Murray State College Overview

Murray State College is a public institution located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

What Is Murray State College Known For?

• Students at Murray State College have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 4%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Murray State College.
• For the <nil> academic year, 98% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Murray State College?

Contact details for Murray State College are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	One Murray Campus, Tishomingo, OK 73460
Phone:	580-387-7000
Website:	www.mscok.edu

How Do I Get Into Murray State College?

You can apply to Murray State College online at: https://www.mscok.edu/future-students/apply

Murray State College has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Murray State College?

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 Murray State College, approximately 77% of students took out student loans averaging $4,317 a year. That adds up to $17,268 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Murray State College is 4.0%. 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.

Murray State College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,162 undergraduate students at Murray State College, with 836 being full-time and 1,326 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 836 full-time undergraduates at Murray State College, 37% are male and 63% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Murray State College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	109
White	437
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	253

Over 17 countries are represented at Murray State College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Nigeria.

Online Learning at Murray State College

In 2020-2021, 1,805 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 17th most popular in Oklahoma for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Murray State College

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Murray State College was 20.0%. This is the #1,066 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Murray State College 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.