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Michigan State University, Michigan

Michigan State University

Michigan State University is a co-educational public research university, located in East Lansing, Michigan. It was founded in 1855. MSU has the eighth largest student body in the United States. It enrolls more than 45,000 students annually. It offers a variety of degrees and programs through the following academic divisions:

  • College of Agriculture and Natural Resources
  • College of Arts and Letters
  • College of Communication Arts and Sciences
  • College of Education
  • College of Engineering
  • College of Human Medicine
  • College of Law
  • College of Music
  • College of Natural Science
  • College of Nursing
  • College of Osteopathic Medicine
  • College of Social Science
  • College of Veterinary Medicine
  • Honors College
  • James Madison College
  • Lyman Briggs College
  • Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
  • The Eli Broad College of Business and The Eli Broad Graduate School of Management
  • Undergraduate University Division

MSU's sports teams are nicknamed the Spartans.

Overview of Michigan State University

Students attend Michigan State in East Lansing, Michigan, a small city. The school is a public institution. Michigan State degrees go up to the Doctoral degree.

Areas of Study

The school has a greater breadth of degree programs (majors) than most colleges of its size. Michigan State is known for its programs in science and media.

Michigan State Selectivity

The school is selective and does not offer open admission. Three quarters of students in 2005 had SAT verbal scores of at least 490. Half of math SAT scores of accepted students fell between 520 and 650.

Faculty

The school has a tenure system for senior faculty. The full-time faculty at Michigan State is well-paid, which often goes with faculty quality.

Student Body

There are 45,166 students at the school (as of 2005).

Student Life

Michigan State offers dorm rooms to a higher percentage of its students than do most colleges. The school values student athletics, and belongs to the Big Ten Conference.

More complete details are provided below.

Contacting Michigan State

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI 48824-1042
General Phone: (517) 355-1855
Admissions Phone: (517) 355-8332
Financial Aid Phone: (517) 353-5940
http://www.msu.edu

Michigan State Programs and Degrees (2005)

Michigan State awarded degrees in these major categories in 2005:

General CategoryDegreesMost Common Majors [see all]
Business And Management1,722accounting, business management, finance, logistics, marketing, merchandising and buying, business, labor relations, ...
Liberal Arts1,510social services, English, economics, political science, history, sociology, international relations, Spanish language, ...
Media1,170communication studies, advertising, radio and television, journalism, public relations, health communication, mass communication
Science947biology, zoology, physiology, chemistry, microbiology, physics, biochem/biophysics/molecular biology, geology, ...
Education And Teaching854curriculum and instruction, education, educational administration, instructional media design, school counseling, education of learning disabled, adult education, special ed, ...
Engineering628mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, civil engineering, engineering, chemical engineering, materials science, bioengineering, environmental engineering, ...
Therapy And Counseling506psychology, clinical social work, school psychology, music therapy, educational psychology, art therapy
Medicine379osteopathic medicine, medicine, veterinary medicine, pre-veterinary, large animal medicine, veterinary biomedical sciences, neuroscience, small animal medicine
Agricultural Science And Management343various agricutural courses, agricultural economics, agricultural management, food science, agricultural education, agricultural journalism, agricultural machine tech
Family And Social Work341family and community services, social work, child development, public administration, family and consumer science, human nutrition, family systems, housing
Nutrition And Exercise Therapy321exercise science, dietitian, parks and recreation management, nutrition sciences, vocational counseling, parks and recreation studies
Security And Law Enforcement264criminal justice and administration, forensic science, criminal justice and safety
Computer Science And Engineering176computer and info science, computer engineering
Hospitality173hospitality management, restaurant and food services management
Medical Support And Technology143audiology and speech pathology, clinical lab tech, veterinary assistant
Landscaping And Horticulture141horticultural science, turf management, soil science, landscaping, plant sciences
Music131music performance, music pedagogy, conducting, music theory and composition, jazz, music, musicology
Nursing And Emergency Medicine116registered nursing, nurse practitioner, nursing science
Conservation And Resource Management114wildlife management, environmental studies, forestry, natural resource economics, conservation, environmental science
Animal Science And Care114animal science, equine science, dairy science, animal husbandry
Mathematics103mathematics, statistics, applied mathematics, computational mathematics
Design86interior design, fashion design
Real Estate And Construction Management84construction management
Law73pre-law
Art Studies73art studies
Architecture And Planning51urban planning, landscape architecture
Drama And Performing Arts27drama
Religion And Philosophy17philosophy, religion
Fine Arts14art history and criticism
Construction Trades13electrician

Number of programs and degrees for Michigan State in 2005:

Degree LevelTotal
Awarded
Number of
Programs
Bachelor's degree7,733115
Master's degree2,004119
Doctor's degree42586
First-professional degree3493
Award of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years1109
Post-master's certificate132

Michigan State Student Body

In 2005, Michigan State had a total enrollment of 45,166 students (41,470 full-time equivalent).

