National Rankings
U.S.News & World Report ranked MSU as the ranked MSU as the number one
public university in the South in the master's level category
of “Great Schools/Great Prices.”

U.S.News & World report selected Murray as a “Top Public” university, ranking it number six in the South.

The Princeton Review ranked MSU among the nation's “Best Southeastern Colleges.”

Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked Murray among America's Top Public Universities for academic value. For best out-of-state deals, MSU ranked number 52 out of 500-plus colleges that were studied. For instate, Murray finished 54th. Murray was Kentucky's only regional
university honored.

Crime at College ranked MSU as one of the nation's safest college campuses.

Student Body
Total: 10,274 (Full-time 7,693; Part-time 2,581)
(59% female; 41% male)

Undergraduate: 8,585 (84%)

Graduate: 1,689 (16%)

African-American: 604 (6%)

International: 347 (3%)

45 states, 52 foreign countries, 101 Kentucky Counties

Out-of-state: 28%

MSU 18-county service region, all enrollments: 5,600 (55% of 10,274)

Students older than 24: 3,221 (31% of 10,274)