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Michigan State University


College Overview

Admission Office
250 Administration Building
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 355-8332
Fax: (517) 353-1647
admis@msu.edu
Contact: James Cotter
Director of Admissions
Main Address
East Lansing, MI 48824
(517) 355-1855
www.msu.edu
Size
Total undergrads: 36,337
First-time degree-seeking freshmen: 7,555
Degree-seeking undergrads: 35,986
Graduate enrollment: 8,489

Setting
Suburban setting
Small city (50,000 - 249,999)
Residential campus
Degrees offered:
Bachelor's
Master's
Doctoral
First Professional



Tuition & Fees

Estimated Expenses for Academic Year '07-2008 '08-2009 '09-2010 '10-2011 % change 2009-'11
Tuition and fees $9,640 $10,214 $10,880 $11,152 +2.50%
Books and Supplies $906 $944 $962 $980 +1.87%
Living Arrangement - On Campus
Room and Board $6,726 $7,076 $7,444 $7,820 +5.05%
Other $1,436 $1,696 $1,708 $1,738 +1.76%
Living Arrangement - Off Campus
Room and Board $6,726 $7,076 $7,444 $7,820 +5.05%
Other $1,436 $1,696 $1,708 $1,738 +1.76%
Total Expenses '07-2008 '08-2009 '09-2010 '10-2011 % change 2009-'11
In-state On Campus $18,708 $19,930 $20,994 $21,690 +3.32%
In-state Off Campus $18,708 $19,930 $20,994 $21,690 +3.32%
In-state with Family $10,546 $11,158 $11,842 $12,132 +2.45%
Average Graduate Student Tuition & Fees
Tuition for In-state Students $12,762
In-state Student Fees $0
Tuition for Out-of-state Students $25,068
Out-of-state Fees $0



Financial Aid

Full-time Beginning Undergraduate Students
Type of Aid Students Percent Amount Average Per Student
All students financial aid 6,317 85%
Grant or scholarship aid 5,956 81% $31,466,202 $5,283
• Federal grants 1,501 20% $6,985,254 $4,654
• Pell grants 1,428 19% $5,078,324 $3,556
• Other federal grants 1,359 18% $1,906,930 $1,403
State/local government grant or scholarships 4,668 63% $10,701,828 $2,293
Institutional grants or scholarships 2,362 32% $13,779,120 $5,834
Student loan aid 3,506 47% $23,293,478 $6,644
• Federal student loans 3,470 47% $18,606,623 $5,362
• Other student loans 410 6% $4,686,855 $11,431