Students in the Freshman Class (2005):

GroupPercent
Men43%
Women57%
Full-Time98%
Part-Time2%

More details are available, using 2004 data:

Students By Class (2004):

GroupPercent
Undergraduate75%
Graduate22%
First Professional3%

Racial Diversity (2004):
RacePercent
White75%
Black8%
Hispanic3%
Asian5%
American Indian1%
Other Races1%
(Foreign Students)8%

Students by Age (2004):

AgePercent
Under 182%
18-1930%
20-2131%
22-2418%
25-2910%
30-344%
35-392%
40-492%
50-641%
65+0%

Incoming (Freshman) Students by Place of Residence (2004):
(From available data sampling)

ResidencePercent
Michigan89%
Illinois3%
Foreign countries3%
Ohio1%
New York1%

Michigan State Graduation, Retention, and Transfers

Retention Rates (2004):

GroupReturning From
Previous Year
Full-Time90 %
Part-Time60 %

Michigan State Room and Board (2005)

Michigan State offers campus housing for 16,864 of its 41,470 (full-time) students. Freshmen are required to live on campus.

(Please refer to our profile of East Lansing, Michigan for details about the area surrounding the campus. Also see our list of other Michigan Colleges).

The school does not offer students a meal plan.

Michigan State Admissions and Selectivity (2005)

Acceptances:

GroupApplicantsAcceptedPercent
Accepted
EnrolledPercent of
Accepted Enrolled
Total21,84416,68676%7,48545%
Men9,6716,95272%3,24347%
Women12,1739,73480%4,24244%

Standardized Test Scores:

Test25th Percentile75th Percetile
SAT Verbal490620
SAT Math520650
ACT Verbal2127
ACT Math2127
ACT Composite2227

Application Requirements:

ItemRequirement
GPArecommended
Class Rankrecommended
High School Recordrequired
College Prep Programrecommended
Recommendationsnot required
Formal Demonstration of Competencenot required
Standardized Tests (SAT and/or ACT)required
Percent of Applicants Submitting SAT24%
Percent of Applicants Submitting ACT91%
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)required

Admissions Phone Number: (517) 355-8332

Michigan State Expenses and Financial Aid (2005)

Expenses and Financial Aid:

ExpenseAmount
In-state tuition and fees$ 8,172
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 19,925
Room and board$ 5,788
Room charge$ 2,488
Board (meal plan) charge$ 3,540
Books and supplies$ 854
Other expenses$ 1,526

Financial Aid:
Michigan State participates in Federal Title IV financial aid programs. (The school's OPE ID is 229000)

Financial Aid Phone Number: (517) 353-5940

Michigan State Faculty

Michigan State has a tenure system for faculty.

Tenure Status of Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelMenWomen
Tenured1,066385
Non-tenured, but on tenure track219147
Non-tenured and not on tenure track290209

Salaries for full-time faculty:

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professorcalendar year266$123,74360$115,237
Associate professorcalendar year85$87,11849$85,601
Assistant professorcalendar year91$66,14254$69,462
Instructorcalendar year25$29,80429$34,586
All faculty totalcalendar year467$100,824192$82,617

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professoracademic year481$103,959130$98,800
Associate professoracademic year239$76,284151$72,244
Assistant professoracademic year211$64,018155$58,094
Instructoracademic year16$39,92233$41,445
All faculty totalacademic year947$86,993469$72,762

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professorshort term1*1*
Associate professorshort term1*1*
Assistant professorshort term20$54,2865$47,373
Instructorshort term5$34,8208$34,584
All faculty totalshort term27$51,50115$49,074

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Michigan State Athletics

Athletic Conferences (2005):

SportConference
FootballBig Ten Conference
BasketballBig Ten Conference
BaseballBig Ten Conference
TrackBig Ten Conference

Students on Athletic Scholarships (2004):

SportMenWomenTotal
Total258216474
Football83083
Track272451
Baseball31031
Basketball121123
All Other Sports105181286

Michigan State Degree Programs (2005)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT
Agricultural Business and Management, General
Agricultural Communication/Journalism
Agricultural Economics
Agricultural Mechanics and Equipment/Machine Technology
Agricultural and Extension Education Services
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences, Other
Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE
Animal Sciences, General
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
Dairy Science
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES
Art/Art Studies, General

