MSU's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Michigan State University students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of Michigan State University students is 82.1%. Female students graduated at a rate of 84.2%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 79.7%.

82.1%

asian 84.5% 350 students
African American 64.6% 419 students
white 85.6% 4,516 students
unknown 79.6% 43 students
hawaiian 66.7% 2 students
hispanic 71.7% 263 students
International Students 79.1% 767 students
Mixed Race 76.6% 183 students

Drop Out

Michigan State University has an overall drop-out rate of 7.8% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 10.4% and 5.6% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

7.8%

asian 4.6% 19 students
African American 16.9% 110 students
white 4.7% 250 students
unknown 9.3% 5 students
hispanic 11.4% 42 students
International Students 17.8% 173 students
Mixed Race 10.0% 24 students

Transferred Out

Students transfer out of Michigan State University at a rate of 9.8% yearly. As of 2015,female students' transfer rate was 10.1%, and male students' 9.4%

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

9.8%

asian 10.6% 44 students
African American 18.3% 119 students
white 9.4% 498 students
unknown 11.1% 6 students
hispanic 16.6% 61 students
International Students 2.2% 21 students
Mixed Race 13.0% 31 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

0.3%

white 0.2% 9 students
International Students 0.9% 9 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Engineering	$75,462	$80,133	$84,869
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$71,673	$77,115	$83,811
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$76,292	$75,291	$82,666
Mechanical Engineering	$71,321	$75,936	$81,384
Construction Engineering Technologies	$65,740	$68,422	$77,704
Chemical Engineering	$70,092	$71,351	$76,388
Materials Engineering	$68,609	$69,338	$76,359
Engineering-Related Fields	$66,715	$67,429	$74,796
Human Resources Management and Services	$49,074	$63,005	$74,212
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$61,667	$62,654	$72,544
Civil Engineering	$66,002	$63,788	$71,904
Engineering, General	$66,191	$63,997	$67,532
Finance and Financial Management Services	$61,907	$60,219	$66,016
Marketing	$58,064	$54,996	$65,267
Accounting and Related Services	$58,100	$59,982	$65,118
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$60,749	$58,673	$63,565
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$62,282	$61,634	$62,389
Economics	$48,199	$48,823	$58,138
International Relations and National Security Studies	$42,937	$44,170	$57,664
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$36,358	$50,856	$57,370
Food Science and Technology	$49,975	$45,221	$55,486
Agricultural Business and Management	$48,126	$50,356	$51,648
Hospitality Administration/Management	$45,050	$43,269	$51,324
Soil Sciences	$41,741	$41,193	$51,273
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$38,973	$41,833	$51,231
International/Global Studies	$30,431	$30,988	$50,656
Geography and Cartography	$27,724	$41,937	$50,083
Political Science and Government	$32,000	$38,018	$49,740
Communication and Media Studies	$37,107	$38,992	$49,580
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$37,461	$37,478	$49,367
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	$39,719	$40,647	$48,820
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$24,768	$40,728	$48,313
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	$36,915	$40,945	$48,256
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$36,979	$38,018	$48,122
Physics	$34,929	$52,107	$47,786
Non-Professional General Legal Studies (Undergraduate)	$20,423	$31,314	$46,945
Sociology	$31,092	$35,594	$46,824
Natural Resources Conservation and Research	$27,553	$33,993	$46,797
Design and Applied Arts	$37,306	$38,721	$45,318
Mathematics	$48,982	$39,153	$45,303
Journalism	$32,480	$37,624	$43,895
Special Education and Teaching	NA	$39,729	$43,875
Social Work	$29,946	$32,213	$43,283
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$28,154	$28,312	$42,885
Social Sciences, General	$33,674	$38,289	$42,715
Education, General	$40,045	$40,089	$42,617
Genetics	$33,587	$31,127	$42,575
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	NA	$32,391	$42,360
Chemistry	$42,255	$41,565	$41,983
Psychology, General	$27,682	$30,535	$41,715
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$30,642	$32,925	$40,986
Biology, General	$23,885	$26,048	$40,101
English Language and Literature, General	$35,931	$32,391	$39,607
Animal Sciences	$34,232	$35,546	$39,480
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$38,059	$34,420	$37,997
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$26,376	$22,192	$37,925
History	$28,671	$28,598	$36,753
