,·Private (Christian Church / Disciples of Christ)·Est. 1853
“A residential liberal arts college on the Mississippi bluffs where every semester ends with a three-week experiential term.”
Culver-Stockton College is a small private liberal arts college perched on the Mississippi River bluffs in Canton, Missouri, founded in 1853 as Christian University — the first institution west of the Mississippi chartered to admit both men and women. It operates today in covenant with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), a heritage that shapes its character as a values-grounded but academically open community where roughly 1,000 residential undergraduates from across the U.S. and dozens of countries study together at a 14:1 student-to-faculty ratio. C-SC's most distinctive academic feature is its 12+3 calendar, adopted in Fall 2008 and shared by only a handful of U.S. colleges. Each semester runs 12 weeks of traditional coursework, then ends with a three-week experiential term in which students typically take a single course centered on internships, clinical placements, undergraduate research, service learning, or travel study — domestic and international. The structure means every Wildcat graduates with multiple immersive, hands-on experiences baked into the degree rather than squeezed into summers. Academically the college spans roughly 80 majors and minors across three divisions — Applied Liberal Arts & Sciences, Fine Arts, and Business — with established strengths in business administration, education, agribusiness, athletic training, nursing (in partnership with Blessing-Rieman), and the performing arts. Campus life is unmistakably residential and athletics-driven: nearly 60% of students compete on one of 21 NAIA Wildcat varsity teams in the Heart of America Athletic Conference, and the small-town Canton setting puts the river, the bluffs, and a tight-knit Wildcat community at the center of the four-year experience.
Visa, OPT, H-1B alumni outcomes, and acceptance rates by country — sourced from FOIA, USCIS H-1B Hub, and DHS SEVIS.
Test Flexible — Multiple standardized test types are accepted.
Official SourceRolling Admission
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis with decisions typically returned within one week.
International — Fall enrollment recommended
Recommended cutoff to allow time for I-20 issuance and visa interview.
International — Spring enrollment recommended
Recommended cutoff for spring start.
The deep admissions playbook beyond the headline acceptance rate — round-by-round breakdowns, nationality data, requirements, and contact paths.
Tuition & Fees (All Students)
$32,100
/yr
Beyond the sticker price — every named scholarship, the financial aid policy, need-aware notes, and a personalized net-cost estimate.
How life on campus actually feels — clubs, sports, traditions, housing realities, and how the school integrates with its city.
Houses the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, and pre-professional health tracks, including the partnership programs with Blessing-Rieman College of Nursing and a growing genomics curriculum.
Brings together theatre, music, art and design, communication, and English. Strong emphasis on production, performance, and creative-expression travel courses during the 3-week experiential terms.
Anchors C-SC's most popular professional programs, with teacher certification (K-12 and 9-12 across subject areas), an established 3+2 MBA pathway, and the Master of Athletic Training.
4 years
Embedded into the 12+3 calendar, every student takes a focused 3-week course each fall and spring — internships, clinical rotations, undergraduate research, service learning, or domestic/international travel study. Few U.S. colleges institutionalize experiential learning this way.
2 years
Graduate AT program built on C-SC's strong undergraduate athletic training foundation, leveraging the college's 21 NAIA varsity teams as a built-in clinical learning environment for aspiring certified athletic trainers.
4 years
Distinctive program that pairs agricultural production knowledge with business preparation — a natural fit for C-SC's rural Northeast Missouri setting and farm-belt regional economy.
Where alumni go after graduation — top industries, grad-school continuation, and the qualitative outcomes story.
Sticker price (annual, out-of-state): $30,875
Net-cost estimate is US-resident-only — international applicants are typically excluded from need-based aid at most schools and should treat the sticker price as the planning baseline.
