michigan state university

East Lansing, Michigan

General information:	(517) 355-1855
Website:	www.msu.edu
Type:	Public, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	One but less than two years certificate Bachelor's degree Master's degree Post-master's certificate Doctor's degree First-professional degree
Campus setting:	Rural Fringe
Campus housing:	Yes

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General information:

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Undergraduate academic year prices

Detailed expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
Tuition and fees
In-state	$10,214	$9,690	$8,843
Out-of-state	$25,672	$23,550	$21,292
Books and supplies	$944	$906	$884
Living arrangement
On campus
Room and board	$7,076	$6,726	$6,094
Other	$1,696	$1,436	$1,682
Total expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
In-state
On campus	$19,930	$18,758	$17,503
Out-of-state
On campus	$35,388	$32,618	$29,952

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $35

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	25589	11699	13890
Percent admitted:	70%	66%	74%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	42%	44%	41%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school rank		X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program		X
Recommendations		X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	1340	18%
ACT	6545	87%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	480	620
SAT Math	540	660
SAT Writing	480	610
ACT Composite	23	27
ACT English	22	28
ACT Math	22	28
ACT Writing	21	27

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Doctor	Certificate
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences.
Agricultural Business and Management, General	35	-	-	-
Agricultural Economics	1	6	5	-
Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production	-	-	-	-
Crop Production	-	-	-	-
Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management	-	-	-	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	-	-	-	-
Turf and Turfgrass Management	-	-	-	-
Agricultural Communication/Journalism	7	-	-	-
Animal Sciences, General	88	5	4	-
Dairy Science	-	-	-	-
Food Science	22	10	3	-
Plant Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Horticultural Science	43	4	1	-
Soil Science and Agronomy, General	26	2	6	-
Category total	222	27	19	-
Natural resources and conservation.
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	-	2	-	-
Environmental Studies	17	-	-	-
Environmental Science	11	-	-	-
Natural Resources Management and Policy	-	2	1	-
Natural Resource Economics	12	-	-	-
Forestry, General	11	3	2	-
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	47	9	12	-
Category total	98	16	15	-
Architecture and related services.
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	33	30	-	-
Environmental Design/Architecture	-	2	-	-
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	27	-	-	-
Category total	60	32	-	-
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
American/United States Studies/Civilization	4	6	4	-
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	-	-	3	-
Category total	4	6	7	-
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric	299	20	7	-
Mass Communication/Media Studies	-	-	8	-
Journalism	144	8	-	-
Radio and Television	198	17	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management	-	21	-	-
Advertising	312	28	-	-
Health Communication	-	9	-	-
Category total	953	103	15	-
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Computer and Information Sciences, General	54	20	12	-
Information Science/Studies	3	-	-	-
Category total	57	20	12	-
Education.
Education, General	205	61	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	-	123	13	2
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	68	11	7
Educational/Instructional Media Design	-	41	-	-
Educational Evaluation and Research	-	-	1	-
Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education	-	-	2	-
Special Education and Teaching, General	-	12	2	-
Education/Teaching Individuals	63	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	33	3	-
Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching	-	8	11	-
Agricultural Teacher Education	-	5	2	-
Art Teacher Education	9	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	-	3	-	-
Reading Teacher Education	-	18	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	-	7	-	-
History Teacher Education	-	2	-	-
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	18	-	-
Category total	277	399	45	9
Engineering.
Engineering, General	184	21	3	-
Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering	24	4	2	-
Chemical Engineering	43	2	8	-
Civil Engineering, General	67	19	1	-
Computer Engineering, General	33	-	-	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	82	34	15	-
Engineering Mechanics	-	-	1	-
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	-	1	3	-
Mechanical Engineering	133	26	4	-
Materials Science	23	1	3	-
Category total	589	108	40	-
Engineering technologies/technicians.
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	105	8	-	-
Category total	105	8	-	-
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	8	7	1	-
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	24	-	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	12	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	18	1	-	-
French Language and Literature	19	1	4	-
Spanish Language and Literature	77	6	-	-
Category total	158	15	5	-
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	-	-	5	-
Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management	-	-	3	-
Human Nutrition	-	4	2	-
