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Undergraduate Profile Publish Date 05/27/12

Mississippi State University

College of Business

  • Program Basics

      • College of Business
      • Graduate School in Business
      • Mc Cool Hall
      • 40 Old Main Plaza
      • Mississippi State, Mississippi
      • 39762
      • United States
      • Program Web site: http://www.business.msstate.edu
      • Program e-mail address: business@msstate.edu
      • Program phone number: 662-325-2580
      • Status: Public (state-operated)
      • AACSB accredited: Yes
      • Year in which the undergraduate business program was founded: 1915
      • Institution: Four Year
      • Business Program: Four Year

  • SCHOOL BASICS

    • Enrollment:

      • Total undergraduate: 16,312
      • Full-time undergraduate business: 2,067
      • Part-time undergraduate business: 156
      • Distance undergraduate business: 180
      • College or university freshman retention rate: 83 %

    • Percentage of students who graduate from the business program:

      • Within six years of admission to the university: 58 %

    • Undergraduate Business Degrees Offered:

      • Bachelor of Business Administration
      • Bachelor of Accounting

  • PROGRAM COSTS

      • Annual Tuition (Resident): $5,805.00
      • Annual Tuition (Non-Resident): $14,670.00
      • Annual Required Fees: $0.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Resident): $242.00
      • Tuition Per Academic Credit (Non-Resident): $612.00
      • Annual Room and Board: $8,162.00
      • Annual Cost of Books: $1,200.00

  • CLASS PROFILE

    • Students in newest entering class that are:

      • Female: 38 %
      • International: 2 %

    • Mean and median age of full-time business students in the newest entering class:

      • Mean: 18
      • Median: 18

    • Percentage of newest entering class:

      • Top 10% of high school class: 18 %
      • Top 25% of high school class: 28 %
      • GPA of 3.75 or higher: 17 %
      • GPA of 3.5 to 3.74: 12 %

    • ACT scores for the newest entering class of full-time undergraduate business students:

      • Mean: 23
      • Median: 23

    • Middle 50% range of ACT scores:

      • From: 13
      • To: 23

    • Citizenship breakdown for newest entering class:

      • US: 97 %
      • Other Non-US Citizens: 3 %

    • U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • African American: 24 %
      • Asian American: 1 %
      • Hispanic or Latino American: 1 %
      • Native American: 2 %
      • White (Non-Hispanic): 70 %
      • Chose not to report: 2 %

    • Regional breakdown of U.S. citizens in newest entering class:

      • Northeast: 2 %
      • Mid-Atlantic: 1 %
      • South: 88 %
      • Southwest: 3 %
      • Midwest: 4 %
      • West: 1 %
      • Possessions and territories: 1 %

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Institution

    • Standardized tests required of all applicants:

      • SAT or ACT
      • Minimum SAT score on 1600 scale (if applicable) required for admission: 760, 760
      • Minimum ACT Score (if applicable) required for admission: 16, 16
      • Minimum High School GPA (if applicable) required for admission: 2, 2
      • Interviews are: Not required
      • Additional application requirements: $40.00 application fee for all students. Please view www.admissions.msstate.edu for a complete detailed list of requirements
      • Female applicants: 38 %

    • Relative Importance of Application Elements

      • Secondary school record: Considered
      • Class rank: Important
      • Talent/ability: Considered
      • Interview: Not Considered
      • Extracurricular activities: Not Considered
      • Volunteer work: Not Considered
      • Character/personal abilities: Not Considered
      • Application essay: Not Considered
      • Work experience: Not Considered
      • SAT/ACT scores: Very Important
      • Recommendations: Not Considered
      • High school GPA: Very Important

  • ADMISSIONS - Getting Into the Business Program

      • Undergrad business program admissions are managed by: The university admissions office

    • Admission requirement for admission to the undergraduate business program

      • Minimum SAT: 760, 760
      • Minimum ACT: 16, 16
      • Minimum high school GPA: 2, 2
      • Entrance exam other than the SAT/ACT required for admission to the undergraduate business program?: No
      • Admissions interviews for the undergraduate business program are: Not required

  • CAMPUS LIFE

    • Five largest on-campus organizations for business students:

      • International Business Club
      • American Marketing Association
      • Beta Alpha Psi
      • Financial Management Association
      • Society for Human Resource Management
      • Are freshmen required to live on campus?: Yes
      • Are business students grouped together in 'learning communities' in housing and other facilities?: No

  • PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

    • Minimum number of credit hours required to receive an undergraduate business degree:

      • BBA 124
      • BACC 124

    • Other requirements for the undergraduate business degree

      • Minimum 2.5 GPA in upper level business course work & major course work

  • ACADEMICS

    • Average class size:

      • Required business classes: 78
      • Business electives: 32
      • Non-business electives: 82

    • Percentage of business classes:

      • With 20 or fewer students: 12 %
      • With 21 to 50 students: 32 %
      • With more than 50 students: 56 %

    • Course enrollment:

      • Percentage of required business courses reaching maximum enrollment by the first day of class: 62 %
      • Percentage of required business courses with waiting lists: 12 %

  • CURRICULUM

    • Electives:

      • Available business electives: 62
      • Last curriculum overhaul: 2005
      • Total business faculty: 108
      • Percentage of the total faculty that is tenured or tenure track: 59 %

    • Business program's leading areas of study:

        • Accounting
        • Finance
        • Marketing
        • International Business
        • Insurance
      • Other leading area of study: PGA Golf Management
      • Special programs: College of Business Endowed Scholarships,The Professional Edge, Beta Gamma Sigma
      • Work study: Through MSU Career Center
      • Study abroad programs: Semester Abroad in Spain, Belgium, Germany, Canada, China, Taiwan, and South Africa
      • Volunteer opportunities: Habitat for Humanity

    • Extra-curricular activities:

      • International Business Club
      • American Marketing Association
      • Beta Alpha Psi
      • Financial Management
      • Society for Human Resource Management
      • Association of Black Business Professionals
      • Association of Information Technology Professionals
      • Economics Club

  • FINANCIAL AID

      • Who manages financial aid for the business program?: Central financial aid office at the university
      • Financial aid web site: http://www.sfa.msstate.edu/

    • Scholarships

      • Scholarship money distributed to business students last year: $987,414.00
      • Expected scholarship distribution to business students this year: $1,046,848.00
      • Scholarships are awarded to business students based on: a combination of need and merit
      • Other criteria for scholarship consideration: Unique scholarship application
      • Students receiving institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 56 %
      • Students receiving full-tuition institutional scholarships in the current academic year: 0 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on need: 1 %
      • Institutional scholarship money distributed to undergraduate business students based on merit: 99 %

    • Loans

      • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all business students, regardless of nationality?: No
      • Mean outstanding debt, most recent graduating class: $24,141.00

  • CAREER SERVICES

      • Career services offered: Career Days, Career Counseling, Mock Interviews, Etiquette Seminars, Resume Review/ Critique

  • B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

      • Total number of undergraduate business program graduates since inception: 28,318
      • Total living alumni of the undergraduate business program: 26,536
      • Percentage of living alumni who contributed to the business program or university in the last academic year: 2 %

    • Alumni gifts

      • Mean Gift: $4,637.00
      • Median Gift: $100.00
      • Did the business program receive a gift of $10 million or more in the last academic year? No

    • Prominent alums of the undergrad business program

      • Richard Adkerson CEO, Freeport/ McMoRen
      • John Grisham Author
      • Cynthia Cooper President/ CEO The Copper Group

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