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Michigan State University Overview

Located in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University is a public institution. East Lansing is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Michigan State University Known For?

9,490 Undergraduate Awards
$42,307 Avg Cost After Aid
88% Acceptance Rate
  • The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Michigan State.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 86% of the faculty were full-time.
  • After graduation, Michigan State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $67,253 a year. That's about 65% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Michigan State University?

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Contact details for Michigan State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: East Lansing, MI 48824-1046
Phone: 517-355-1855
Website: www.msu.edu

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How Do I Get Into Michigan State?

You can apply to Michigan State online at: https://admissions.msu.edu/apply

Admission Requirements for Michigan State

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 3
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Michigan State?

88% Acceptance Rate
54% Of Accepted Are Women
39% Submit SAT Scores
Since Michigan State has an acceptance rate of 88%, it is not too hard to gain acceptance into the school. Still, you need to be sure you complete your application in full and send in any other requested documents.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Michigan State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 580 and 690.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Michigan State University  ( 580 to 670 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Michigan State University  ( 580 to 690 )
200
800
Michigan State received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

ACT English Scores for Michigan State University  ( 24 to 32 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Michigan State University  ( 25 to 31 )
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36

Can I Afford Michigan State University?

$42,307 Net Price
37% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Michigan State is $42,307. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Michigan State, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $8,138 a year. That adds up to $32,552 over four years for those students.

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Michigan State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

34,588 Full-Time Undergraduates
52% Women
24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 38,491 undergraduate students at Michigan State, with 34,588 being full-time and 3,903 being part-time.

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There are also 11,204 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 34,588 full-time undergraduates at Michigan State, 48% are male and 52% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Michigan State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 2,324
Black or African American 2,724
Hispanic or Latino 1,950
White 23,377
International Students 2,482
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,731

