Missouri ranks 49th in spending on higher education over the last five years

Saturday, November 17, 2007 | 10:26 a.m. CST; updated 6:09 p.m. CDT, Friday, July 18, 2008
BY EMILY YOUNKER

The numbers certainly paint a discouraging picture: Over the past five years, spending on higher education in Missouri has decreased by 9.9 percent, a worse percentage than in any other state but one: Colorado. Between 2005 and 2007, however, Missouri dropped to 50th in the nation in the percent increase in appropriations for higher education.

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