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Accounting
Business Administration and Management, General
Business/Commerce, General
Finance, General
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
Labor and Industrial Relations
Logistics and Materials Management
Marketing/Marketing Management, General
Merchandising and Buying Operations
Operations Management and Supervision
Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Computer Engineering, General
Computer and Information Sciences, General

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies
Forestry, General
Natural Resource Economics
Natural Resources/Conservation, General
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

CONSTRUCTION TRADES
Electrician

DESIGN
Fashion/Apparel Design
Interior Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General

EDUCATION AND TEACHING
Adult and Continuing Education Administration
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
Art Teacher Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Education, General
Education/Teaching Individuals - Hearing Impairments
Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
Educational Evaluation and Research
Educational Leadership and Administration, General
Educational/Instructional Media Design
English/Language Arts Teacher Education
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Reading Teacher Education
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
Special Education and Teaching, General
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering, General
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering Mechanics
Engineering, General
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
Child Development
Family Systems
Family and Community Services
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
Housing and Human Environments, General
Human Nutrition
Public Administration
Social Work

FINE ARTS
Art History, Criticism and Conservation

HOSPITALITY
Hospitality Administration/Management, General
Restaurant/Food Services Management

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE
Horticultural Science
Landscaping and Groundskeeping
Plant Sciences, General
Soil Science and Agronomy, General
Turf and Turfgrass Management

LAW
Pre-Law Studies

LIBERAL ARTS
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Ancient Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Applied Economics
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
Economics, General
English Language and Literature, General
French Language and Literature
Geography
German Language and Literature
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
History, General
Humanities/Humanistic Studies
International Relations and Affairs
International/Global Studies
Latin Language and Literature
Linguistics
Political Science and Government, General
Russian Language and Literature
Social Sciences, General
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature
Technical and Business Writing
Urban Studies/Affairs
Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS
Applied Mathematics
Computational Mathematics
Mathematics, General
Statistics, General

MEDIA
Advertising
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Health Communication
Journalism
Mass Communication/Media Studies
Public Relations/Image Management
Radio and Television

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MEDICINE
Large Animal/Food Animal & Equine Surgery/Medicine (Cert,MS,PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (DO)
Pre-Veterinary Studies
Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine (Cert, MS, PhD)
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD)
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)

MUSIC
Conducting
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music Pedagogy
Music Performance, General
Music Theory and Composition
Music, General
Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Nursing Science (MS, PhD)
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Nutrition Sciences
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE
Astrophysics
Biochemistry
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Botany/Plant Biology
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemical Physics
Chemistry, General
Entomology
Environmental Biology
Environmental Toxicology
Epidemiology
Genetics, General
Geology/Earth Science, General
Microbiology, General
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physical Sciences
Physics, General
Physiology, General
Plant Genetics
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
Science, Technology and Society
Zoology/Animal Biology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING
Art Therapy/Therapist
Clinical/Medical Social Work
Educational Psychology
Music Therapy/Therapist
Psychology, General
School Psychology

Michigan State Highlights

(Details are provided further down on this page.)

What Sets Michigan State Apart:

CategoryTrophy 
Number of students
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Michigan State Number of students
Number of degree programs
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Michigan State Number of degree programs
Salaries of full-time faculty
(vs. all colleges)
Top 4%Michigan State Salaries of full-time faculty
% of degrees in media
(vs. all colleges)
Top 6%Michigan State % of degrees in media
% of degrees in agricultural science and management
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 13%Michigan State % of degrees in agricultural science and management
Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
(vs. all colleges)
Top 15%Michigan State Degrees concentrated in limited number of degree programs
Dorm rooms per full-time student
(vs. all colleges)
Top 15%Michigan State Dorm rooms per full-time student
Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 17%Michigan State Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
% of degrees in science
(vs. all colleges)
Top 18%Michigan State % of degrees in science
% of degrees in music
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 19%Michigan State % of degrees in music
% of degrees in nutrition and exercise therapy
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 19%Michigan State % of degrees in nutrition and exercise therapy
Explanation of the Highlights categories

Notable:
Grants credits for AP courses
Offers distance learning
Offers weekend classes
Career counseling
Student employment services
On-campus day care
Remedial classes for students
Option to study abroad
Offers campus housing
Offers part-time study
On-campus library
Offers campus housing
Tenure system for quality teaching
Has ROTC (army, air force)
Offers athletic scholarships
NCAA athletic conference member

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