Mississippi State University Business Programs

Mississippi State University is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The surrounding location of Mississippi State is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

Mississippi State University Rankings

Out of the 15 colleges in Mississippi, Mississippi State is ranked at #3.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Mississippi State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Taxation Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#45	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#112	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#118	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Mississippi State has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#37	Best General Management Information Systems Schools	College Factual
#39	Best Management Information Systems Schools	College Factual
#77	Best Marketing/Marketing Management, General Schools	College Factual
#78	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#161	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#208	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is Mississippi State University?

Contact details for Mississippi State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Lee Boulevard, Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone:	662-325-2323
Website:	www.msstate.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/msstate
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/msstate

How Do I Get Into Mississippi State?

You can apply to Mississippi State online at: https://www.msstate.edu/future-students/apply

Admission Requirements for Mississippi State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Mississippi State?

The acceptance rate at Mississippi State University is 80%. This means that is not quite as selective as some schools, but you'll still need to submit a good application if you want to be considered by the admissions department.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 81%, and the acceptance rate for women is 79%.

Average Test Scores

About 6% of students accepted to Mississippi State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 520 and 630. Math scores were between 530 and 640.

Mississippi State received ACT scores from 93% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 22 and 32. Math scores were between 20 and 28. Composite scores were between 22 and 30.

Can I Afford Mississippi State University?

The overall average net price of Mississippi State is $30,040. 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

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Mississippi State, approximately 47% of students took out student loans averaging $7,327 a year. That adds up to $29,308 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Mississippi State is 6.4%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

Mississippi State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 18,803 undergraduate students at Mississippi State, with 17,089 being full-time and 1,714 being part-time.

There are also 4,183 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 17,089 full-time undergraduates at Mississippi State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	263
Black or African American	2,954
Hispanic or Latino	552
White	12,502
International Students	203
Other Races/Ethnicities	615

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Mississippi State University. At this time, 40 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 81 countries are represented at Mississippi State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and Nepal.

Online Learning at Mississippi State University

In 2019-2020, 20,306 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

Online Affordability Rankings of Mississippi State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Mississippi State University was $8,910 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $23,950. The following table shows how Mississippi State is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Management Information Systems	#13	#26
General Management Information Systems	#13	#26

Online Growth Rankings of Mississippi State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mississippi State University was 39.7%. This is the #658 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Mississippi State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mississippi State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	326	123	4	453
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	219	0	0	219
Accounting	107	62	0	169
Finance	90	0	0	90
General Management Information Systems	44	3	0	47
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	44	0	0	44
Construction Management	39	0	0	39
Business Economics	13	0	0	13
Taxation	0	13	0	13
Agricultural Business	0	7	0	7
Agricultural Economics	7	0	0	7
General Economics	6	0	1	7
TOTAL	895	208	5	1,108

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.