Michigan State University

Name: Michigan State University Common Data Set 2015-16
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Common Data Set 2015-16

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Federal outcomes

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.

Median earnings

$67,253

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

81%

6-year completion

Average net price

$19,680

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$23,250

federal loans only

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§ Extraction187fields parsed from this CDS.

General Information

4 TABLES

Respondent Information

If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:http://opb.msu.edu/institution/index.asp?studies

Institutional Control

Source of institutional control (Check only one):Public

Classification

Classify your undergraduate institution:Coeducational college

Academic Year

Academic year calendar:Semester

Enrollment And Persistence

4 TABLES

Institutional Enrollment

B1 undergraduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 undergraduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	39143

B1 graduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 graduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total graduate students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	11400

B1 overall enrollment

Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 overall enrollment. Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Total full-time students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total part-time students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Grand total all students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	50543

Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity

Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity. Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.
Measure	First-time first-year	Degree-seeking undergraduates	Total undergraduates
Nonresidents	1016	Not reported	Not reported
Hispanic/Latino	376	Not reported	Not reported
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	658	Not reported	Not reported
White, non-Hispanic	5399	Not reported	Not reported
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	18	Not reported	Not reported
Asian, non-Hispanic	417	Not reported	Not reported
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	3	Not reported	Not reported
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	240	Not reported	Not reported
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	8173	Not reported	Not reported

Persistence

B3 degrees awarded

Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.

B3 degrees awarded. Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.
Measure	Number awarded
Certificate/diploma	194
Associate degrees	Not reported
Bachelor's degrees	8299
Postbachelor's certificates	Not reported
Master's degrees	2138
Post-master's certificates	11
Doctoral degrees, research/scholarship	577
Doctoral degrees, professional practice	627
Doctoral degrees, other	Not reported

Graduation Rates

B4 current graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B4 current graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	7126	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Did not persist	3	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Final cohort	7123	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than four years	3612	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than five years	1605	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than six years	289	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total completers	5506	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Six-year graduation rate	77.3%	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	7254	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Did not persist	5	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Final cohort	7249	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than four years	3831	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than five years	1634	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Completed in less than six years	268	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total completers	5733	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Six-year graduation rate	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

B12-B21 two-year graduation rates

Two-year institution graduation-rate cohort outcomes for the current and previous cohorts.

B12-B21 two-year graduation rates. Two-year institution graduation-rate cohort outcomes for the current and previous cohorts.
Measure	Current cohort	Previous cohort
Initial cohort	0	Not reported
Did not persist	2011	Not reported
Final cohort	2011	13
Completed program in less than two years	Not reported	Not reported
Completed program in less than two years at 150% time	Not reported	Not reported
Completed program in less than four years	Not reported	Not reported
Completed program in less than four years at 150% time	150	Not reported
Transfers out	Not reported	Not reported
Transfers to two-year institutions	Not reported	Not reported
Transfers to four-year institutions	Not reported	Not reported

First-Time, First-Year Admission

3 TABLES

Admissions Requirements

Total academic units4

Mathematics3

Science3

Of these, units that must be lab1

Foreign language2

Social studies3

Mathematics4

Science3

Of these, units that must be lab1

Foreign language2

Social studies3

First-time, first-year Profile

C9 test-score submission

Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.

C9 test-score submission. Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.
Measure	Percent	Number
SAT	13	Not reported
ACT	Not reported	Not reported

C9 test-score percentiles

Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.

C9 test-score percentiles. Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.
Measure	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile
SAT composite	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
SAT evidence-based reading and writing	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
SAT math	530	680	Not reported
ACT composite	23	28	Not reported
ACT math	23	28	Not reported
ACT English	23	29	Not reported
ACT Writing	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Reading	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Other extracted fields

Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.7426.8

Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.4915.1

Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.247.2

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.993.9

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.490.3

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.990

Percent who had GPA below 1.00

Total100

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:3.68

Admission Policies

Amount of application fee:50

Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?Yes

Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment?Yes

Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?Yes

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?No

Transfer Admission

3 TABLES

Fall Applicants

D2 transfer admissions

Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.

D2 transfer admissions. Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Applied	2700	2385	Not reported	5085
Admitted	1054	1044	Not reported	2098
Enrolled	852	818	Not reported	1670

Other extracted fields

If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?Yes

Application for Admission

Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering first-year student?Yes

College transcript(s)Required of All

Essay or personal statementNot Required

Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)Not Required

If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):2.00

List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:D9 List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the “Rolling admission” column.

