Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Population 90,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,683 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (68%)

Honors College

Name Judy and Bobby Shackouls Honors College
Students 1,500 (9%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 17,475
Men / Women 49% / 51%
From State 55%
From Region 27%
Athletes 2.8%

Racial/Ethnic

White 72%
Black 16%
Hispanic 4%
Mixed 3%
Asian 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Agriculture and Life Sciences 320 33% / 67% 1% $64,651 69 96%
Agribusiness 43 63% / 37% 0% $70,402 77 97%
Agricultural Education, Leadership, and Communications 18 28% / 72% 0% $56,407 50 96%
Agronomy 36 72% / 28% 0% $66,771 72 96%
Agronomy and Crop Science 20 85% / 15% 0% $54,261 44 89%
Animal and Dairy Sciences 78 13% / 87% 1% $82,132 88 94%
Biological Engineering 4 50% / 50% 0% $86,168 91
Culinology 3 67% / 33% 0% $59,452 58
Food Science, Nutrition and Health Promotion 29 14% / 86% 3% $53,084 40 96%
Horticulture 7 14% / 86% 0% $54,261 44 89%
Poultry Science 10 +2 60% / 40% 0% $82,132 88 94%
Veterinary Medical Technology 39 0% / 100% 0% $42,772 13 100%
Human Development and Family Science 26 0% / 100% 0% $46,678 21 100%
Landscape Contracting and Management 7 86% / 14% 0% $86,478 91
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Architecture, Art, and Design 199 43% / 57% 0% $72,460 80 98%
Architecture 45 56% / 44% 0% $80,529 87 100%
Art 30 27% / 73% 0% $53,156 40 91%
Fashion Design and Merchandising 34 0% / 100% 0% $51,961 37 100%
Interior Design 31 3% / 97% 0% $69,187 76 100%
Building Construction Science 59 86% / 14% 0% $89,654 93
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Arts and Sciences 1,442 38% / 62% 2% $61,425 62 93%
Artificial Intelligence $95,668 95 97%
Computer Science 106 84% / 16% 5% $95,668 95 97%
Cybersecurity 11 73% / 27% 0% $97,550 96
Chemistry 13 38% / 62% 0% $65,604 70
Geosciences 85 59% / 41% 2% $62,084 64 96%
Mathematics 14 +3 57% / 43% 0% $78,610 86 94%
Physics 4 +1 100% / 0% 0% $71,580 79
Biochemistry 82 +2 33% / 67% 1% $65,364 70 95%
Biological Sciences 127 +1 32% / 68% 0% $75,413 83 95%
Biological and Physical Sciences 4 0% / 100% 0% $65,346 70
Microbiology 22 +3 9% / 91% 0% $64,304 68
Environmental Science 12 50% / 50% 0% $60,029 59
Medical Technology 8 +2 12% / 88% 0% $64,185 68
Anthropology 3 67% / 33% 0% $44,726 17 100%
Communication 119 28% / 72% 1% $58,132 54 92%
English 14 29% / 71% 0% $49,072 28 89%
Foreign Languages 17 12% / 88% 76% $85,952 91 85%
General Education 2 50% / 50% 0%
General Liberal Arts 84 43% / 57% 1% $53,224 41
History 14 +1 50% / 50% 0% $41,395 11 100%
Interdisciplinary Studies 56 46% / 54% 0% $46,686 21 100%
Multidisciplinary Studies 242 41% / 59% 2% $52,085 37 89%
Philosophy 7 57% / 43% 14% $52,675 39
Political Science 57 +3 46% / 54% 2% $69,366 76 94%
Psychology 236 +9 18% / 82% 1% $54,748 45 90%
Social Work 23 22% / 78% 0% $45,416 18 96%
Sociology 14 +3 14% / 86% 0% $46,514 21
Music 5 60% / 40% 0% $46,678 21
Music Performance 2 50% / 50% 0%
Criminology 59 32% / 68% 0% $52,725 39 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Business 797 52% / 48% 2% $70,632 78 95%
Information Systems 27 85% / 15% 0% $80,014 87 97%
Management Information Systems 2 50% / 50% 0%
Accounting 108 47% / 53% 2% $82,659 88 97%
Business Administration 324 57% / 43% 2% $62,162 64 93%
Business Economics 22 +1 50% / 50% 0% $75,502 83
Economics 5 +2 80% / 20% 20% $73,399 81
Finance 88 +7 61% / 39% 2% $79,946 87 92%
Marketing 177 +12 31% / 69% 2% $74,160 82 97%