All Majors and Programs

Program Completions for Most Recent Year BA/BS MA/MS DOCTOR AA/AS CERT
Total of All Education Programs 8206 1935 920 125
Agriculture, General 216 55 14 96
Agricultural Business and Management, General 27 21
Agricultural Communication/journalism 8
Agricultural Economics 19 5
Animal Sciences, General 101 3
Animal/livestock Husbandry and Production 1
Crop Production 1
Dairy Science 10
Food Science 28 22 1
Horse Husbandry/equine Science and Management 11
Horticultural Science 29 3 2
Landscaping and Groundskeeping 9
Plant Sciences, General 5
Soil Science and Agronomy, General 23 8 6
Soil Sciences, Other 15
Turf and Turfgrass Management 23
Architecture and Related Services 52 38
City/urban, Community and Regional Planning 27 36
Environmental Design/architecture 2
Landscape Architecture 25
Area, Gender, Cultural, Ethnic, and Group Studies 6 2 6
African-american/black Studies 1
American/united States Studies/civilization 4 2 1
Hispanic-american, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-american/chicano Studies 4
Women's Studies 2
Biology and Biomedical Sciences 834 49 74
Biochemistry 25
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 63 7
Biology and Biological Sciences, General 295
Biomedical Sciences, General 3 6
Botany/plant Biology 6 1 3
Cell/cellular and Molecular Biology 1 6
Entomology 5 10 6
Environmental Biology 17
Environmental Toxicology 7
Epidemiology 4 4
Genetics, General 3 10
Microbiology, General 83 5 6
Molecular Genetics 29
Neuroscience 2 4
Pathology/experimental Pathology 2
Pharmacology and Toxicology 5
Physiology, General 142 2 4
Plant Genetics 3 3
Plant Pathology/phytopathology 3 2
Zoology/animal Biology 169 7 4
Business, Administration, Marketing, Management, and Related Services 1481 472 14
Accounting 250 127 1
Business Administration and Management, General 160 135
Business/commerce, General 93
Construction Management 1
Finance, General 324 18 3
Hospitality Administration/management, General 214 12
Human Resources Management/personnel Administration, General 42
Information Resources Management 2
Labor and Industrial Relations 61
Labor Studies 1
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management 204 13
Marketing/marketing Management, General 187 2
Merchandising and Buying Operations 99 7
Operations Management and Supervision 3 1
organizational Behavior Studies 4
Restaurant/food Services Management 2
Tourism and Travel Services Management 1
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs 923 117 14
Advertising 333 30
Digital Communication and Media/multimedia 36
Health Communication 10
Journalism 152 21
Mass Communication/media Studies 8
Public Relations/image Management 22
Radio and Television 107 24
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 295 10 6
Communications Technologies/technicians and Support Services 35
Communications Technology/technician 35
Computing and Information Sciences 75 10 13
Computer and Information Sciences, General 67 10 13
Information Science/studies 8
Construction Trades, General 9
Electrician 9
Education 273 410 50 11
Agricultural Teacher Education 1
Art Teacher Education 11
Counselor Education/school Counseling and Guidance Services 44 1
Curriculum and Instruction 69 15 2
Education, General 181 102
Education/teaching Of Individuals With Hearing Impairments Including Deafness 12
Education/teaching Of Individuals With Specific Learning Disabilities 68
Educational Evaluation and Research 5
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 46 3 9
Educational/instructional Technology 68
Elementary Education and Teaching 1
English/language Arts Teacher Education 3
Higher Education/higher Education Administration 19 16
History Teacher Education 1
Mathematics Teacher Education 2
Reading Teacher Education 16
Science Teacher Education/general Science Teacher Education 2
Social and Philosophical Foundations Of Education 3
Special Education and Teaching, General 14 4
Teaching English As A Second or Foreign Language/esl Language Instructor 26
Engineering 399 56 57
Agricultural Engineering 23 2 3
Chemical Engineering 60 14
Civil Engineering, General 80 12 3
Computer Engineering, General 21
Electrical and Electronics Engineering 42 17 25
Engineering Mechanics 2
Engineering, General 55
Environmental/environmental Health Engineering 7 3
Mechanical Engineering 118 16 9
Engineering Technology, General 231 20 3
Construction Engineering Technology/technician 66 4
Packaging Science 165 16 3
English Language, Composition and Literature/letters 191 9 12
English Language and Literature, General 160 5 7
Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing 31
Rhetoric and Composition 4 5
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics 160 15 1
Arabic Language and Literature 1
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 31
French Language and Literature 18 2
German Language and Literature 9 1
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 3
Linguistics 18 5 1
Russian Language and Literature 4
Spanish Language and Literature 79 4
Health Services and Allied Health Sciences, General 464 267 426 5
Athletic Training/trainer 12
Audiology/audiologist and Speech-language Pathology/pathologist 64 33
Clinical Laboratory Science/medical Technology/technologist 85 2
Clinical/medical Social Work 141
Dietetics/dietitian 104
Large Animal/food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine 3 1
Marriage and Family Therapy/counseling 3
Medicine 102
Music Therapy/therapist 5 5
Nursing Science 1
Osteopathic Medicine/osteopathy 213
Pre-veterinary Studies 5
Public Health, General 1
Registered Nursing/registered Nurse 167 69
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other 8
Small/companion Animal Surgery and Medicine 1
Veterinary Medicine 101
Veterinary/animal Health Technology/technician and Veterinary Assistant 22 5
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/counselor 9
History 78 1 11
History, General 78 1 11
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services 191 52 4
Criminal Justice/law Enforcement Administration 191 33 4
Forensic Science and Technology 6
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other 13
Human Services, General 81 25 4
Public Administration 17
Public Policy Analysis, General 10
Social Work 64 15 4
Legal and Law Studies, General 75
Pre-law Studies 75
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities 46 2
Humanities/humanistic Studies 46 2
Mathematics and Statistics 89 67 9
Applied Mathematics, General 6 3
Computational Mathematics 4
Mathematics, General 80 8 3
Statistics, General 5 53 3
Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, General 197
Biological and Physical Sciences 4
Classical, Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies and Archaeology 4
International/global Studies 79
Multi-/interdisciplinary Studies, Other 17
Nutrition Sciences 93
Natural Resources and Conservation 81 28 14
Environmental Science 3
Environmental Studies 13
Forestry, General 8 4 1
Natural Resource Economics 12
Natural Resources Management and Policy 13 4
Natural Resources/conservation, General 3
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management 45 11 6
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies 209 37 14
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 179 37 10
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General 30 4
Physical Sciences 156 39 65
Astrophysics 17 4 1
Chemical Physics 3
Chemistry, General 47 7 38
Geology and Earth Science, General 20 1 2
Materials Science 23 4
Physical Sciences 3 4
Physics, General 43 23 20
Psychology 364 30 27 4
Educational Psychology 7
Psychology, General 364 16 16
School Psychology 14 4 4
Social Sciences 921 53 31
Anthropology 61 21 6
Economics, General 193 9 11
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 2
Geography 15 8 3
International Relations and Affairs 128
Political Science and Government, General 153 9 4
Social Sciences, General 271
Sociology 98 6 7
Visual and Performing Arts 268 61 40
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 17
Art/art Studies, General 71 5
Conducting 8 6
Drama and Dramatics/theatre Arts, General 13 8
Fashion/apparel Design 43
Interior Design 39 3
Jazz/jazz Studies 9 1
Keyboard Instruments 3
Music Pedagogy 34 14 2
Music Performance, General 35 12 28
Music Theory and Composition 1 3 4
Music, General 6
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 4
Work and Family Studies 110 20 17
Child Development 20 5
Consumer Merchandising/retailing Management 1
Family and Community Services 90 11
Family and Consumer Sciences/human Sciences, General 11
Family Systems 2
Human Nutrition 2 5
Above data represent first majors only.
(-) Indicates that program is not offered at this award level.



