Admissions & acceptance rate
First-time freshman admissions: how selective the college is, and how many admitted students choose to enroll.
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 12.6-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Source: IPEDS Graduation Rates (GR) — Pell/SSL cohort, 2024 cohort.
Program outcomes
Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.
Of 449 Title IV programs, 125 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 324 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.
Pass / fail distribution
- Passing125 · 27.8%
- No Data324 · 72.2%
- Failing0 · 0.0%
Severity spectrum
Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.
Earnings premium gap
Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.
Debt vs earnings
Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.
Accreditation status & history
Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.
Higher Learning Commission
Higher Learning Commission
Programmatic accreditations · 23
Action history · 27
- Nov 2025Renewal of AccreditationLiaison Committee on Medical Education · Medicine (MED) - Programs leading to the M.D. degree
- Jul 2025Renewal of AccreditationAmerican Psychological Association, Commission on Accreditation · Clinical Psychology (CLPSY) - PhD Doctoral programs
- May 2025Renewal of AccreditationCouncil on Accreditation of Nurse Anesthesia Educational Programs · Nurse Anesthesia (ANEST) - Institutions and programs at the master's degree, post master's certificate or doctoral degree levels
- Feb 2025Renewal of AccreditationHigher Learning Commission
- Jan 2025Renewal of AccreditationAcademy of Nutrition and Dietetics, Accreditation Council for Education in Nutrition and Dietetics · Didactic Program in Dietetics
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Federal aid volume & trends
Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.
In AY 2024–25, 9,959 students received $61.5M in Pell grants, alongside $378.9M in federal Direct Loans.
Pell recipients · 5-year trend
Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25
Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.
Student loan default rate
The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.
Of 8,221 borrowers who entered repayment, 68 (0.8%) defaulted within three years — below the 2.3% national rate.
Default rate vs national, by cohort
* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.
Academic programs at Michigan State
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Athletics & Title IX gender equity
How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.
Men vs women · spending splits
Sport-by-sport · 14
Campus safety & crime statistics
Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.
3-year trend
Criminal offenses by type
By location
- On campus158
- Non-campus20
Includes 61 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).
VAWA offenses
Hate crimes by bias
- Sexual orientation7
- Gender1
- Religion1
- Gender identity1
- National origin1
Arrests vs disciplinary referrals
Residence-hall fires
- Landon1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $1,000-$9,999
- Snyder-Phillips1 fireAn individual intentionally lit trash in a trash can on fire.Damage $0-$99
- Case1 fireAn individual intentionally set hair product on fire with lighter.Damage $0-$99
- Wonders2 firesMachinery/IndustrialDamage $100-$999
- Wonders2 firesMachinery/IndustrialDamage $1,000-$9,999
- Holden1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
- McDonel1 fireMachinery/IndustrialDamage $100-$999
- 1855 Place Apartment Buildings1 fireCookingDamage $0-$99
Data quality: 12 reports were later determined unfounded across the reporting period and are excluded from the totals above.
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
Michigan State vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions Michigan State selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectMichigan State University | 81% | — | 52,089 | $19,680 | R1 Research |
| 93% | 15.6% | 52,855 | $13,138 | R1 Research | |
| 58% | 81.2% | 23,803 | $12,766 | R1 Research | |
| 90% | 45.2% | 51,044 | $17,354 | R1 Research | |
| 83% | 49.9% | 58,658 | $14,600 | R1 Research | |
| 75% | 85.3% | 45,026 | $25,648 | R1 Research | |
| Peer group median | 82% | 49.9% | 51,567 | $15,977 |
Institutions like Michigan State
Explore the federal data for institutions in Michigan State's comparison group.
- R1 ResearchMichigan
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Grad rate93%Admit rate15.6%Enrollment52,855Net price$13,138View data - R1 ResearchMichigan
Wayne State University
Grad rate58%Admit rate81.2%Enrollment23,803Net price$12,766View data - R1 ResearchWisconsin
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Grad rate90%Admit rate45.2%Enrollment51,044Net price$17,354View data - R1 ResearchIndiana
Purdue University-Main Campus
Grad rate83%Admit rate49.9%Enrollment58,658Net price$14,600View data - R1 ResearchOhio
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus
Grad rate75%Admit rate85.3%Enrollment45,026Net price$25,648View data
Michigan State Institutional Research office
The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.
The page provides an overview of the Institutional Research Office at Michigan State University, including sections on data exploration, common data sets, grad rates, rankings, resources, and surveys. Contact information for the office is provided, including a phone number and email address.
Visit IR office page- Bethan CantwellAssistant Provost
- Laleah Fernandez, Ph.D.Associate Director
- Tyler ClementsExecutive Staff Assistant
- Felicia BerrymanData Resource Analyst
- Jacqui BroughtonData Resource Analyst II
- Heidi ButcherWeb Content Administrator
- Vanessa Carrion Yaguana, Ph.D.Data Scientist
- Margaret DioniseData Resource Analyst
- Amy DriverProject Administrator/Data Team Supervisor
- Carmen ElliottData Resource Analyst
- Jaime GalindoData Resource Analyst II
- John GriffithProfessional Aide/Developer
- Scott HardingUniversity Management Analyst
- Adrianna HighData Resource Analyst II
- Abram Huyser-HonigData Resource Analyst II
- Josh PulleyBusiness Applications Analyst
- Susan M. Richter, Ph.D.Data Scientist
- Kyle Sweitzer, Ph.D.Data Resource Analyst II
- Fabian Villarreal SosaData Resource Analyst II
- Jenny WangData Resource Analyst
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