Mississippi State University
Work PO Box 6334
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Work(662) 325-2224
Admissions E-mail: admit@admissions.msstate.edu
Web site: http://www.msstate.edu
Tier 3
College Category:
National Universities
National Universities
Overview : Mississippi State University
| General Information | |
|---|---|
| Institutional Control: | Public |
| Year founded: | 1878 |
| Religious affiliation: | N/A |
| Academic calendar: | semester |
| Total number of undergraduates: | 13,991 |
| Setting: | rural |
| Endowment: | $280,710,527 |
| Fall Admissions | |
| Application deadline: | rolling |
| Application fee: | $35 |
| Fall 2008 Acceptance rate: | 65.5% |
| Selectivity: | more selective |
| Expenses | |
| Costs: | 2009-2010 In-state: $5,151; Out-of-state: $13,021 |
| Mission | |
| School 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. |
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