Housing and Human Environments, General	-	-	1	-
Family Systems	-	3	-	-
Child Development	25	7	-	-
Family and Community Services	84	7	-	-
Category total	109	21	11	-
Legal professions and studies.
Pre-Law Studies	85	-	-	-
Category total	85	-	-	-
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	192	5	14	-
Speech and Rhetorical Studies	-	-	2	-
Technical and Business Writing	22	2	-	-
Category total	214	7	16	-
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	48	9	-	-
Category total	48	9	-	-
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	231	5	-	-
Biochemistry	15	-	-	-
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology	36	2	9	-
Botany/Plant Biology	7	2	6	-
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	-	4	1	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	-	1	5	-
Microbiology, General	64	8	4	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	133	4	6	-
Entomology	3	-	3	-
Genetics, General	-	-	4	-
Molecular Genetics	14	-	-	-
Plant Genetics	-	-	3	-
Physiology, General	150	1	2	-
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	1	-	-
Environmental Toxicology	-	-	9	-
Pharmacology and Toxicology	-	1	1	-
Environmental Biology	15	-	-	-
Epidemiology	-	9	2	-
Category total	668	38	55	-
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	62	17	7	-
Applied Mathematics	-	7	5	-
Computational Mathematics	2	-	-	-
Statistics, General	6	29	1	-
Category total	70	53	13	-
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Biological and Physical Sciences	7	-	-	-
Science, Technology and Society	3	-	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	70	-	-	-
International/Global Studies	39	-	-	-
Classical/Ancient Mediterranean/Near Eastern Studies & Archaeology	5	-	-	-
Neuroscience	-	-	4	-
Category total	124	-	4	-
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	32	-	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	178	22	5	-
Category total	210	22	5	-
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	14	-	1	-
Religion/Religious Studies	1	-	-	-
Category total	15	-	1	-
Physical sciences.
Physical Sciences	2	5	-	-
Astrophysics	11	-	2	-
Chemistry, General	48	12	29	-
Chemical Physics	2	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science, General	24	3	1	-
Physics, General	21	18	17	-
Category total	108	38	49	-
Psychology.
Psychology, General	386	10	15	-
School Psychology	-	11	4	3
Educational Psychology	-	-	8	-
Category total	386	21	27	3
Security and protective services.
Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration	184	30	5	-
Forensic Science and Technology	-	15	-	-
Category total	184	45	5	-
Public administration and social service professions.
Public Administration	16	1	-	-
Social Work	55	9	2	-
Category total	71	10	2	-
Social sciences.
Social Sciences, General	222	-	-	-
Anthropology	48	16	4	-
Economics, General	145	20	10	-
Geography	26	5	6	-
International Relations and Affairs	122	-	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	133	2	5	-
Sociology	111	5	7	-
Urban Studies/Affairs	-	-	1	-
Category total	807	48	33	-
Construction trades.
Electrician	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	-
Visual and performing arts.
Fashion/Apparel Design	42	-	-	-
Interior Design	48	-	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	27	2	-	-
Art/Art Studies, General	55	5	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	11	-	-	-
Music, General	5	-	-	-
Music Performance, General	23	26	17	-
Music Theory and Composition	4	6	4	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	-	2	-	-
Conducting	-	10	5	-
Piano and Organ	-	1	-	-
Jazz/Jazz Studies	7	4	-	-
Music Pedagogy	26	8	5	-
Category total	248	64	31	-
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	70	23	1	-
Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant	31	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	12	-	-	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	67	3	-	-
Pre-Veterinary Studies	7	-	-	-
Medicine (MD)	-	-	82	-
Clinical/Medical Social Work	-	127	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	-	5	-	-
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)	204	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner	-	43	-	-
Nursing Science (MS, PhD)	-	-	3	-
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy (DO)	-	-	135	-
Music Therapy/Therapist	6	5	-	-
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor	-	5	-	-
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other	-	-	2	-
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)	-	-	107	-
Large Animal/Food Animal & Equine Surgery/Medicine (Cert,MS,PhD)	-	2	2	-
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Other (Cert, MS PhD)	-	2	1	-
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)	123	-	-	-
Category total	520	215	333	-
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business/Commerce, General	-	94	-	-
Business Administration and Management, General	161	136	-	-
Logistics and Materials Management	232	20	-	-
Operations Management and Supervision	-	4	4	-
Accounting	235	139	4	-
Finance, General	291	30	4	-
Hospitality Administration/Management, General	195	7	-	-
Restaurant/Food Services Management	-	4	-	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	32	-	-	-
Labor and Industrial Relations	-	52	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	-	-	1	-
Labor Studies	-	-	2	-
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	198	-	6	-
Merchandising and Buying Operations	96	6	-	-
Category total	1440	492	21	-
History
History, General	111	-	6	-
Category total	111	-	6	-
Grand total	7941	1817	770	12

Data shown are for first majors
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