Michigan State University
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Details
- Name: Michigan State University
- Location: East Lansing, MI 48824-1046
- Control: Public
- Accreditation: Higher Learning Commission
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Attendance
- Admissions Rate 83.92%
- Average SAT Scores 1261
- Four Year Completion Rate 65.38% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 4 years
- Six Year Completion Rate 82.17% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 6 years
- Eight Year Completion Rate 83.49% Completion rates for full-time, first-time students within 8 years. This is what is normally reported for college completion rates.
High Completion4 Year65.4%6 Year82.2%8 Year83.5% -
Costs
- Yearly Costs: $30,528 The average annual cost of attendance includes tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses for all full-time, first-time, degree-certificate-seeking undergraduates
- Out of State Tuition: $43,372 Tuition and required fees for out-of-state students
- In State Tuition: $15,988 Tuition and required fees for in-state students
- Median Debt Total: $19,500 Median loan debt accumulated at the institution (the sum of all undergraduate federal loans over students’ college education at the institution for which the median debt is reported)
- Median Debt for Graduates: $23,250 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Median Debt for Withdrawals: $10,000 Median loan debt accumulated for only graduates
- Net Price Quintile 1 $8,119 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $0-$30,000
- Net Price Quintile 2 $13,980 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $30,001-$48,000
- Net Price Quintile 3 $20,378 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $48,001-$75,000
- Net Price Quintile 4 $25,940 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $75,001-$110,000
- Net Price Quintile 5 $28,327 Average net price derived from the full cost of attendance (including tuition and fees, books and supplies, and living expenses) minus federal, state, and institutional grant/scholarship aid, for full-time, first-time undergraduate Title IV-receiving students for students reporting a family income of $110,000+
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Earnings
- Median 6 Year Earnings $55,084 Median earnings measured 6 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 7 Year Earnings $53,701 Median earnings measured 7 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 8 Year Earnings $62,777 Median earnings measured 8 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 9 Year Earnings $58,510 Median earnings measured 9 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
- Median 10 Year Earnings $67,253 Median earnings measured 10 years after enrollment. Aggregate of all federally aided undergraduate students who enroll in an institution each year and who are employed but not enrolled. Earnings are defined as the sum of wages and deferred compensation from all non-duplicate W-2 forms received for each individual (from both full- and part-time employment), plus positive self-employment earnings from Schedule SE.
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What This College Costs By Family Income
Net price after grants and scholarships, by family income band.
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What Graduates Earn By Family Background
Median earnings by family income tercile, showing income mobility over time.
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| Name | Credential | Debt Mean | Debt Median | Earnings |
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| Animal Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $44,980 | $40,159 | $34,232 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $33,155 | $27,553 |
| Forestry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $34,078 |
| Landscape Architecture | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $44,740 | $32,260 | $76,292 |
| Education, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $33,606 | $40,045 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,988 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,319 | $71,673 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $48,126 |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,632 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communication and Media Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $52,698 | $42,601 | $37,107 |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication | Bachelor's Degree | $60,317 | $47,603 | $38,973 |
| Engineering, General | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $37,700 | $66,191 |
| Materials Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $68,609 |
| Construction Engineering Technologies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $44,952 | $65,740 |
| Biology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $54,846 | $50,335 | $23,885 |
| Soil Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $41,741 |
| Journalism | Bachelor's Degree | $47,165 | $38,447 | $32,480 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $62,848 | $52,011 | $66,002 |
| Engineering, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $60,068 | $57,800 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | $30,902 | No data | $30,642 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,826 |
| Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate) | Bachelor's Degree | $48,533 | $43,301 | $20,423 |
| Food Science and Technology | Bachelor's Degree | $58,696 | No data | $49,975 |
| Plant Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | $58,870 | No data | $35,527 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Information Science/Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Agricultural Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $59,306 |
| Chemical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $59,041 | $70,092 |
| Mechanical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $52,788 | $41,267 | $71,321 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $25,760 |
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $32,437 |
| Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $26,011 | No data | No data |
| Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $38,469 | $32,858 | $28,901 |
| Radio, Television, and Digital Communication | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Communications Technology/Technician | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management | Bachelor's Degree | $47,695 | No data | $44,992 |
| Special Education and Teaching | Bachelor's Degree | $53,374 | $35,856 | No data |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $75,462 |
| English Language and Literature, General | Bachelor's Degree | $43,502 | $34,242 | $35,931 |
| Botany/Plant Biology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $38,059 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $46,418 | $21,826 |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Engineering-Related Fields | Bachelor's Degree | $49,757 | $40,795 | $66,715 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $45,626 | $48,982 |
| Sustainability Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Religion/Religious Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Criminal Justice and Corrections | Bachelor's Degree | $50,854 | $37,732 | $37,461 |
| Public Administration | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $39,601 | $28,015 | $32,168 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $36,271 | $36,915 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $49,630 | No data | $26,376 |
| Nutrition Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $21,557 |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $35,765 | $22,995 |
| Philosophy | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | $50,880 | $43,732 | $34,929 |
| Psychology, General | Bachelor's Degree | $50,351 | $43,230 | $27,682 |
| International Relations and National Security Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $47,068 | $42,979 | $42,937 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,513 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions | Bachelor's Degree | $54,626 | $50,937 | $36,358 |
| Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $29,429 | $24,768 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services | Bachelor's Degree | $59,385 | $57,628 | $61,907 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $50,870 | $52,499 | $36,979 |
| Genetics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $44,383 | $33,587 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $42,430 | $21,663 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | $61,883 | No data | $52,504 |
| Science, Technology and Society | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Computational Science | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Physical Sciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $55,049 | $42,255 |
| Public Policy Analysis | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $30,925 | $34,123 |
| Social Sciences, General | Bachelor's Degree | $45,381 | $26,714 | $33,674 |
| Economics | Bachelor's Degree | $49,741 | $31,850 | $48,199 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $38,384 | $31,092 |
| Design and Applied Arts | Bachelor's Degree | $54,805 | $46,947 | $37,306 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $57,639 | $56,600 | $24,435 |
| Applied Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $26,719 |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $45,619 | $32,921 | $29,946 |
| Anthropology | Bachelor's Degree | $70,207 | $64,287 | $21,255 |
| Political Science and Government | Bachelor's Degree | $54,226 | $49,666 | $32,000 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $24,128 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing | Bachelor's Degree | $51,164 | $44,581 | $62,282 |
| Accounting and Related Services | Bachelor's Degree | $51,153 | $43,542 | $58,100 |
| Construction Management | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |
| International/Global Studies | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $52,770 | $30,431 |
| Health and Physical Education/Fitness | Bachelor's Degree | $55,661 | $47,115 | $28,154 |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $39,719 |
| Geography and Cartography | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $27,724 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $21,647 | $35,201 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $50,620 | $45,000 | $61,667 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | No data | $48,061 | $58,064 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | Bachelor's Degree | $66,458 | $52,178 | $45,050 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | $53,715 | $52,395 | $28,671 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | Bachelor's Degree | $41,300 | $33,076 | $49,074 |
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | $60,749 |
| General Sales, Merchandising and Related Marketing Operations | Bachelor's Degree | No data | No data | No data |