Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

Public

Acceptance Rate
84.8%
Average SAT
1269
Average ACT
26
Annual In-State Tuition
$16,458
Annual Out-of-State Tuition
$43,842
Student Body Size
40,922
First Year Retention Rate
90.0%
Graduation Rate
81.4%
Median Earnings Post-Graduation
$67,253
Campus Security Score
62
Climate
⛅ 154

How Michigan State University compares

  • More selective than about 37% of the colleges in our database.
  • Bigger than about 99% of the colleges we track, by enrollment.
  • Out-of-state tuition is lower than about 11% of the colleges we track.
  • Average SAT scores are higher than about 75% of the colleges we track.

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Official website: https://www.msu.edu/

Data sourced from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.