Allied Health and Medical Assisting Services	$36,550	NA	$36,310
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	$22,995	$27,295	$35,790
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$21,663	$25,194	$35,474
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	$28,901	$25,194	$34,882
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$32,168	$30,520	$34,776
Music	$35,201	$36,992	$34,428
Plant Sciences	$35,527	$35,060	$33,634
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$24,128	$24,035	$33,190
Zoology/Animal Biology	$24,435	$25,194	$32,388
Nutrition Sciences	$21,557	$32,284	$31,651
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$32,826	$26,850	$31,595
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	$21,826	$21,508	$31,117
Fine and Studio Arts	$27,513	$25,967	$30,830
Anthropology	$21,255	$20,687	$29,066
Veterinary/Animal Health Technologies/Technicians	NA	$33,993	NA
Natural Resources Management and Policy	$41,632	NA	NA
Forestry	$34,078	NA	NA
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	NA	$25,194	NA
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	$44,992	NA	NA
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$39,988	NA	NA
Agricultural Engineering	$59,306	$56,415	NA
Engineering, Other	$57,800	$57,318	NA
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$25,760	$18,771	NA
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$32,437	NA	NA
Statistics	$52,504	NA	NA
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	$26,719	$23,113	NA
Public Policy Analysis	$34,123	$39,009	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business/Commerce, General	$126,500	$123,886	$132,790
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$101,863	$98,481	$108,546
Human Resources Management and Services	$90,313	$89,435	$101,511
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$92,361	$96,183	$100,492
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	$84,609	$83,915	$92,316
Food Science and Technology	$81,178	$83,915	$89,761
Pharmacology and Toxicology	$71,675	$68,499	$79,723
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other	$60,256	$64,990	$79,228
Marketing	$66,011	$65,894	$74,774
Accounting and Related Services	$61,707	$63,355	$74,186
Criminal Justice and Corrections	$53,283	$61,020	$64,170
Educational Administration and Supervision	$54,043	$57,995	$61,881
Public Health	$53,032	$50,856	$60,303
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$54,160	$55,286	$58,508
Educational/Instructional Media Design	$52,027	$50,231	$54,561
Special Education and Teaching	$46,003	$46,999	$50,402
Curriculum and Instruction	$49,472	$46,771	$49,608
Social Work	$39,671	$46,478	$49,312
Student Counseling and Personnel Services	$44,927	$45,383	$48,489
Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions	$45,273	$43,502	$48,184
Education, General	$48,644	$44,305	$47,997
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	NA	$47,118	$45,737
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$36,415	$39,585	$44,863
Music	$38,741	$29,685	$36,345
Journalism	$32,780	NA	NA
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$50,184	NA	NA
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	NA	$90,412	NA
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$44,810	$43,426	NA
Public Policy Analysis	$49,236	NA	NA
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	NA	$36,183	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	NA	$32,569	NA
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	NA	$43,798	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	$83,457	$86,129	$91,721
Music	$54,092	$41,565	$46,553
Curriculum and Instruction	$65,522	NA	NA
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$54,533	$58,181	NA
Chemistry	$60,054	NA	NA
Psychology, General	$75,239	NA	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	$53,275	$49,840	NA
Anthropology	$61,083	$52,107	NA

First Professional Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	NA	$101,072	$97,714
Veterinary Medicine	$79,294	NA	$93,263
Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy	$53,447	NA	$72,317
Law	$54,010	NA	$68,379
Medicine	$56,501	$55,678	$65,855
Veterinary Medicine	NA	$78,217	NA

Undergraduate Certificates or Diplomas

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	NA	$27,862	$30,910
Agricultural Business and Management	$34,270	NA	NA
Agricultural Production Operations	$21,879	NA	NA
Electrical and Power Transmission Installers	$38,974	NA	NA

Graduate/Professional Certificates

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Educational Administration and Supervision	$55,246	$48,600	$51,542
Educational/Instructional Media Design	$46,876	NA	NA
Public Health	$49,681	$52,941	NA

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