East Lansing, MI 48824, Top 100 Universities in USA 2014 – Rank – 23, Michigan State University In Michigan

Michigan State University

220 Trowbridge Rd, East Lansing, MI 48824, United States

Michigan State University (MSU) is a public research university located in East Lansing, Michigan, United States and is the firstland-grant institution that was created to serve as a model for future land-grant colleges in the country under the 1862 Morrill Act.

MSU pioneered the studies of packaging, hospitality business, supply chain management, and telecommunication. It is considered to be one of America’s Public Ivy universities, which recognizes top public universities in the United States.^[5]

Following the introduction of the Morrill Act, the college became coeducational and expanded its curriculum beyond agriculture. Today, MSU is the seventh-largest university in the United States (in terms of enrollment), with 49,300 students (2013–14) and 2,954faculty members. MSU’s Division I sports teams are called the Spartans. They compete in the Big Ten Conference in all sports. MSU’sfootball team won the Rose Bowl in 1954, 1956, 1988 and 2014 and boasts six national championships.^[6] Its men’s basketball team won the NCAA National Championship in 1979 and 2000 and is currently enjoying a streak of six Final Four appearances over the last 13 seasons. MSU men’s ice hockey won national titles in 1966, 1986 and 2007. Cross country has historically been Michigan State’s most successful sport, especially during a four-decade period spanning roughly 1930–1970 during which the Spartans won eight NCAA championships and numerous other conference and national titles.

Rankings

Michigan State ranks 92nd in the world, according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities, which measures scientific research.^[55]U.S. News & World Report ranks MSU 72nd in the U.S. and 29th among public universities.^[56] The 2011 QS World University Rankingsplaced Michigan State University at 164th internationally.^[57]

The university has over 200 academic programs. U.S. News has ranked MSU’s graduate-level elementary education,^[58] secondary education,^[59] and Industrial and Organizational Psychology^[60] programs number one for the last 19 years. The National Communication Association (NCA) ranks MSU’s PhD programs as number one in educating researchers in the rapidly growing fields of health communication and communication technology.

MSU is also ranked number four in several other fields, including international/intercultural communication, mass communication, and interpersonal communication based on the November 2004 NCA report.^[61]

The Eli Broad College of Business was ranked No. 42nd among undergraduatee institutions nationally with 94% of their graduates receiving job offers in 2014 by Businessweek.^[62] The 2014 U.S. News ranked Michigan State’s supply chain management program in the Eli Broad College of Business No. 1 in the nation for the third consecutive year.^[63] In addition, the Eli Broad College of Business undergraduate accounting program is ranked 13th, the master’s accounting program is ranked 15th, and the doctoral program is ranked 11th, according to the 2013 Public Accounting Report‘s Annual Survey of Accounting Professors.^[64] The MBA program is ranked 19th in the U.S. by Forbes magazine.^[65]

The College of Communication Arts and Sciences was established in 1955 and was the first of its kind in the United States.^[66] The college’s Media and Information Studies doctoral program was ranked No. 2 in 2007 by The Chronicle of Higher Education in the category of mass communication.^[66] The communication doctoral program was ranked No. 4 in a separate category of communication in The Chronicle of Higher Education’s 2005 Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, published in 2007.^[66] The college’s faculty and alumni include eight Pulitzer Prize winners and a two-time Emmy Award winning recording mixer.^[66]

MSU’s graduate program in nuclear physics is ranked No. 1 in the nation by U.S. News. In primary medical care, U.S. News ranks MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine at No.5, College of Veterinary Medicine at No.9, and the College of Human Medicine at No.18.^[67] MSU’s graduate program in Mathematics has been ranked 23rd in the US according to the latest National Research Council ranking.

Other programs of note include criminal justice,^[68] hospitality business,^[69] packaging,^[70] political science,^[71] dietetics^[72] and communications.^[73] The Sustainable Endowments Institute awarded Michigan State with an overall grade of “B” on the 2009 Campus Sustainability Survey, including “A”s in the categories of Administration, Transportation, Endowment Transparency, and Investment Policies.