Reviewed on Jul 9, 2026(Enrolled 2021)
What Students Say
Likes
- Opportunities to work within the university
- The various sports and clubs it offered
- Stress-free academic syllabus
Dislikes
- Distance from a big city is quite high
- Unavailability of international groceries in the town
- Typical college town - only active during semesters and dead in breaks
Course Curriculum
10
- It was a perfect mix of both theoretical and practical. I wouldn't say it was too difficult but it did require me to lock in on assignments, submissions of projects and finish up tests.
- Positive would be the difficulty level of the course.
- You have to fully understand the curriculum to pass the tests and the negative aspect would be that, some of the syllabus is outdated. Needs to be caught up with current AI trending tech classes.
- About two classes in a day, 3-4 classes in a week, morning 9 am classes, I took a 11 am and a 1 pm class too. Remember having a 6 pm class one time that ended at 7:45 PM.
- About 40 people in the class. 37-38 people were Indian. Most of them were South Indian.
Admission Experience
- The University of Central Missouri offered a very comprehensive course of combining Computer Information Systems with Information Technology which is combining programming skills with mastering e-commerce in one go.
- UCM also had a competitive pricing for tuition and living when compared to all the other universities I applied for.
- GRE and IELTS were required and I had a great score in both! Required GRE was 291 total verbal/quant, I had a 321 and IELTS was a minimum of 5.5 and I had an 8.5
- Mail the required docs to admissions@ucmo.edu and they sent me an email with further test scores and a Statement of Purpose, after mailing my signed and sealed transcripts from my under grad college GITAM University in Vizag, I received an admission letter from UCM.
- Very easy admission process and excellent international student association that was very helpful.
- 2021 Spring is what I applied for but Visa slots were so rare and were treated like a "golden opportunity"
- Eventually due to delays in receiving my passport back from the embassy, I had shifted my intake for a Fall intake. So Aug 2021 was when I started my course at UCM.
- Applied for visa in early 2021, got an interview in about two months, prepped all supporting documents and got the acceptance in May 2021.
Faculty
10
- 1:50 ratio, is what I thought was interesting. Almost enough for one professor to concentrate on most people.
- If it was any higher, it would probably be a problem.
- There was always a talk about who the more strict professor is and I remember the terror on everyone's faces in his classes. Fortunately I paid attention and showed I'm serious about my classes and that worked a lot well for me.
Campus Life
10
- 2 campuses, UCM, Warrensburg, MO and UCM, Lee's Summit, MO
- The Lee's Summit Campus is a satellite campus and only has classrooms and a few labs, with a UCM Bookstore.
- The main campus has everything. Multiple colleges, a huge library, two indoor stadiums and gyms, one big football stadium, trap and skeet, golf, wall climbing, baseball, basketball, volleyball, soccer, rugby, track, a university health center.
- I wanted to play basketball but ended up joining the Rugby team in my first semester, quickly made friends that helped me with a lot of stuff and showed real companionship as we travelled to other colleges/universities in other states.
- I also joined the university's fencing club and quickly rose as a leader and even won a medal at SIUE, Illinois for Sabre fencing, I was a part of the International Students Organization, I was the President of the American Society for Quality.
Part Time Jobs
- Only the top 1% secure TA's
- My 4.0 and my great communication skills along with my passion for securing respect got me the TA and it had taken away about $6000 and gave me a $500 for every two weeks as a stipend. There's jobs all over campus like the Digital recording and media group, Sodexo (food), Project Management, Accounting.
- Pay is about $500 for two weeks with the tuition wavier. 20 hours per week is the max.
- It looks/feels difficult but is actually easy. Just have to have the right mindset and openness to rejection.
- Sodexo usually takes a lot of the Indian student population and is very easy to get. $12.5
- I think was the rate for a sodexo employee, while having quite a bit of popularity, is kind of hard to get. However, references usually do the trick. jobs.ucmo.edu is the official website to find jobs.
- Look for jobs on the site, talk to the manager or the supervisor, get hired.
Placement
10
- About 60% people that graduated with me got jobs within the 6 month period after graduation.
- Average salary would be $80,000, as far as I know.
- Start looking for jobs about a year before you want to be actually hired for.
- I was told, give multiple interviews to get comfortable with the hiring process, go to the campus career fairs. That's where I got hired.
- Cisco, Evergy, Spire, Amazon, Meta, Missouri Gov, Army, Navy, Air Force, Boeing, Shamrock.
Accommodation
Off Campus
6
- Used Telegram and found people starting similar courses around the same semester, got in touch with them and took student housing for the first two semesters.
- About $800, laundry, sewer, trash, wifi were taken care of. Gas and electricity was on us.
- No pets were allowed unless they were an ESA approved. Other than that there was no other troubles.
- Most people stayed in Overland Park about 40 miles away (west) from the tech building, I lived in the main campus about 30 ish miles (east).
- We had a bit of Indian student population in Warrensburg as well.
Exams
- Both IELTS and GRE were required as far as I remember since it's been a while.
- A Statement of Purpose for the university, 3 Letters Of Recommendation, a resume.
- There was no interview conducted, although a thorough background check was performed, the statement of purpose was treated as the interview I believe. I was told it was the most important part.
Fees
- For my entire master’s course in CIS and IT, the main cost was tuition, which was charged per credit hour and billed each semester.
- The total tuition for the full program was approximately $25,000 to $35,000. Including the mandatory university and technology fees were around $1,500 to $2,500 per year. Housing or hostel charges were separate from tuition.
- At my college, fees were charged on a credit-based, semester-wise system. Tuition depended on the number of credits taken each semester, while mandatory fees were added each term. Housing was billed in the same system, usually by semester.
- My estimated monthly living expenses were about $800. This included rent and utilities at roughly $500 to $600 per month, food and groceries around $150 to $200, and transportation and other regular personal expenses of about $50 to $100 per month.
- Health insurance was mandatory and cost approximately $1,000 per year.
Scholarship
- In 2021 I remember I got a $1000 for getting a perfect 4.0 score. I do not remember the name of the Grant that made it possible for me to get tuition discounted which I remember was a great help!
- Some of my batch-mates who also got a 4.0 had received the same auto deduction in tuition fee because of this auto application of the Grant.
- I heard there were no scholarships given this year to international students.
