Extensive data tables on higher education in Missouri present information on: the academic preparation of college freshmen (fall 1996), including distribution of American College Testing (ACT) scores and high school rankings; tuition, fees, and financial aid (state and federal, by aid type, including merit-based scholarships) and trends; enrollment (head count and full-time equivalent freshman, total undergraduate, graduate, and by age, gender, ethnicity, and biographic origin) and trends; faculty and staff (full-time, 9-month, tenure-track, and tenured); revenues and expenditures by source and function; library collections and expenditures; degrees conferred (by level, discipline, gender, and ethnicity); and institutional origins of undergraduate transfer students, both degree-seeking and non-degree. Within each of these categories, data are offered separately for public and private sectors. Appended materials include a list of Missouri higher education institutions, a state map showing institutions' locations, and a list of degree categories for use with degree tables. (DM)