Missouri State University–West Plains

It is a separately accredited campus of Missouri State University awarding two-year degrees. The fall 2023 enrollment was 1,772 students. Established in 1963, Missouri State University–West Plains has an open enrollment policy. It has an extended campus in Mountain Grove.

The institution offers three associate degrees: Associate of Arts, Associate of Science, and Associate of Applied Science.

Missouri State University–West Plains offers a variety of activities for students, including Student Government Association, study-abroad programs and student organizations. Students can work out or play sports in the West Plains Civic Center gym or the Student Recreation Center, and can experience the arts at the programs featured at the Civic Center.

Missouri State-West Plains Grizzly athletics include women's volleyball, men's basketball, and co-ed cheer teams. In the fall of 2022, the university welcomed two new athletic events, Women's softball and E-Sports. Home games take place at the West Plain Civic Center Arena and the Richards field. The school competes in the Missouri Community College Athletic Conference. Added baseball 2023 and Rodeo 2024.

The Grizzly House is Missouri State-West Plains' University's first residential facility, located in the heart of campus on Trish Knight Street. On January 1, 2017, the Shoe Factory Lofts, 665 Missouri Ave., in West Plains, became Grizzly Lofts, and Missouri State-West Plains manage the facility, which can accommodate 274 students.