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Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University
75 B.S. Hood Drive
Mississippi State, MS 39762


Fax number: (662) 325-1678
Website: https://www.msstate.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: 80%
Student:Faculty ratio: 16:1
Total faculty: 775 men, 665 women
Full-time faculty: 604 men, 468 women
Part-time faculty: 171 men, 197 women
Graduation rate: 63% within six years

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

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community College Administration
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Construction Management, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminology
  • Culinary Science/Culinology
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Developmental Services Worker
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Natural Resource Economics
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • General Studies
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Industrial Technology/Technician
  • Insurance
  • Interior Architecture
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Taxation
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology, Other
Diplomas

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community College Administration
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Construction Management, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminology
  • Culinary Science/Culinology
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • General Studies
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Industrial Technology/Technician
  • Interior Architecture
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Taxation
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology, Other
Doctorates

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community College Administration
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Construction Management, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminology
  • Culinary Science/Culinology
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Developmental Services Worker
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary and Middle School Administration/Principalship
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • General Studies
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Industrial Technology/Technician
  • Interior Architecture
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Taxation
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology, Other
Master's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Apparel and Textiles, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biological and Physical Sciences
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Community College Administration
  • Computational Biology
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences, General
  • Computer and Information Systems Security/Auditing/Information Assurance
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Construction Management, General
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Criminology
  • Culinary Science/Culinology
  • Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services, Other
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Developmental Services Worker
  • Economics, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Psychology
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Exercise Science and Kinesiology
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Food Science
  • Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Sciences and Biology
  • General Studies
  • Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Health/Health Care Administration/Management
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Industrial Technology/Technician
  • Interior Architecture
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Landscape Architecture
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Information Systems, General
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Music Teacher Education
  • Music, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Petroleum Engineering
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Political Science and Government, Other
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Secondary Education and Teaching
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Statistics, General
  • Taxation
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Pathology and Pathobiology
  • Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant
  • Visual and Performing Arts, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology, Other

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

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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