Fall Rolling AdmissionX

Spring Rolling AdmissionX

Transfer Credit Policies

Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:60

Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:credit

Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:90

Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution:credit

Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:30

Academic Offerings and Policies

1 TABLE

Special Study Options

Distance learningX

Independent studyX

Student Life

2 TABLES

Percent Participating

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)16%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing95%

Percent who live off campus or commute5%

Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator)12%

Percent of males who join fraternities8%

Percent of females who join sororities7%

Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing39%

Percent who live off campus or commute61%

Percent of students age 25 and older3%

Average Age

Average age of full-time students18

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)18

Average age of full-time students20

Average age of all students (full- and part-time)20

Annual Expenses

4 TABLES

Private Tuition

G1 undergraduate costs

Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.

G1 undergraduate costs. Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.
Measure	First-year	All undergraduates
Tuition	36360	37507
Tuition: in-district	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: in-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: out-of-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: nonresident	Not reported	Not reported
Required fees	Not reported	Not reported
Food and housing, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Housing only, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Food only, on-campus meal plan	Not reported	Not reported
Comprehensive tuition, food, and housing	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported

Credits per Term

Minimum2

Tuition Policies

Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program?Yes

Per-Credit-Hour Charges

In-state (out-of-district):$452

Out-of-state:$1,212

Financial Aid

7 TABLES

Reporting Year

Academic Year2014-2015 estimated

Need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$42,448,943

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$82,744,203

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$0

Total Scholarships/Grants$128,879,651

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$54,046,730

Federal Work-Study$2,701,615

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$56,748,345

Parent Loans$0

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$2,317,261

Athletic Awards$6,008,352

Non-need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$1,809,871

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$47,640,902

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$22,121,698

Total Scholarships/Grants$71,714,407

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$74,273,416

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$0

Total Self-Help$74,273,416

Parent Loans$82,721,017

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$2,427,057

Athletic Awards$6,975,661

Graduating Cohort

Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.6,191

Aid to Nonresidents

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:315

Financial Aid Notification

If yes, starting date (Month):3

If yes, starting date (Day):15

Institutional Aid

Alumni affiliationX

ArtX

AthleticsX

LeadershipX

Music/dramaX

If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:CDS-H Page 22 Common Data Set 2015-2016

Instructional Faculty And Class Size

1 TABLE

Student to Faculty Ratio

Fall 2025 Student to Faculty ratio17

Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

3 TABLES

Diploma/Certificates

J degrees conferred by discipline

Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.

J degrees conferred by discipline. Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.
Measure	Certificate/diploma	Associate	Bachelor's
Agriculture	89.7%	Not reported	3.8%
Natural resources and conservation	Not reported	Not reported	1.2%
Architecture	Not reported	Not reported	0.3%
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.04%
Communication/journalism	Not reported	Not reported	11.8%
Communication technologies	Not reported	Not reported	0.1%
Computer and information sciences	Not reported	Not reported	1.2%
Personal and culinary services	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Education	Not reported	Not reported	3.4%
Engineering	Not reported	Not reported	6.3%
Engineering technologies	Not reported	Not reported	2.9%
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	Not reported	Not reported	1.1%
Family and consumer sciences	Not reported	Not reported	1.5%
Law/legal studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.9%
English	Not reported	Not reported	2.0%
Liberal arts/general studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.6%
Library science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Biological/life sciences	Not reported	Not reported	10.1%
Mathematics and statistics	Not reported	Not reported	0.9%
Military science and military technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Interdisciplinary studies	Not reported	Not reported	1.9%
Parks and recreation	Not reported	Not reported	3.8%
Philosophy and religious studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.2%
Theology and religious vocations	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Physical sciences	Not reported	Not reported	1.5%
Science technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Psychology	Not reported	Not reported	4.7%
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services	Not reported	Not reported	2.3%
Public administration and social services	Not reported	Not reported	0.9%
Social sciences	Not reported	Not reported	10.5%
Construction trades	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Mechanic and repair technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Precision production	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Transportation and materials moving	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Visual and performing arts	Not reported	Not reported	2.7%
Health professions and related programs	1.5%	Not reported	4.9%
Business/marketing	Not reported	Not reported	17.7%
History	Not reported	Not reported	0.5%
Other	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	100%	100%	100%

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