MSU Texas Overview

Located in Wichita Falls, Texas, MSU Texas is a public institution. The city atmosphere of Wichita Falls makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is MSU Texas Known For?

• The highest award offered at MSU Texas is the doctor's degree.
• In 2017-2018, 76% of the faculty were full-time.

MSU Texas Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MSU Texas.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Allied Health Services Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Physical Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#9	Best Value Parks, Recreation, Leisure & Fitness Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#13	Best Value English Language & Literature Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Value Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#20	Best Value Communication & Journalism Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#28	Best Value Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#32	Best Value Public & Social Service Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#42	Best Value Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Best Allied Health Professions Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MSU Texas has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Radiologist Assistant Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#35	Best Respiratory Care Therapy Schools	College Factual
#39	Best Radiologic Technology Schools	College Factual
#111	Best Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services Schools	College Factual
#195	Best Allied Health Professions Schools	College Factual
#277	Best Healthcare Schools	Healthcare Degree Search

Where Is MSU Texas?

Contact details for MSU Texas are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	3410 Taft Blvd, Wichita Falls, TX 76308-2099
Phone:	940-397-4000
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/MidwesternState
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/midwesternstate

How Do I Get Into MSU Texas?

You can apply to MSU Texas online at: www.msutexas.edu/admissions/apply

Admission Requirements for MSU Texas

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	neither required nor recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into MSU Texas?

MSU Texas has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 73%, and the acceptance rate for women is 70%.

Average Test Scores

About 68% of students accepted to MSU Texas submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 460 and 560. Math scores were between 450 and 540.

MSU Texas received ACT scores from 47% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 15 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 22. Composite scores were between 16 and 22.

Can I Afford MSU Texas?

The overall average net price of MSU Texas is $16,667. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At MSU Texas, approximately 52% of students took out student loans averaging $5,768 a year. That adds up to $23,072 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MSU Texas is 7.8%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

MSU Texas Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,141 undergraduate students at MSU Texas, with 3,851 being full-time and 1,290 being part-time.

There are also 719 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,851 full-time undergraduates at MSU Texas, 38% are male and 62% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of MSU Texas students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	86
Black or African American	579
Hispanic or Latino	849
White	1,725
International Students	384
Other Races/Ethnicities	228

Geographic Diversity

Texas students aren't the only ones who study at MSU Texas. At this time, 12 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 62 countries are represented at MSU Texas. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Dominica, India, and China.

Online Learning at MSU Texas

There are 1 bachelor’s degree and 10 master’s degree programs available online at MSU Texas. In 2019-2020, 3,928 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MSU Texas has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 49th most popular in Texas for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of MSU Texas

The following table shows how MSU Texas is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	#1	#1
Allied Health Professions	#1	#4
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	#13	#4
Health & Medical Administrative Services	#28	#4
Human Resource Management	#55	#22
Student Counseling	#58	#13
Teacher Education Grade Specific	#70	#4
Health & Physical Education	#70	#4
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#73	#4

Online Growth Rankings of MSU Texas

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at MSU Texas was 9.1%. This is the #1,425 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MSU Texas regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MSU Texas majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health & Physical Education	34%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	35%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MSU Texas ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at MSU Texas.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Student Counseling	#100
Allied Health Professions	#139
Health & Physical Education	#200
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	#224
Human Resource Management	#227
Special Education	#288
Educational Administration	#413

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

MSU Texas Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Allied Health Professions	261	5	266
Nursing	175	18	193
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	168	0	168
Business Administration & Management	43	25	68
Criminal Justice & Corrections	44	7	51
Mechanical Engineering	50	0	50
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	31	14	45
General Psychology	38	6	44
Finance & Financial Management	42	0	42
Health & Physical Education	12	29	41
Special Education	5	33	38
General Biology	34	1	35
Accounting	32	0	32
Marketing	29	0	29
Communication & Media Studies	27	0	27
Computer Information Systems	17	10	27
Geological & Earth Sciences	15	8	23
Management Information Systems	20	0	20
Health & Medical Administrative Services	0	17	17
General English Literature	14	2	16
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies	16	0	16
History	13	1	14
Fine & Studio Arts	14	0	14
Music	13	0	13
General Business/Commerce	12	0	12
Political Science & Government	10	2	12
Social Work	12	0	12
Educational Administration	0	11	11
Mathematics	11	0	11
Chemistry	11	0	11
Romance Languages	10	0	10
Business/Managerial Economics	9	0	9
Human Resource Management	0	9	9
Sociology	9	0	9
Curriculum & Instruction	0	6	6
International Studies	6	0	6
Drama & Theater Arts	6	0	6
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	5	5
Teacher Education Subject Specific	3	0	3
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services	0	3	3
Liberal Arts General Studies	3	0	3
Instructional Media Design	0	0	0
Multilingual Education	0	0	0
Student Counseling	0	0	0
Teacher Education Grade Specific	0	0	0
Dental Support Services	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,215	212	1,427

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Michael Barera under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.