Organization Profile
Michigan State University
Organization Overview
Campus Profile Michigan State University
Located in East Lansing, three miles east of Michigan’s capitol in Lansing
5,200-acre campus with 2,100 acres in existing or planned development
553 buildings, including 83 with instructional space
15,000 acres throughout Michigan used for agricultural, animal, and forestry research
More than 200 programs of study offered by 17 degree-granting colleges
Students from all 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states in the United States, and about 130 other countries
Students (fall 2008)
46,648 total: 36,337 undergraduate and 10,311 graduate and professional
53.7 percent women, 46.3 percent men
7.3 percent African American, 5.1 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 2.9 percent Chicano/Other Hispanic, 0.7 percent Native American, 1.8 percent other/undeclared, and 9.7 percent international
Freshman class profile (middle 50 percent of class): high school GPA, 3.44-3.85; SAT combined score, 1030-1260; ACT composite score, 23-27
Faculty and academic staff
Approximately 5,052
Support staff employees
Approximately 6,166
Living alumni
More than 420,800 worldwide
ACADEMICS
Degree-granting colleges
College of Agriculture and Natural Resources • Dean: Jeffrey D. Armstrong
Residential College in Arts and Humanities • Dean: Stephen Esquith
College of Arts and Letters • Dean: Karin A. Wurst
Eli Broad College of Business/Eli Broad Graduate School of Management • Interim Dean: Elvin Lashbrooke
College of Communication Arts and Sciences • Dean: Pamela Whitten
College of Education • Dean: Carole Ames
College of Engineering • Dean: Satish Udpa
College of Human Medicine • Dean: Marsha Rappley
James Madison College • Dean: Sherman W. Garnett
College of Law (affiliated) • Dean: Joan Howarth
Lyman Briggs College • Dean: Elizabeth Simmons
College of Music • Dean: Jim Forger
College of Natural Science • Dean: R. James Kirkpatrick
College of Nursing • Dean: Mary Mundt
College of Osteopathic Medicine • Dean: William D. Strampel
College of Social Science • Dean: Marietta L. Baba
College of Veterinary Medicine • Dean: Christopher Brown
Research and outreach
More than 170 active linkage agreements with international organizations in more than 50 countries
More Rhodes Scholars in past 25 years than any other Big Ten school
Sponsored research totaled nearly $376 million in 2007-08
Top federal funding agencies: National Science Foundation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, and U.S. Department of Agriculture
Notable discoveries include:
Cross-fertilization of corn in the 1870s
Homogenization of milk in the 1930s
Anticancer drug cisplatin in the 1960s
Materials that reduce dependence on fossil fuels in the twenty-first century
MSU Extension reaches into all 83 counties in Michigan to provide practical, university-based knowledge
Extends academic and professional degree and certificate programs via MSU Global to off-campus learners, with more than 13,000 enrollments in 29 degree and certificate programs, making MSU one of the top three in online learning in the Big Ten
Facilities
Only university in the country with three on-campus medical schools, graduating allopathic and osteopathic physicians, and veterinarians
Largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 23 undergraduate halls, one graduate hall, and three apartment villages
Site of the proposed $550 million Facility for Rare Isotope Beams, which will enable researchers from around the world to address leading-edge questions in nuclear structure and astrophysics and bring significant economic activity to Michigan
Home of the Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, which funds the research of more than 300 scientists on campus and at 15 field research stations across the state
More than 500 wireless access points on campus
A ever-growing library collection approaching five million volumes
Study abroad
The national leader in study abroad among U.S. public universities (according to the most recent Institute of International Education Open Doors report, which is based on 2006-07 participation)
More than 250 programs on all continents in more than 60 countries
2,801 students studied abroad through MSU during 2006-07
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TOP RANKINGS AND RECOGNITIONS
The national leader in study abroad participation among U.S. public universities for four consecutive years and ninth in the nation for international student enrollment
One of the nations’s top five campuses for sustainability, according to the National Wildlife Federation’s Campus Environment 2008 Report Card
Member of the prestigious Association of American Universities, a group of 60 U.S. and two Canadian universities regarded as the top research-intensive institutions in North America
Recognized for six consecutive years as one of the top 100 universities in the world by Shanghai Jiao Tong University’s Institute of Higher Education in its annual Academic Ranking of World Universities
Fifth largest producer of Peace Corps volunteers since the corps was founded in 1961
Ranked 30th among the nation’s public universities by U.S. News & World Report
Graduate programs in elementary and secondary education ranked first in the nation for 14 years (U.S. News & World Report)
Graduate program in industrial/organizational psychology ranked first in the nation (U.S. News & World Report)
Graduate program in nuclear physics ranked second in the nation (U.S. News & World Report)
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FINANCES
Total revenue (2007-08): $1.8 billion
Operating revenues: $1,198 million (68.1 percent)
Student tuition and fees: $460 million (26.2 percent)
Grants and contracts: $319 million (18.1 percent)
Auxiliary activities: $274 million (15.6 percent)
Other operating revenues: $145 million (8.2 percent)
Net nonoperating and other revenues: $560 million (31.9 percent)
State/capital appropriations: $391 million (22.2 percent)
Investment and other revenues: $69 million (4 percent)
Gifts, capital grants, and additions to permanent endowments: $100 million (5.7 percent)
Tuition and required fees (2008-09)
Culture and entertainment
Wharton Center for Performing Arts: four venues–Cobb Great Hall, Pasant Theatre, MSU Auditorium, and Fairchild Theatre–host a variety of cultural events
Breslin Student Events Center: state-of-the-art arena hosts special events such as concerts, commencements, ice shows, circuses, sporting events, banquets, conventions, and trade shows
MSU Museum: offers anthropological, biological, folklife, geological, and historical exhibits and programs
Art Museum at MSU: houses MSU’s collection of nearly 7,500 works of art spanning 5,000 years of human history
Abrams Planetarium: houses a Digistar computer graphics planetarium projector and a 150-seat Sky Theater
Horticultural Demonstration Gardens: six distinct gardens over 7.5 acres provide a living laboratory where plants and people grow together
Organization History
ABOUT MSU
History
Founded in 1855
Prototype for 69 land-grant institutions established under the Morrill Act of 1862
First institution of higher learning in the United States to teach scientific agriculture
Benefits
http://www.hr.msu.edu/benefits/benefits_docs/BenSummary_SS_rev070109.pdf