Also known as

  • MSU
  • Spartans
  • MI State University
  • State
  • MI State U

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
13,396
56.2% Female
43.8% Male

Institution Overview

School Type
Public
Region
Great Lakes IL IN MI OH WI
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Small

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
366
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
124
Doctoral Research
94
Doctoral Professional
4
Distance
15
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Certificate Offered
Post-master's
Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics
0.40%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.69%
Asian
5.29%
Black or African American
3.67%
Hispanic or Latino
0.13%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
61.79%
White
1.60%
Two or more races
2.39%
Unknown
20.04%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$50
Admissions Office Web Address
www.admissions.msu.edu/

Tuition & Aid

Average In-State Tuition
$16,122
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$31,674

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
No
Recreational or avocational
No
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
124
Master's (Distance)
14
Doctor's Degree Research
94
Doctor's Degree Professional
4
Postbaccalaureate Certificate
12
Post Master's Certificate
2
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Advertising Master's Degree Yes No
African-American/Black Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
American/United States Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Applied Behavior Analysis Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Art/Art Studies, General Master's Degree Yes No
Astrophysics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree Yes No
Biomedical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biostatistics Master's Degree Yes No
Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Statistics Master's Degree Yes No
Business/Commerce, General Master's Degree Yes No
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Child Development Master's Degree Yes No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree Yes No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist Master's Degree Yes Yes
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science and Allied Professions, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Clinical/Medical Social Work Master's Degree Yes No
Computer and Information Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Conducting Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree Yes No
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Curriculum and Instruction Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia Master's Degree Yes No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education, General Master's Degree Yes Yes
Education, Other Master's Degree Yes Yes
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
No
Educational Statistics and Research Methods Doctoral – Research Yes No
Educational/Instructional Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering Mechanics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
English/Language Arts Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Entomology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Design/Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Toxicology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Epidemiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Family and Community Services Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Finance, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Food Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Foreign Language Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes Yes
Forensic Science and Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Forestry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Forestry, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
French Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Game and Interactive Media Design Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Genetics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geographic Information Science and Cartography Master's Degree Yes No
Geography Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Health Communication Master's Degree Yes No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
No
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree Yes No
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other Master's Degree Yes Yes
Horticultural Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Hospitality Administration/Management, General Master's Degree Yes No
Human Development and Family Studies, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Human Nutrition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Information Resources Management Doctoral – Research Yes No
International Public Health/International Health Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Jazz/Jazz Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Journalism Master's Degree Yes No
Keyboard Instruments Master's Degree Yes No
Kinesiology and Exercise Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Labor and Industrial Relations Master's Degree Yes No
Labor Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Marketing Research Master's Degree Yes No
Marketing/Marketing Management, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Mass Communication/Media Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Materials Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medical Informatics Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Microbiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Pedagogy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Performance, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Theory and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Musicology and Ethnomusicology Master's Degree Yes No
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Natural Resources Management and Policy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Nursing Science Doctoral – Research Yes No
Operations Management and Supervision Doctoral – Research Yes No
Organizational Behavior Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Osteopathic Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Packaging Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Pathology/Experimental Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacology and Toxicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physical Sciences Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Genetics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Health, General Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Health, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree Yes No
Public Relations/Image Management Master's Degree Yes No
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse Master's Degree Yes Yes
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods Master's Degree Yes No
Restaurant/Food Services Management Master's Degree Yes No
Rhetoric and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
School Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate		 Yes
Yes
Yes		 No
No
No
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine Master's Degree Yes No
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education Doctoral – Research Yes No
Social Work Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Soil Science and Agronomy, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Spanish Language and Literature Master's Degree Yes No
Special Education and Teaching, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master's Degree Yes No
Urban Education and Leadership Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Urban Studies/Affairs Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Veterinary Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor Master's Degree Yes No
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Zoology/Animal Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 3,729 2,781 468 480
With faculty status 2,630 2,616 12 2
Tenured 1,442 1,442 0 0
On tenure track 369 369 0 0
Not on tenure track 819 805 12 2
Multi-year contract 297 292 4 1
Annual contract 445 437 7 1
Less-than annual contract 77 76 1 0
Without faculty status 1,099 165 456 478

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
No
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average In-State Tuition
$16,122
Average Out-Of-State Tuition
$31,674
Financial aid office web address
www.finaid.msu.edu/
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room
$3,912
Typical Board
$5,562
Tuition & Fees
In-stateOut-of-State
Full time Average Tuition$16,122$31,674
Full time Fees$0$0
Part time, per credit hour$672$1,320

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Medicine $28,928 $0 $56,928 $0
Osteopathic Medicine $28,928 $0 $56,928 $0
Veterinary Medicine $29,220 $0 $55,362 $0

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
Yes
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
13,396
56.2% Female
43.8% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.40%
American Indian or Alaska Native
4.69%
Asian
5.29%
Black or African American
3.67%
Hispanic or Latino
0.13%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
61.79%
White
1.60%
Two or more races
2.39%
Unknown
20.04%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 25 29
Asian 252 376
Black Or African American 237 472
Hispanic Or Latino 222 269
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 4 14
Non-resident Alien 1,407 1,278
White 3,496 4,781
Two Or More Races 67 147
Unknown 161 159

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
2,138
39.2% Male
60.8% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
577
55.8% Male
44.2% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
627
47.7% Male
52.3% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate
Total
76
30.3% Male
69.7% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
11
9.1% Male
90.9% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
Yes
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesYes
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
East Lansing, MI 48824-1046
Phone
517-355-1855
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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