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Located in East Lansing, Michigan, Michigan State University is a public institution. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

2,045 Master's Degrees
1,485 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is Michigan State University?

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Contact details for Michigan State are given below.

Contact Details
Address: East Lansing, MI 48824-1046
Phone: 517-355-1855
Website: www.msu.edu

Michigan State University Graduate Student Diversity

11,085 Graduate Students
58% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 11,085 graduate students at Michigan State, 42% are male and 58% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Michigan State University graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 720
Black or African American 636
Hispanic or Latino 633
White 6,681
International Students 1,886
Other Races/Ethnicities 529

Geographic Diversity

Michigan students aren't the only ones who study at Michigan State University. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 128 countries are represented at Michigan State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Online Learning at Michigan State University

2,728 Took All Classes Online
26,226 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2022-2023, 26,226 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Michigan State has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 3rd most popular in Michigan for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Michigan State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 5%
English Language & Literature 1%
Natural Resources & Conservation 15%

Michigan State University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Medicine 0 0 467 467
Business Administration & Management 24 297 3 324
Law 0 0 251 251
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 185 0 185
Mental & Social Health Services 0 175 0 175
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 114 114
Music 10 50 49 109
General Business/Commerce 0 108 0 108
Marketing 0 101 2 103
Curriculum & Instruction 0 69 15 84
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 12 66 0 78
Instructional Media Design 38 30 9 77
Educational Administration 17 25 34 76
Nursing 3 13 58 74
Other Homeland Security 0 72 0 72
Teacher Education Subject Specific 16 41 6 63
Electrical Engineering 0 30 31 61
Food Science Technology 1 55 2 58
Human Resource Management 7 47 3 57
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 53 0 53
Computer Information Systems 0 21 21 42
Physics 0 17 23 40
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 32 7 39
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 2 1 35 38
Mechanical Engineering 0 18 20 38
Economics 0 16 21 37
Communication Sciences 0 32 1 33
Computational Science 15 3 15 33
Special Education 1 29 1 31
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 27 3 30
Communication & Media Studies 6 9 14 29
Chemistry 0 4 23 27
General Psychology 0 13 14 27
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 13 9 4 26
Legal Professions (Other) 0 24 0 24
Social Work 0 24 0 24
Public Health 0 23 0 23
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 18 1 3 22
Civil Engineering 0 11 11 22
Health & Physical Education 0 15 6 21
General Education 0 20 0 20
Wildlife Management 0 10 10 20
General Biology 0 6 13 19
Statistics 0 11 8 19
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 6 12 18
Zoology 0 6 12 18
Student Counseling 0 18 0 18
Public Policy 0 18 0 18
Public Relations & Advertising 0 16 0 16
Botany/Plant Biology 0 5 10 15
Mathematics 0 4 11 15
Soil Sciences 0 9 5 14
Human Development & Family Studies 1 7 6 14
Other Psychology 11 3 0 14
Geography & Cartography 0 3 11 14
History 0 6 7 13
Forestry 8 0 5 13
Genetics 0 4 8 12
Nutrition Science 0 12 0 12
Design & Applied Arts 12 0 0 12
Engineering-Related Fields 0 11 0 11
Construction Engineering Technology 0 7 3 10
Chemical Engineering 0 5 5 10
General English Literature 0 2 8 10
Writing Studies 0 3 7 10
Natural Resource Management 0 4 6 10
Teaching English or French 0 9 0 9
Accounting 5 0 3 8
Agricultural Engineering 0 6 2 8
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 3 5 8
Romance Languages 0 8 0 8
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 8 8
Materials Sciences 0 2 6 8
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 7 7
Environmental Engineering 0 6 1 7
Applied Mathematics 0 5 2 7
Drama & Theater Arts 0 7 0 7
Environmental Design 0 6 0 6
Journalism 0 6 0 6
Sociology 0 3 3 6
Fine & Studio Arts 0 6 0 6
Animal Science 0 4 1 5
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 0 5 5
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 2 3 5
Sustainability Science 0 5 0 5
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 2 3 5
Arts & Media Management 0 5 0 5
Education Philosophy 0 0 4 4
Area Studies 0 4 0 4
Plant Sciences 0 3 0 3
Finance & Financial Management 0 1 2 3
Engineering Mechanics 0 2 1 3
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 0 0 3 3
Philosophy 0 1 2 3
Anthropology 0 1 2 3
Educational Assessment 1 0 1 2
Ethnic Studies 1 0 1 2
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 2 2
Germanic Languages 0 2 0 2
Liberal Arts General Studies 2 0 0 2
Museum Studies 2 0 0 2
Political Science & Government 0 0 2 2
Agricultural Economics & Business 0 0 1 1
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 1 0 1
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 1 1
Allied Health Professions 0 1 0 1
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 1 0 1
Non-Professional General Legal Studies 0 1 0 1
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 1 1
Other Social Sciences 1 0 0 1
Agricultural Production 0 0 0 0
Agriculture/Veterinary Preparatory Programs 0 0 0 0
Food Processing 0 0 0 0
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians 0 0 0 0
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Urban & Regional Planning 0 0 0 0
Hospitality Management 0 0 0 0
Management Information Systems 0 0 0 0
Information Technology 0 0 0 0
Electrical & Power Transmission Installers 0 0 0 0
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
General Engineering 0 0 0 0
Materials Engineering 0 0 0 0
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0
Literature 0 0 0 0
East Asian Languages 0 0 0 0
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0
Medical Science 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Legal Research 0 0 0 0
Biological & Physical Science 0 0 0 0
International Studies 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 0 0
Recreation Administration 0 0 0 0
Religious Studies 0 0 0 0
General Physical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Security Science and Technology 0 0 0 0
General Social Sciences 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0
Public Administration 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 227 2,045 1,485 3,757

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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