Mississippi State University
About Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, founded in 1878, is a comprehensive, public, land – grant university, the largest in Mississippi. Programs are offered through the Colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Architecture, Arts and Sciences, Business and Industry, Education, Engineering, Forest Resources, and Veterinary Medicine. The university is particularly noted for its strengths in engineering and scientific agriculture. It is home to one of 27 engineering research centers designated by the National Science Foundation and ranks 61st among public universities in science and engineering research. MSU was one of five colleges and universities to receive the 1998 Truman Foundation Honor Institution Award for success in producing Truman Scholarship winners. The university offers one of four professional golf management degree programs sanctioned by the Professional Golfer’s Association, and it offers the nation’s only geosciences degree program with an emphasis in broadcast meteorology. Its 4,200 – acre campus is located in Starkville, 16 miles west of Columbus.
The Grounds, Buildings, and Facilities
The grounds of Mississippi State include some 4,200 acres, including farms, pastures and woodlands of the experiment station. The net investment in buildings and grounds is approximately $450 million.
Agricultural research is accomplished on the MAFES Plant Science Farm of approximately 560 acres, 10 greenhouses and more than 40 other structures, as well as the MAFES Animal Sciences Farm of 1,650 acres and 52 structures.
Key Facts
With five quadrillion computations per second, MSU’s Orion system is the nation’s fifth fastest academic supercomputer site.
Recognized nationally for its leadership in cybersecurity, MSU is one of only a few schools in the U.S. to hold all three of the National Security Agency’s centers of academic excellence credentials: CAE Cyber Defense, CAE Cyber Research, and CAE Cyber Operations. Additionally, MSU leads the NSA – sponsored national CAE Cyber Operations Community of Practice.
The National Science Foundation ranks MSU in the nation’s top 5% for agriculture and natural resources – a position it has held for over two decades.