<p>I live in Missouri, and the state definitely thinks highly of the University of Missouri. I was just wondering what kind of academic perception the university has outside of Missouri?</p>
<p>I went to high school in Missouri. You are absolutely right – Mizzou will get you most places you want to go within St. Louis and Kansas City. It’s not all that known once you move beyond the surrounding states. The same is true for many midwestern flagship universities.</p>
<p>Some Midwestern flagships have national and even international reputations- such as Michigan and Wisconsin. Some are known because of the Big Ten (now so popular it no longer is the same- academic benefits to the sports conference members). Sorry, but Missouri is not known at all even in other parts of the Midwest. Every region is provincial- the only reason you hear about so many schools as perceived as good on CC is the large population of the east coast. Mizzou is likely better than many of the schools highly desired by many on this forum. I only know of Missouri because I presume every state has a flagship school. There are plenty of people in Wisconsin who consider only UW-Madison when looking for a good school, tunnel vision exists everywhere.</p>
<p>The majority of Americans can’t place Missouri on the map. As for academic perception?</p>
<p>Mizzou is well-renowned even here on in the NE for its undergrad Journalism program. Very competitive and their graduates are highly respected in mass media companies all over.</p>
<p>As far as state flagships go, it is significantly smaller than those in some of the neighboring states. cobrat is right that the journalism program is top notch.</p>
<p>Always hearing about that Journalism school.</p>
<p>The J-School is well known and regarded.</p>
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<p>I’m from NJ, and I’ve always heard that Mizzou was a decent school.</p>
<p>The J-School.</p>
<p>I believe you were deciding between Mizzou and another Missouri state school. It’s past May 1, so you’ve made your decision. I’m assuming it was Mizzou. Congratulations! Don’t agonize over what other people perceive. Get the t’shirt, buy your folks the bumper sticker, and get excited about starting what should be a pretty exciting time in your life. What you do in college is going to matter far more then where you went to college. Stop agonizing over a decision already made and go celebrate! :)</p>
<p>I’m sure you’ve made up your mind by now, but as a Mizzou alumnus, I can say this, like many Midwest land grant universities, Mizzou will give back what you put in. You can be almost anything you want to be with a Mizzou degree or you could flunk out in one semester. There’s not much handholding. You will be in charge of determining that you get what you desire. Go Tigers! :)</p>
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<p>Yup, the J-school.</p>
<p>I worked in East Coast media relations back in the late 70s/early 80s, and I never heard of the J-school back then. Only ever heard of it in college-obsessed circles. People did kind of assume that if you went to Mizzou you came from somewhere out there in the big empty midwest. ;)</p>
<p>(Of course, standard journalism is shrinking so rapidly these days that what blog you write for is probably a lot more important than where your degree is from.)</p>
<p>Yes, the “flyover country” reputation persists, I’m sure. Although I just got back from an epic road trip in which I traveled the entire southern and western parts of the state (St. Louis-Joplin-Kansas City) and was very surprised how beautiful much of it is. Plus, STL and KC are both awesome cities.</p>
<p>And they have good ribs! ;)</p>