About Missouri Southern State University

Missouri Southern State University (Missouri Southern, MSSU, or MoSo) is a public university in Joplin, Missouri, United States. It was usual in 1937 as Joplin Junior College.

Joplin, officially known as the City of Joplin, is a city in Jasper and Newton counties in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Missouri. The bulk of the city is in Jasper County, while the southern share is in Newton County. Joplin is the largest city in Jasper County – even while it is not the county seat, and it is the 12th most-populous city in the state. As of the 2010 census, the city’s population was 50,150. The city covers an area of 35.69 square miles (92.41 km2) on the outer edge of the Ozark Mountains. Joplin is the main hub of the three-county Joplin-Miami, Missouri-Oklahoma Metro area, which is house to 210,077 people making it the 5th largest metropolitan area in Missouri. In May 2011, the city was hit by a violent EF5 tornado.