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Alcorn State University

Alcorn State University
1000 ASU Drive
Lorman, MS 39096-7500

Official telephone: (601) 877-6100
Fax number: (601) 877-6347
Website: https://www.alcorn.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 81%
Student:Faculty ratio: 11:1
Total faculty: 96 men, 125 women
Full-time faculty: 66 men, 56 women
Part-time faculty: 30 men, 69 women
Graduation rate: 46% within six years

REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
honors program, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Army ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agriculture, General
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemistry, General
  • Child Development
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
  • Education, Other
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • General Studies
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Mass Communication/Media Studies
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Military Technologies and Applied Sciences, Other
  • Music Performance, General
  • Music, General
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
  • Robotics Technology/Technician
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • System, Networking, and LAN/WAN Management/Manager
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
Diplomas

  • Education, Other
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
Doctorates

  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Nursing Practice
Master's Degrees

  • Agriculture, General
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Casino Management
  • Community College Administration
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Education, Other
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Military Technologies and Applied Sciences, Other
  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Other
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Teacher Education, Multiple Levels

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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