Supply Chain Logistics 44 +16 66% / 34% 5% $62,162 64 93%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Education 555 29% / 71% 1% $52,659 39 95%
Health Education 2 0% / 100% 0% $62,021 63
Kinesiology 236 39% / 61% 1% $59,124 57 98%
Educational Psychology 47 13% / 87% 0% $41,606 11 90%
Educational Technology 24 83% / 17% 0% $67,977 74 96%
Elementary Education 160 2% / 98% 1% $46,032 20 94%
Secondary Education 47 34% / 66% 0% $46,032 20 94%
Special Education 16 19% / 81% 0% $46,205 20 100%
Music Education 22 73% / 27% 0% $56,407 50 96%
Emergency Management 1 100% / 0% 0%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
College of Forest Resources 112 54% / 46% 1% $63,796 67 96%
Forestry 36 86% / 14% 0% $75,687 83 94%
Wildlife, Fisheries and Aquaculture 67 39% / 61% 1% $58,183 55 97%
Environmental Economics and Management 2 +1 0% / 100% 0% $58,333 55
Natural Resources and Conservation 7 43% / 57% 0% $57,928 54
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
James Worth Bagley College of Engineering 846 76% / 24% 2% $103,513 98 98%
Aerospace Engineering 66 80% / 20% 5% $108,075 98 89%
Biomedical Engineering 54 39% / 61% 2% $86,514 91 100%
Chemical Engineering 69 55% / 45% 0% $120,217 99 100%
Civil Engineering 117 79% / 21% 3% $97,286 96 99%
Computer Engineering 43 91% / 9% 7% $96,057 96 95%
Electrical Engineering 95 83% / 17% 0% $113,615 99 100%
Engineering 35 +1 74% / 26% 0% $102,646 97 100%
Industrial Engineering 83 63% / 37% 0% $103,192 98 100%
Mechanical Engineering 196 83% / 17% 2% $110,369 99 98%
Petroleum Engineering 2 +2 100% / 0% 0% $96,660 96
Computer Systems Technology 1 100% / 0% 0%
Data Science 3 +1 33% / 67% 0% $97,887 96
Industrial Production 32 94% / 6% 3% $82,759 89 98%
Industrial Technology 50 92% / 8% 0% $82,759 89 98%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $10,715
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $29,485
Est. In-State Cost $13,861
Est. Out-of-State Cost $38,142
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 82%
4-Year Graduation Rate 46%
6-Year Graduation Rate 67%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 22.7% 970 31% / 69% 2% $53,822 42 92%
Business & Economics 18.0% 768 51% / 49% 2% $70,303 77 94%
Engineering 17.8% 760 74% / 26% 2% $105,775 98 98%
Agriculture & Food Science 9.4% 402 41% / 59% 1% $65,206 70 95%
Education 5.8% 247 17% / 83% 0% $48,176 26 94%
Health Sciences 5.8% 246 38% / 62% 1% $59,312 57 98%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.5% 235 30% / 70% 0% $70,695 78 95%
Professional 4.9% 208 74% / 26% 0% $76,290 84 98%
Arts 4.0% 169 32% / 68% 0% $63,499 66 98%
Computer Science 3.5% 150 82% / 18% 3% $92,979 94 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.7% 116 58% / 42% 2% $64,800 69 96%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Agriculture & Food Science $142M #14 33% $1.3M 23 #27 174 24
Engineering $68.7M #75 66% $0.6M 53 #69 377 1
Humanities & Social Sciences $39.5M #56 42% $0 24 #168 142 1
Physical Sciences & Math $31.4M #99 61% $0.1M 24 #111 178 9
Health Sciences $18.0M #107 76% $0.0M 2 #219 22
Computer Science $13.0M #70 64% $0.0M 6 #124 84
Life & Natural Sciences $12.2M #147 51% $0.3M 11 #146 58 5
Business & Economics $7.5M #81 42% $0 1 #242
Education $3.8M #126 3% $0 24 #173
Total $336M #89 48% $2.4M 168 #127 1,035 40

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 84%
Yield (Unbound) 18%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 86% 85% 62%

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 88%
SAT Range 1000 – 1230
SAT Math Range 490 – 620
SAT RW Range 510 – 620