Mission 和 快速的事实

Mission Statement

Murray State University places our highest priority on student learning 和 excellent teaching, blending the range of educational opportunities often found at re搜索 机构 with the nurturing student-teacher interactions usually found at smaller 大学.

Strategic Attributes

We offer relevant undergraduate 和 graduate degree programs with core studies in the liberal arts 和 sciences, leading to degrees from certificates to advanced practice doctorates that prepare students for success. Through effective 和 creative teaching, both in traditional formats 和 in an online environment; the opportunity to apply knowledge 和 skills to real-world situations, 和 academic 和 student support services, our quality faculty 和 staff foster student growth in knowledge, critical inquiry, 和 innovative thinking. As a public comprehensive university dedicated to diversity, global awareness 和 intellectual curiosity, we actively engage students, faculty, staff 和 the community in collaborative scholarship, creative activity 和 re搜索. We invest in our communities through thoughtful public service in our 18-county service region 和 beyond. Our uniqueness arises from our combination of academic excellence, welcoming atmosphere 和 dedication to student success through mentored, real-world learning opportunities in an open-minded, supportive 和 innovative learning environment.

基础知识

• 地点: 穆雷,肯塔基州

• 成立: 1922

• 类型: 4-year, state-supported public university

• 颜色: Navy blue 和 gold (white accent)

• 昵称: 赛车手

PG电子官网

• 总: 9,456

• Undergraduate: 7,939

• 研究生: 1,517

First-time freshmen

• 注册: 1,503

• Average ACT score of freshmen admitted without conditions: 24.

• High ranking students:  46.03% of the current freshman class ranked in the top 25 percent of their high school graduating classes

• Our freshmen class is from 28 states, 4 foreign countries 和 76 Kentucky counties.

Faculty 和 staff

• 超过 $7.3 million in grants was awarded to Murray State faculty between July 1, 2018 和 March 31, 2019 to benefit h和s-on learning opportunities

• 75% of full-time, instructional faculty have earned the highest degree in their field.

• University 库 provides access to more than 463,000 collections to aid faculty, staff 和 student re搜索 endeavors

Student body 和 faculty

• The student body is 62.95%的女性 和 37.06%的男性.

• Fall 2019 full-time freshmen returning for the fall 2019 semester: 79.31%

• Our students are residents of 48个州. PG电子官网有 401 international students from 45个国家.

• 760 students transferred to Murray State in Fall 2020.

• Our six-year graduation rate is 54.5%.

学者

• Undergraduate certificates: 6

• Associate programs: 6

• Bachelor's programs: 60

• Graduate certificates: 11

• Master's 和 specialist programs: 37

• Specialist degrees: 3

• Doctoral programs: 3

• Average undergraduate class size: 18

• Undergraduate student to faculty ratio: 15.5 to 1
  

Undergraduate fields with the highest enrollment:

• Animal Health Technology

• Agricultural Science

• 护理

• 生物学

• Business Administration

• Occupational Safety 和 Health

Other facts 和 statistics

Murray State University is a tax-supported institution composed of six academic colleges 和 schools:

• 亚瑟J. Bauernfeind College of Business

• College of Education 和 Human Services

• College of Humanities 和 Fine Arts

• Hutson School of Agriculture

• 杰西维. Jones College of Science, Engineering 和 Technology

• School of 护理 和 Health Professions

Regional campuses

• 帕迪尤卡

• 霍普金斯威尔

• Madisonville

• 亨德森

• Fort Campbell

• Online Learning

有 eight residential colleges 在校园.

Financial Aid

• Murray State awards over $115 million annually in financial aid 和 scholarships.

• Highest percentage of graduates with no student debt - #1 among all Kentucky public 机构
  (based on 2017-18 data)

• In fall 2017, 95.55% of new, full-time freshmen 和 81.54% of full-time undergraduates received some form of financial aid.

For more information, please see the Common Data Set 和 Murray State University Fact Books.