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Michigan State University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 128 countries are represented at Michigan State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Michigan State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Undergraduate Certificate Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 0 448 14 214 8 684
General Biology 0 516 0 6 13 535
General Psychology 0 496 0 15 10 521
Medicine 0 0 0 0 463 463
Public Relations & Advertising 0 444 0 18 0 462
Computer Information Systems 0 372 0 34 24 430
Communication & Media Studies 0 348 8 5 14 375
Finance & Financial Management 0 350 0 5 4 359
Mechanical Engineering 0 279 0 25 27 331
Marketing 0 255 0 74 0 329
Health & Physical Education 0 298 1 8 7 314
Economics 0 274 0 8 30 312
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 247 18 3 1 269
Nursing 0 189 4 10 63 266
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 232 0 18 9 259
Law 0 0 0 0 231 231
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 21 0 201 0 222
Music 0 71 4 57 51 183
Engineering-Related Fields 0 160 0 17 3 180
General Education 0 156 0 22 0 178
Electrical Engineering 0 120 0 31 21 172
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 0 167 0 167
Animal Science 9 140 0 9 5 163
Human Resource Management 0 104 3 51 2 160
Sociology 0 152 0 2 1 155
Accounting 0 148 0 0 3 151
Political Science & Government 0 126 0 1 4 131
Zoology 0 118 0 6 5 129
Journalism 0 115 0 11 0 126
Civil Engineering 0 97 0 10 18 125
Design & Applied Arts 0 110 15 0 0 125
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 115 0 0 3 118
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 114 0 3 0 117
Chemical Engineering 0 104 0 3 9 116
Hospitality Management 0 114 0 0 0 114
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 112 112
General Business/Commerce 0 0 0 112 0 112
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 102 0 1 8 111
International Relations & National Security 0 110 0 0 0 110
Computational Science 0 59 21 1 25 106
General Engineering 0 101 0 0 0 101
Physics 0 57 0 17 27 101
Chemistry 0 62 0 9 28 99
Mathematics 0 86 0 3 8 97
Food Science Technology 4 29 5 55 2 95
Natural Resources Conservation 0 84 0 0 11 95
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 31 9 43 6 89
Genetics 0 81 0 2 5 88
Wildlife Management 0 69 0 12 6 87
Human Development & Family Studies 0 80 0 2 4 86
General Social Sciences 0 84 0 2 0 86
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 65 19 84
Special Education 0 49 0 27 3 79
General English Literature 0 64 0 3 10 77
Statistics 0 56 0 14 7 77
Social Work 0 57 0 19 1 77
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 1 18 55 1 75
History 0 64 0 1 8 73
Instructional Media Design 0 0 44 18 8 70
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 68 0 2 0 70
International Studies 0 67 2 0 0 69
Agricultural Economics & Business 9 55 0 0 0 64
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 35 0 7 22 64
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 47 15 62
Agricultural Engineering 0 49 0 5 5 59
Agricultural Production 57 0 0 0 0 57
Other Homeland Security 0 0 0 57 0 57
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 39 0 6 10 55
Communication Sciences 0 21 0 32 1 54
Construction Engineering Technology 0 39 0 9 4 52
Nutrition Science 0 40 0 10 0 50
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 48 0 48
Computer Engineering 0 48 0 0 0 48
Public Health 0 0 3 44 0 47
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 38 6 0 0 44
Sustainability Science 0 26 0 18 0 44
Educational Administration 0 0 6 19 18 43
Natural Resource Management 0 30 0 7 6 43
Anthropology 0 33 0 6 4 43
Forestry 0 23 9 6 2 40
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 39 0 0 0 39
Information Technology 0 38 0 0 0 38
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 24 0 8 5 37
Public Policy 0 19 0 18 0 37
Romance Languages 0 34 0 1 0 35
Other Engineering 0 32 0 0 0 32
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 24 0 3 5 32
Writing Studies 0 25 0 2 4 31
Plant Sciences 0 23 0 5 2 30
Drama & Theater Arts 0 24 0 6 0 30
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 29 0 0 0 29
Fine & Studio Arts 0 25 0 4 0 29
Geography & Cartography 0 27 0 0 0 27
Soil Sciences 0 19 0 6 1 26
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 2 23 0 0 0 25
Legal Professions (Other) 0 0 0 25 0 25
Botany/Plant Biology 0 9 0 6 8 23
Materials Engineering 0 23 0 0 0 23
Horticulture 22 0 0 0 0 22
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 1 15 5 21
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 0 5 13 18
Ethnic Studies 0 9 3 0 6 18
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 11 0 1 6 18
Recreation Administration 0 18 0 0 0 18
Other Psychology 0 0 8 9 0 17
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 15 1 0 0 16
East Asian Languages 0 15 0 0 0 15
Science, Technology & Society 0 15 0 0 0 15
Student Counseling 0 0 0 14 0 14
Biological & Physical Science 0 14 0 0 0 14
Environmental Engineering 0 0 0 7 6 13
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 13 0 13
Materials Sciences 0 0 0 2 11 13
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 13 0 0 0 13
Applied Mathematics 0 6 0 1 5 12
Geography and Environmental Studies 0 0 0 4 8 12
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 11 0 0 0 0 11
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 10 0 0 0 10
Philosophy 0 7 0 0 3 10
Germanic Languages 0 7 0 1 1 9
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 0 8 1 9
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 7 1 8
Teaching English or French 0 0 0 8 0 8
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 0 7 0 0 0 7
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 7 0 0 0 7
Environmental Design 0 0 0 6 0 6
Other Health Professions 0 6 0 0 0 6
Arts & Media Management 0 0 1 5 0 6
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 0 0 5 5
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 2 3 5
Security Science and Technology 0 0 3 2 0 5
Food Processing 4 0 0 0 0 4
Educational Assessment 0 0 1 0 3 4
Religious Studies 0 4 0 0 0 4
Education Philosophy 0 0 0 0 3 3
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0 2 2
Area Studies 0 0 1 1 0 2
Museum Studies 0 0 2 0 0 2
Other Social Sciences 0 0 2 0 0 2
Engineering Mechanics 0 0 0 1 0 1
General Physical Sciences 0 1 0 0 0 1
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0 0 0
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0 0 0
Literature 0 0 0 0 0 0
Medical Science 0 0 0 0 0 0
Legal Research 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 118 9,372 213 2,014 1,522 13,239

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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