By the Numbers from the August 2017 Education Issue of the Columbia Business Times.

1. Education By the Numbers
#12Stephens College’s rank on
fashion-schools.org’s list of
the top private fashion design
schools in the nation.
Fashion-schools.org
3.49
Average high school GPA for
day-campus students at
Columbia College.
Columbia College
Institutional Research
$120Cost per night to stay in a four-
bed MU dorm suite for a home
football game this fall. Bed linens
and towels are included.
MU Residential Life
District Report Card — Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
80.9%
CPS proportional attendance
rate for students on free or
reduced lunch.
CPS funding that comes
from the state.
29% 35%
Average Missouri district funding
that comes from the state.
District Report Card — Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Columbia Public Schools 2016
proportional attendance rate.
88.3%