Murray State University Business Programs

Located in Murray, Kentucky, Murray State University is a public institution. Murray is a good match for students who enjoy small-town life.

Awards From Around the Web

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

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#15	Best Value Colleges for Public Relations	College Factual
#27	Best Value Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising	College Factual
#39	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual
#39	Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce	College Factual

Where Is Murray State University?

Contact details for Murray State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	218 Wells Hall, Murray, KY 42071-3318
Phone:	270-809-3011
Website:	www.murraystate.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/murraystateuniversity
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/murraystateuniv

How Do I Get Into Murray State?

You can apply to Murray State online at: www.murraystate.edu/Admissions/ApplyOnline.aspx

Admission Requirements for Murray 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	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Murray State?

Murray State has an acceptance rate of 77%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 35% of accepted students are men and 65% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 76%, and the acceptance rate for women is 78%.

Average Test Scores

About 18% of students accepted to Murray State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 620. Math scores were between 510 and 610.

Murray State received ACT scores from 88% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 29. Math scores were between 10 and 26. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Murray State University?

The overall average net price of Murray State is $23,855. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Murray State, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $8,706 a year. That adds up to $34,824 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Murray State is 6.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Murray State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,863 undergraduate students at Murray State, with 6,149 being full-time and 1,714 being part-time.

There are also 1,586 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 6,149 full-time undergraduates at Murray State, 39% are male and 61% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	44
Black or African American	384
Hispanic or Latino	171
White	5,000
International Students	101
Other Races/Ethnicities	449

Geographic Diversity

Kentucky students aren't the only ones who study at Murray State University. At this time, 26 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 64 countries are represented at Murray State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Saudi Arabia, and South Korea.

Online Learning at Murray State University

In 2019-2020, 4,581 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 3rd most popular in Kentucky for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Murray State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Murray State University was $9,168 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $18,348. The following table shows how Murray 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
Development Economics & International Development	#1	#4
General Organizational Communication	#1	#4
Public Relations & Advertising	#4	#7
Supply Chain Management	#7	#13
General Business/Commerce	#10	#31
General Business/Commerce	#10	#31
Economics	#10	#22

Online Growth Rankings of Murray State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Murray State University was 8.7%. This is the #1,271 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Murray State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Murray State ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Murray State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Development Economics & International Development	#5
General Organizational Communication	#19
Economics	#64
Public Relations & Advertising	#81
General Business/Commerce	#285
General Business/Commerce	#285

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%.

Murray State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	2	83	0	70	155
General Organizational Communication	0	36	0	17	53
Accounting	0	33	0	0	33
Finance	0	30	0	0	30
Public Relations	0	24	0	0	24
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	23	0	0	23
General Business Administration and Management	0	20	0	0	20
Organizational Leadership	0	11	1	0	12
Advertising	0	9	0	0	9
General Economics	0	7	0	1	8
Supply Chain Management	0	4	0	0	4
Other Public Relations, Advertising, & Applied Communication	0	0	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	2	280	1	88	371

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.