architecture program is accredited by NAAB and required a five-year course of study plus a study abroad experience and an internship experience. It is one of the only liberal-arts-based architecture programs in the country.
The Olin Library houses one of the finest rare book collections in the region, which includes volumes printed as early as 1472.
Drury’s communication, arts administration, and education departments offer a “4+1” program that allows students to earn their bachelor’s degrees and master’s degrees in a total of five years.
The Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra is a national award winning, 100 piece ensemble that combines students with faculty, professional musicians and members drawn from across the region.
History students have been awarded the prestigious Teach for America fellowship as well as scholarships for law school and graduate studies in history, divinity studies, medieval studies, Central European studies and political science.
In 2021, Drury’s College of Continuing Professional Studies was awarded a renewal of a five-year, $2.3 million CAMP grant, which will expand the support for children of migrant workers attending the Drury Monett campus.
Computer science majors regularly produce award-winning research, some for national agencies such as NASA.
The Research Experience for Undergraduates (RENS) provides summer funding for students in biomedical research under the direction of a member of the natural sciences faculty.
Drury has a medical scholars’ programs with five medical schools in Missouri. These programs allow students who meet program criteria to apply to medical school at the end of their sophomore year.
Recent signature Washington, DC internships include the State Department, congressional committees, the EPA, the Justice Department, strategic communication firms, the Bulgarian Embassy to the US, and Amnesty International.
The Drury Singers tour internationally every other year. Recent tours include Turkey, Greece, Germany, Denmark and Sweden.
Drury’s elementary education program is nationally recognized by the Association of Childhood Education International as an exemplary program.
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