unitid 176080 · Mississippi State, MS · public 4-year · town (remote)
Mississippi State University
- enrollment 2023
- 25,193
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
78%
39th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
18,397
85th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
29%
undergrads on Pell grants
42nd pctl among public 4-years
completion
67%
finish within 150% time
85th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$29,267
86th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$17,595
after aid, aided students
81st pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,513
after entry, Title IV students
53rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$22,142
74th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $14,332 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k34%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k14%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $38,988
- First-generation students
- 25%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $10,202
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.3× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 379 | $54,081 | $24,700 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 279 | $40,048 | $21,500 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 268 | $51,438 | $25,000 |
| Psychology, General. | 258 | $47,631 | $25,480 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 256 | $128,059 | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 227 | $45,314 | $27,000 |
| Marketing. | 205 | $64,519 | $21,500 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | 193 | $96,021 | $22,500 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 143 | $50,575 | $24,219 |
| Biology, General. | 143 | $65,609 | $23,313 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 122 | $44,854 | — |
| Civil Engineering. | 120 | $84,639 | $21,219 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.