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Murray State College

Tishomingo, Oklahoma·Public, 4-year or above·Southwest·mscok.edu
6-yr Graduation
27%
—
Total enrollment
2,949
peer median 2,187
Avg net price
$12,844
+$1.0k vs Community College
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

IPEDS
Overall completion
27%

Pell equity

4.7pp gap
Pell recipients
25%51 of 205
Non-Pell (all)
30%54 of 182
Subsidized loan, no Pell
28%11 of 39
No Federal Aid
30%43 of 143

Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.7-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.

FVT/GE

Of 38 Title IV programs, 7 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 0 fail. 31 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
38
Passing
7
18.4% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
0
0.0% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.0%
-0.6pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

38programs
  • Passing7 · 18.4%
  • No Data31 · 81.6%
  • Failing0 · 0.0%

Severity spectrum

Critical
0
Severe
0
Recoverable
0
At Risk
1
Watch
0
Safe
6
No data
31

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.

7
Psychology Other
Associate Degree · Psychology
+7.9%
$35,599 vs $32,989
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+33.2%
$43,947 vs $32,989
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
+42.6%
$47,051 vs $32,989
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
+47.0%
$48,487 vs $32,989
Agriculture General
Associate Degree · Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, And Related Sciences
+52.4%
$50,268 vs $32,989
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+62.2%
$53,511 vs $32,989
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
+133.9%
$77,147 vs $32,989

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

6
Psychology Other
Associate Degree · Psychology
44%
$15,574 debt · $35,599 earn
Precision Systems Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians
Associate Degree · Mechanic And Repair Technologies/Technicians
32%
$15,375 debt · $48,487 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
31%
$13,423 debt · $43,947 earn
Business Administration Management and Operations
Associate Degree · Business, Management, Marketing, And Related Support Services
30%
$14,250 debt · $47,051 earn
Registered Nursing Nursing Administration Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$15,248 debt · $77,147 earn
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services
Associate Degree · Health Professions And Related Clinical Sciences
20%
$10,500 debt · $53,511 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

DAPIP
AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Higher Learning Commission

Accredited since 1964Next review Aug 2034

Programmatic accreditations · 3

Action history · 11

  1. Oct 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  2. Aug 2024Grant Substantive Change: Other
    American Occupational Therapy Association, Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education · Occupational Therapy Assistant (OTA) - Programs leading to an associate degree
  3. Jun 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    Higher Learning Commission
  4. Apr 2024Renewal of Accreditation
    American Physical Therapy Association, Commission on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education · Physical Therapy (PTA) - Programs for the physical therapist assistant
  5. Dec 2023Grant Substantive Change: Other
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

College Scorecard

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$13,223
$30–48k$12,481
$48–75k$13,190
$75–110k$13,257
$110k+$12,111

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$12,844
+$1,007vs Community College median $11,837
Federal loans
39.5%
In-state tuition
$7,230
Out-of-state
$11,430

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

Federal Student Aid

In AY 2024–25, 1,120 students received $5.4M in Pell grants, alongside $3.0M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
1,120
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$5.4M
$5,387,739 total
Direct Loans
$3.0M
834 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

1k
’20
1k
’21
1k
’22
1k
’23
1k
’24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$1.3M
410 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$1.7M
411 loan awards
Parent PLUS$75K
13 loan awards

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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Cohort Default Rate

Of 450 borrowers who entered repayment, 18 (4.0%) defaulted within three years — above the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
4.0%
+1.7pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
450
Defaulted
18
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
18.6%
2017
17.0%
2018
14.8%
2019
4.0%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* 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.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Murray State College

Top program areas ranked by completions.

