Truman State has a reputation for delivering a high-quality education for a reasonable price for Missourians. The university offers more than 50 majors and 70 minors to undergraduate students, with business administration, biology, exercise science and nursing among the most popular bachelor’s degree programs. While smaller in size than those programs, the creative writing major is also strong. Truman is the only public university in Missouri to offer a bachelor of fine arts in creative writing, and the faculty members in the department can boast several writing awards.
Residence halls on campus include living-learning communities, which group students by similar academic pursuits or interests, like teaching, Romance languages, sustainability, service learning and more. Public service, in fact, plays an important role at TSU: Every spring, the school holds The Big Event, when students fan out across Kirksville to rake leaves, wash windows and paint to give back to the town’s residents.
Students at Truman love to get involved, and with more than 240 options to choose from, many of them participate in more than one activity. Clubs include Clay People, a ceramics group; the travel publication Detours Magazine; and the Spellcasters, a group that plays Quidditch and hosts analytical discussions of the Harry Potter series.
