密西西比州立大学(简称MSU)成立于1878年，是一所历史悠久的中型学府，师生比例1：18，师生互动频繁。大学以工程及商科为最突出，《耶鲁大学日报大学指南》指出，它开设的Professional Golf Management(高尔夫球专业管理课程)，全美仅有四所大学开办。其他如花卉零售、草皮管理和景物建筑课程，都备受推崇。学生选读最多的是电机工程。
At a Glance
School Type
State-supported， Coed
Setting
Small-town 4200-acre campus
Degrees Offered
Bachelor“s， Master‘s， Doctoral， First Professional， and Post-Master’s Certificates
Entrance Difficulty
Moderately difficult ， 65% of applicants were admitted
Application Deadlines
8/1 (transfers)
Admissions
Freshman
Admission： 7，429 applied； 4，864 admitted； 2，489 enrolled Average high school GPA： 3.14
Test Scores
SAT critical reading scores over 500 72%
SAT math scores over 500 72%
ACT scores over 18 93%
SAT critical reading scores over 600 37%
SAT math scores over 600 36%
ACT scores over 24 48%
SAT critical reading scores over 700 9%
SAT math scores over 700 10%
ACT scores over 30 11%
Applying
Options： electronic application
Application fee： $35
Required： high school transcript， minimum 2.0 GPA
Application deadline： 8/1 (transfers)
Notification： continuous (freshmen)， continuous (transfers)
Cost and Financial Aid
Costs (2008-09)
Tuition： State resident $5151 full-time， $215 per hour part-time； nonresident $12，503 full-time， $521 per hour part-time. Part-time tuition and fees vary according to course load
Room and board： $7333； room only： $4098. Room and board charges vary according to board plan， housing facility， and student level
Payment plan： Installment
Waivers： Children of alumni， senior citizens， and employees or children of employees
Financial Aid
Of all full-time matriculated undergraduates who enrolled in 2007， 7，508 applied for aid， 7，463 were judged to have need， 1，476 had their need fully met. 970 Federal Work-Study jobs (averaging $2510)
In 2007， 2244 non-need-based awards were made
Average percent of need met： 64%
Average financial aid package： $7568
Average need-based loan： $3976
Average need-based gift aid： $3686
Average non-need-based aid： $2755
Average indebtedness upon graduation： $21，232
Student Body
Undergraduate Student Population
13，991 undergraduate students， 48% women， 52% men， 11% transferred in， 22% African American， 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander， 1% Hispanic American， 0.6% Native American
International Population
1% representing 40 other countries
Housing Info
26% live on campus
Campus Life
Housing： On-campus residence required for freshman year
Options： Coed， men-only， women-only， disabled students， Campus housing is university owned
Activities： Drama/theater group， student-run newspaper， radio and television station， choral group， marching band， Student Association， Black Student Alliance， Residence Hall Association， Fashion Board， Campus Activities Board， national fraternities， national sororities
Most popular organizations： Student Association， Black Student Alliance， Residence Hall Association， Fashion Board， Campus Activities Board
Campus security： 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols， late-night transport/escort service， controlled dormitory access， bicycle patrols， crime prevention program， RAD program， general law enforcement services
Student services： Health clinic， personal/psychological counseling
Academic Programs
Special study options： Academic remediation for entering students， accelerated degree program， adult/continuing education programs， advanced placement credit， cooperative education， distance learning， double majors， English as a second language， freshman honors college， honors programs， independent study， internships， off-campus study， part-time degree program， services for LD students， student-designed majors， study abroad， summer session for credit
ROTC： Army (b)， Air Force (b)
School Calendar： Semesters
Faculty
Total： 1，053
Full-time： 84% full-time
Student/faculty ratio： 15：1
Athletics
Member： NCAA， Division： All Division I， except： Football (Division I-A)
Scholarship sports
Baseball (m)， basketball， cheerleading， cross-country running， football (m)， golf， soccer (w)， softball (w)， tennis， track and field， volleyball (w)
Intramural sports
Badminton M(c)/W(c)， basketball M/W， bowling M/W， cross-country running M(c)/W(c)， fencing M(c)/W(c)， football M/W， golf M/W， lacrosse M(c)， racquetball M/W， rugby M(c)/W(c)， soccer M(c)/W(c)， softball M/W， swimming and diving M(c)/W(c)， table tennis M/W， tennis M/W， ultimate Frisbee M/W， volleyball M/W， water polo M/W
Intercollegiate sports
Baseball M(s)， basketball M(s)/W(s)， cheerleading M(s)/W(s)， cross-country running M(s)/W(s)， golf M(s)/W(s)， soccer W(s)， softball W(s)， tennis M(s)/W(s)， track and field M(s)/W(s)， volleyball W(s)
School Facilities
Facilities/Endowment
Main Library Name： Mitchell Memorial Library
Other Library： 2
Collection： 2.1 million titles； 57，007 serial subscriptions； 296，087 audiovisual materials
Endowment： $241.3 million
Contact Info
Ms. Cheryl Dill， Associate Director of Admissions and Scholarships
Mississippi State University
PO Box 6334
Mississippi State， MS 39762
Phone： 662-325-2224
Fax： 662-325-1MSU
优势专业
经济学 法学
课程设置
农 学与生命科学学院、建筑艺术与设计学院、文理学院、商学院、理查德.安德森会计学院、教育学院、詹姆斯.沃斯.巴格雷工程学院、Dave C.Swalm化学工程学院、Shackouls荣誉学院、森林资源学院和兽医学院，
申请条件
本科：高中毕业，成绩优秀.需要SAT，ACT，TOFEL，IELTS成绩. 研究生：大学本科毕业，成绩优秀，获得相关专业学士学位.需要TOFEL，IELTS，GRE，GMAT成绩.(视专业而定)
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