Company description
A land-grant university offering degrees through the doctoral level, Mississippi State University is the largest university in the state.
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- Mission
- Mississippi State University, a land-grant and sea-grant institution founded in 1878, is a Carnegie Research University (high research activity) institution and the largest university in Mississippi. MSU enrolls approximately 17,000 students, 20 percent of whom are graduate students; has slightly less than 1,100 full-time faculty members and more than 4,100 total full-time employees; has total revenues of approximately $500 million; and has research expenditures of more than $190 million. The university offers 78 bachelor's degree programs, 59 master's degree programs, and 35 doctoral degree programs through colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Architecture, Art and Design, Business and Industry, Education, Engineering, Forest Resources, and Veterinary Medicine. Mississippi State University continues to be listed among the "100 Best Values in Public Colleges" in Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. The list recognizes institutions that are "noteworthy for their combination of top flight academics and affordable costs." Now listed at 88th, the 131-year-old, land-grant university is the only Mississippi institution included in the national publication's annual survey. Forbes magazine has ranked Mississippi State University among the top 20 of its top 100 best college buys in America. Ranked in the national business publication's online edition, the university is given a higher designation than all other Mississippi public and private institutions of higher learning.
- Costs
- 2010-2011 In-state tuition and fees: $5,461; Out-of-state tuition and fees: $13,801
- Campus Setting
- Located within 15 miles of a rural town
- Highest Degree Offered
- Doctoral and first-professional
- Email
- [email protected]
- Features
- continuing education
- Entrance Difficulty
- Moderately difficult
- Type
- College/University
- Level
- Four Year School
- School Type
- Public, 2-year
- Coed Status
- Men and Women
- Enrollment Concentration
- Traditional
- City Type
- Remote Town
- Campus Size
- Very Large
- Highest Offering
- Doctorates
- Selectivity
- selective
- Academic Calendar
- Semester
- Application Deadline
- rolling
- Control
- Public
- Institutional Control
- Public
- Setting
- rural
- Undergraduate Enrollment
- 12630
- Undergraduate Out Of State Tuition
- 10552
- Instate Tuition Fees For Grad 1 Yr
- $5151
- Instate Tuition For Undergrad For 1 Yr
- $5151
- On Campus Room And Board Charges
- $7333
- Percentage Of Students Admitted
- 57.13
- Room Charge For 1 Yr On Sharing With 1 Person
- $4098
- Year Founded
- 1878
- Accredited
- true
- Graduate Enrollment
- 3576
- Graduate In State Tuition
- 4550
- Graduate Number Of Females
- 1788
- Graduate Number Of Males
- 1788
- Graduate Out Of State Tuition
- 5956
- Typical Board Cost
- 3035
- Typical Room Cost
- 3296
- Undergraduate In State Tuition
- 4596
- Undergraduate Number Of Females
- 6315
- Undergraduate Number Of Males
- 6315
- Founded In
- 1878
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Grad
- $215
- Instate Per Credit Hr For Pt Undergrad
- $215
- Total Number Of Admissions
- 4273
- Total Number Of Applicants
- 7479
- Undergraduate Application Fee
- $35
- Books Cost (estimate)
- 950
- International Enrollment
- 549
- Graduate Application Fee
- $30
- Application Fee
- $35
- Percent African American
- 24
- Percent Out Of State Students
- 18
- Percent Asian
- 1
- Percent Hispanic
- 1
- Percent Native American
- 1
- Mailing Address Available Only
- N
- Web Site
- http://www.msstate.edu/
