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Murray State University
Founded
in 1922, the Murray State University has grown from an enrollment
of 202 to more than 10,000 today. Murray State University has
been ranked
among the top 25 percent of Southern regional and liberal arts colleges
in U.S. News & World Report's annual publication, America's Best
Colleges. Recognition of the quality of MSU program is reflected
in accreditations.
Murray State has been continuously accredited by the Southern Association
of Colleges and Schools (SACS) since 1928.
Located in the Jackson Purchase lake area of west Kentucky, Murray State is a tax-supported university with five academic colleges and one school. The university's 232 main campus is in Murray, a city of 17,000. The main campus comprises 71 major buildings, including classroom and office buildings and two libraries.
The university began offering programs in business and public affairs in 1935. The College of Business and Public Affairs was formed in 1966. Since 1975, both undergraduate and graduate business program are accredited by AACSB-International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.
Strengths of the Murray State Programs
- Academic Excellence
- For years, Murray has been rated as a leading university. U.S.News rated Murray as one of the nation's top public universities, saying, "A degree from a distinguished college helps graduates get good jobs and gain entrance to the world's top graduate programs."
- An American Treasure
- Murray was one of only six public universities in the nation to be selected by Kaplan, Inc. as a "Hidden Treasure." The honor was based on the results of a Market Measurement, Inc., national survey of high school guidance counselors.
- A "Best Deal"
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance magazine ranked Murray as one of America's Top 40 Public Universities for overall academic quality and affordable tuition. We were also honored as one of the nation's Top Nine Universities in "Best Out-of-State Deals."
- U.S.News & World Report ranked Murray as the South's best public master's university in their list of "Great School at a Great Price." Here, your investment is sound.
- Satisfied Customers
- According to a Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education statewide survey of recent graduates, Murray outranks all Kentucky public universities in "graduate and alumni satisfaction."
- Murray State ranked "Very Competitive" by Barron's profiles of American College
- Barron's Profiles of American Colleges describes itself as the "Students' #1 Choice" in college guidebooks. The guidebook describes 1,650 institutions. The "very competitive" university status is based on data compiled and edited by the College Division of Barron's Educational Series, Inc., Hauppanuge, N.Y.