Mississippi State University Overview

Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The location of Mississippi State is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

What Is Mississippi State University Known For?

• The 2% student loan default rate at Mississippi State is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Mississippi State.
• For the <nil> academic year, 85% of the faculty were full-time.
• After graduation, Mississippi State bachelor's degree recipients go on to jobs where they make $48,296 a year. That's about 18% more than their peers at other schools.

Where Is Mississippi State University?

Contact details for Mississippi State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Lee Boulevard, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone:	662-325-2323
Website:	www.msstate.edu

How Do I Get Into Mississippi State?

You can apply to Mississippi State online at: https://www.msstate.edu/future-students/apply

Admission Requirements for Mississippi State

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mississippi State?

The acceptance rate at Mississippi State University is 76%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 77%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 9% of students accepted to Mississippi State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 640. Math scores were between 510 and 640.

Mississippi State received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 31. Math scores were between 19 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 30.

Can I Afford Mississippi State University?

The overall average net price of Mississippi State is $30,040. 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 Mississippi State, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $7,115 a year. That adds up to $28,460 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mississippi State is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Mississippi State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,584 undergraduate students at Mississippi State, with 16,794 being full-time and 1,790 being part-time.

There are also 4,502 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 16,794 full-time undergraduates at Mississippi State, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	267
Black or African American	2,758
Hispanic or Latino	589
White	12,386
International Students	196
Other Races/Ethnicities	598

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Mississippi State University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at Mississippi State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Mississippi State University

In 2020-2021, 9,823 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 26th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Mississippi State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mississippi State University was 39.7%. This is the #767 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mississippi State regardless of major.

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%.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.