Admissions Information

Application Fee
College has an application fee: Yes
Regular application fee: $35
Online application fee: $35
Enrollment Rates
Percent applicants admitted: 70%
Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 91%



Undergraduate Majors

Agriculture & Related Sciences
Agribusiness Operations C
Agricultural Business B,C
Agricultural Communications B
Agricultural Economics B
Agricultural Equipment Technology C
Agricultural Production C
Agronomy/Crop Science C
Animal Husbandry C
Animal Sciences B,C
Dairy Husbandry/Production C
Dairy Science C
Food Science B,C
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science C
Horticultural Services C
Horticulture Science B,C
Landscaping C
Livestock Management C
Packaging B
Plant/Nursery Operations C
Soil Science and Agronomy B
Turf Management C

Architecture & Related Programs
City/Community/Regional Planning B
Interior Architecture B
Landscape Architecture B

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, & Gender Studies
African-American Studies B
American Studies B
Asian Studies B
Central/Eastern European Studies B
Native American Studies B
Russian/Slavic Area Studies B
Women's Studies B

Arts, Visual & Performing
Acting B
Art - General B
Art History/Criticism/Conservation B
Design/Visual Communications B
Drama/Theater Arts B
Fashion Design B
Interior Design B
Jazz Studies B
Music - General B
Music - General Performance B
Music Pedagogy B
Music Theory/Composition B
Theatre Arts Management B