IPEDS
Distinct CIP programs24
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

469 total completions
01Health Professions
18439.2%
02Liberal Arts
7516.0%
03Business
5010.7%
04Multi/Interdisciplinary
459.6%
05Education
347.2%
06Agriculture
326.8%
07Biological Sciences
173.6%
08Family/Consumer Sci
163.4%
09Mechanic
91.9%
10Computer Sciences
71.5%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

IPEDS
Fall total
2,949
12-mo unduplicated
3,649
Undergraduate
3,649
Graduate
0

Gender split

Men
30%1,096
Women
70%2,553

Race / ethnicity composition

White
48.3%
Unknown
28.9%
Hispanic
10.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native
6.2%
Non-resident
3.4%
Black
2.8%
Asian
0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.1%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

EADA
Athletes
230
132 M · 98 W
Women athletes
42.6%
Athletic aid
$894K
Total student aid
Budget
$1.8M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$451K
$443K
Recruiting expense
$10K
$10K
Head-coach salaries
$23K
$24K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 7

Rodeo
22 M · 27 W
$248K
Soccer
30 M · 16 W
$251K
Baseball
38 M · —
$295K
Basketball
19 M · 13 W
$400K
Softball
— · 26 W
$259K
Golf
15 M · 8 W
$167K

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Clery Act
Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.37
1 offenses · 2,686 students

3-year trend

0.002 yrs ago1.751 yr ago0.37Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
5
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
0
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
0
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
1

Criminal offenses by type

Burglary
1

By location

1total
  • On campus1

VAWA offenses

0
Domestic violence
0
Dating violence
0
Stalking
0 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

No hate crimes reported.

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons00
Drugs00
Liquor00

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

IPEDS
Student-to-faculty
18.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
62

Murray State College vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Murray State College selected for federal comparison reporting.

IPEDS
GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

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
SubjectMurray State College
27%—2,949$12,844Community College
Carl Albert State College
——1,851$14,607Community College
Seminole State College
——1,488$14,628Community College
Eastern Oklahoma State College
——1,285$10,830Community College
Ranger College
——2,522$6,182Community College
Oklahoma City Community College
——11,475$4,739Community College
Peer group median27%—2,187$11,837

Institutions like Murray State College

Explore the federal data for institutions in Murray State College's comparison group.

IPEDS

Murray State College Institutional Research office

The IR team responsible for the institution's federal reporting.

Office
Office of Institutional Research

The Institutional Research and Effectiveness department provides data for internal constituents through the Murray State Help system and handles UDS, IPEDS, HLC Accreditation, Institutional Research, Taskstream System Administration, External and Internal Data Requests, Faculty Research Requests, and the IRB.

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Frequently asked questions about Murray State College

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Murray State College.

What is the graduation rate at Murray State College?

Murray State College reports a 6-year graduation rate of 27% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Murray State College?

Murray State College reports a total enrollment of 2,949 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Murray State College?

The average net price at Murray State College is $12,844 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Murray State College located?

Murray State College is located in Tishomingo, Oklahoma 73460.

Who runs Institutional Research at Murray State College?

Murray State College's IR work is done by the Office of Institutional Research.

About the data on this page

Every figure comes from an official federal or public source. Here is each one and the release it is currently on.

IPEDS2025 provisional data (Fall 2025–26 release, July 28, 2026)
Enrollment, completions, graduation rates, tuition, financial aid, staffing, and finance for every U.S. institution in federal student aid programs.
National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education
College ScorecardJune 10, 2026 release (merged 2025–26 files)
Institution and field-of-study costs, graduate earnings, debt, completion, and admissions outcomes compiled from federal aid records, tax data, and IPEDS.
U.S. Department of Education
FVT/GE program performanceProvisional preview, May 18, 2026 release
Program-level debt-to-earnings and earnings-premium measures behind the FVT/GE and STATS accountability frameworks.
U.S. Department of Education
DAPIP accreditationContinuously refreshed
Accreditation status for institutions and programs, reported by recognized accrediting agencies.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Federal Pell Grant volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Pell Grant recipient counts, award amounts, and disbursements by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Federal student loan volumeAY 2025–26 (through Q3), through March 31, 2026
Federal Direct Loan recipient counts and disbursement volume by institution and award year.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Cohort Default RatesFY 2022 official rates
Institution-level federal student loan default rates, measuring borrowers who default within three years of entering repayment.
U.S. Department of Education, Federal Student Aid
Equity in Athletics (EADA)Academic year 2024–25
Athletics participation, coaching, revenues, and expenses by sport and gender for Title IV institutions.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Campus Safety & SecurityData through reporting year 2024
Criminal offenses, arrests, disciplinary actions, VAWA offenses, and fire statistics reported by campus under the Clery Act.
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education
Last reviewed July 2026All data sources & release dates →

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