Mississippi State University
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Details
- Name: Mississippi State University
- Location: Mississippi State, MS 39762
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 76.32%
- Average SAT Scores 1220
- Four Year Completion Rate 42.79% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 62.91% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 61.32% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
Average4 Year42.8%6 Year62.9%8 Year61.3% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $26,922 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $26,580 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $9,815 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $16,324 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $22,142 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $9,081 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $11,968 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $12,879 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $16,750 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $19,608 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $20,463 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $43,487 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $39,950 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $46,795 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $44,852 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $51,513 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $21,981 | $28,700 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,038 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $35,464 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Production Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,436 |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,301 |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $43,982 | No data | $27,924 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $21,791 | No data | $57,870 |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $28,591 |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Interior Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Culinary Arts and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,686 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Educational/Instructional Media Design | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $61,549 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,295 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $19,886 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $26,501 | No data | $39,300 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $31,765 | $21,930 | $67,632 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $30,100 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $28,898 | $14,659 | $22,403 |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $35,324 | $25,311 | $27,480 |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $44,491 | $35,622 | $30,675 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods | Bachelor's Degree | $36,211 | $30,906 | $34,126 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $23,891 | $70,757 |
| Petroleum Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,791 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $37,519 | $26,776 | $19,828 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $20,571 | $21,888 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Educational Administration and Supervision | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $36,213 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $24,988 | $56,809 |
| Industrial Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $63,878 |
| Apparel and Textiles | Bachelor's Degree | $45,272 | No data | No data |
| Botany/Plant Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,610 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $48,580 | No data | $54,741 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $16,623 | No data | $69,768 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,889 | $52,232 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $27,487 | $22,768 | $26,291 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | $32,876 | $19,776 | $33,126 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $30,966 | No data | $26,918 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $29,741 | $17,000 | $35,222 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,412 | $37,616 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,664 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Health and Medical Administrative Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $40,559 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $29,260 | $24,120 | $24,831 |
| Criminology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $23,152 | $25,300 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Insurance | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,390 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,570 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Management Information Systems and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $51,062 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,314 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $33,090 | $25,621 | $40,087 |
| Taxation | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,051 |