Biological & Biomedical Sciences
Biochemistry B
Biology B
Botany B
Chem/Phys/Molecular Biology B
Entomology B
Environmental Biology B
Microbiology B
Molecular Biology B
Molecular Genetics B
Physiology B
Plant Pathology B
Zoology B

Business, Management, & Marketing
Accounting B
Apparel/Accessories Marketing B
Business Administration/Management B
Construction Management B
Fashion Merchandising B
Finance/Banking B
Hospitality Administration/Management B
Human Resources Management B
Information Resources Management B
Logistics/Materials Management B
Management Information Systems B
Marketing Management B
Operations Management B

Communications & Journalism
Advertising B
Communications/Rhetoric B
Journalism B
Public Relations B
Radio/Television B

Computer & Information Sciences
Computer/Information Sciences - General B
Information Sciences/Systems B

Construction Trades
Electrician C

Education
Art Teacher Education B
Biology Teacher Education B
Chemistry Teacher Education B
Computer Teacher Education B
Early Childhood Education B
Education - General B
Education of Deaf/Hearing Impaired B
Education of Learning Disabled B
Elementary Education B
Family/Consumer Sciences - Education B
French Teacher Education B
Geography Teacher Education B
German Teacher Education B
Health Teacher Education B
History Teacher Education B
Junior High Education B
Kindergarten/Preschool Education B
Mathematics Education B
Music Teacher Education B
Physical Education B
Physics Teacher Education B
Reading Teacher Education B
Science Teacher Education B
Secondary Education B
Social Science Teacher Education B
Social Studies Teacher Education B
Spanish Language Teacher Education B
Special Education B

Engineering
Agricultural Engineering B
Biomedical Engineering B
Chemical Engineering B
Civil Engineering B
Computer Engineering - General B
Electrical/Communications Engineering B
Engineering - General B
Materials Engineering B
Materials Science B
Mechanical Engineering B

English Language & Literature
English Language & Literature - General B
Technical/Business Writing B

Family & Consumer Sciences
Apparel/Textile Manufacturing B
Apparel/Textile Marketing Management B
Child Development B
Clothing/Apparel/Textile Studies B
Family/Community Services B
Family/Consumer Sciences - General B
Textile Science B

Foreign Language & Literature
Chinese B
Classics B
East Asian B
French B
German B
Japanese B
Linguistics B
Russian B
Spanish B

Health Professions & Clinical Sciences
Clinical Laboratory Science B
Communication Disorders B
Community Health Services B
Marriage/Family Therapy B
Medical Dietetics B
Music Therapy B
Nursing (RN) B
Nursing - Family Practice B
Premedicine B
Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology B
Veterinarian Assistance B,C

History
History - General B

Law & Legal Studies
Prelaw B

Liberal Arts & Sciences
Humanities B

Mathematics
Computational Mathematics B
Mathematics - General B
Statistics B

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
Biological/Physical Sciences B
Global Studies B
Nutrition Sciences B
Science, Technology & Society B

Natural Resources & Conservation
Environmental Science B
Environmental Studies B
Fishing/Fisheries B,C
Forestry - General B,C
Natural Resource Economics B
Wildlife/Wilderness Management B,C

Parks, Recreation & Fitness
Exercise Sciences B
Parks, Recreation & Fitness - General B
Parks/Leisure Facilities Management B

Philosophy & Religion
Philosophy B
Religion/Religious Studies B

Physical Sciences
Astrophysics B
Chemical Physics B
Chemistry B
Geology B
GeophysicsSeismology B
Physical Sciences - General B
Physics B

Psychology
Psychology - General B

Public Administration & Services
Public Administration B
Public Policy Analysis B
Social Work B

Security & Protective Services
Criminal Justice Studies B
Law Enforcement Administration B

Social Sciences
Anthropology B
Economics B
Geography B
International Relations B
Political Science/Government B
Social Sciences - General B
Sociology B

Degree levels for each major are designated by the following letters:
    A = Associate degree
    B = Bachelor's degree
    C = Certificate or diploma
*We do not guarantee the accuracy of information on this page. All information is subject to change. You should confirm all information with a college admissions officer.
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