Michigan State University Business Programs

Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The location of Michigan State is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

Where Is Michigan State University?

Contact details for Michigan State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	East Lansing, MI 48824-1046
Phone:	517-355-1855
Website:	www.msu.edu

How Do I Get Into Michigan State?

You can apply to Michigan State online at: https://admissions.msu.edu/apply/default.aspx

Admission Requirements for Michigan State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	3
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Michigan State?

Michigan State has the high acceptance rate of 88%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 87%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 39% of students accepted to Michigan State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 580 and 670. Math scores were between 580 and 690.

Michigan State received ACT scores from 11% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 24 and 32. Math scores were between 24 and 0. Composite scores were between 25 and 31.

Can I Afford Michigan State University?

The overall average net price of Michigan State is $42,307. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Michigan State, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,721 a year. That adds up to $30,884 over four years for those students.

Michigan State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 38,574 undergraduate students at Michigan State, with 35,062 being full-time and 3,512 being part-time.

There are also 11,085 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 35,062 full-time undergraduates at Michigan State, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Michigan State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2,507
Black or African American	2,549
Hispanic or Latino	2,167
White	23,669
International Students	2,086
Other Races/Ethnicities	2,084

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Michigan State University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 128 countries are represented at Michigan State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Michigan State University

In 2022-2023, 26,226 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Michigan State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 8th most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Michigan State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Business Management & Marketing	72%
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	32%

Michigan State University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Undergraduate Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Advertising	0	542	0	8	0	550
Supply Chain Management	0	352	0	69	0	421
Finance	0	361	0	1	2	364
General Economics	0	226	0	0	1	227
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	185	0	0	2	187
Accounting	0	164	5	0	3	172
General Business Administration and Management	0	73	0	88	2	163
Organizational Leadership	0	0	22	140	0	162
General Hospitality Administration/Management	0	154	0	0	0	154
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	0	0	143	0	143
Other Human Resources Management and Services	0	110	0	0	0	110
General Business/Commerce	0	0	0	108	0	108
Marketing Research	0	0	0	101	0	101
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	0	43	0	16	20	79
Agricultural Business	8	55	0	0	0	63
Business Management & Marketing	0	0	0	53	0	53
Labor & Industrial Relations	0	0	0	47	0	47
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	37	7	0	0	44
Business Statistics	0	0	0	42	0	42
Environmental/Natural Resource Economics	0	29	0	0	0	29
Actuarial Science	0	14	0	0	0	14
Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	10	0	0	0	10
Health Communication	0	0	0	8	0	8
Other Economics	0	6	0	0	0	6
Organizational Behavior Studies	0	0	0	0	3	3
Interior Design Management	0	0	2	0	0	2
Agricultural Economics	0	0	0	0	1	1
Operations Management	0	0	0	0	1	1
Labor Studies	0	0	0	0	0	0
Information Resources Management	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	8	2,361	36	824	35	3,264

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Jeffness under License

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