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Mississippi A&M

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State University seal.svg
Motto Learning, Service, Research
Type Public University
Land-Grant
Sea-Grant
Space-Grant
Established 1878
Academic affiliation
APLU
Endowment US$470,000,000 (2017)
President Mark E. Keenum
Academic staff
1,359
Administrative staff
3,361
Students 21,884 systemwide
Location Mississippi State, Starkville, Mississippi, U.S.
33°27′14″N 88°47′20″W / 33.454°N 88.789°W / 33.454; -88.789Coordinates: 33°27′14″N 88°47′20″W / 33.454°N 88.789°W / 33.454; -88.789
Campus Rural 4200 acres
Colors Maroon, White and Black
         
Nickname Bulldogs
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division ISEC
Mascot Bully
Website www.msstate.edu
Mississippi State University logo.svg
University rankings
National
Forbes 279
U.S. News & World Report 157
Washington Monthly 77

The Mississippi State University for Agriculture and Applied Science, commonly known as Mississippi State University (MSU), is a land-grant university in Oktibbeha County, Mississippi, United States, partially in the town of Starkville and mostly in an unincorporated area.Mississippi State, Mississippi is the official designation for the area that encompasses the university.

It is classified in the category of "R2: Doctoral Universities – Higher Research Activity" by the Carnegie Foundation. The university has campuses in Starkville (main), Meridian, Biloxi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi.

The university began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi (or Mississippi A&M), one of the national land-grant colleges established after Congress passed the Morrill Act in 1862. It was created by the Mississippi Legislature on February 28, 1878, to fulfill the mission of offering training in "agriculture, horticulture and the mechanical arts ... without excluding other scientific and classical studies, including military tactics." The university received its first students in the fall of 1880 in the presidency of General Stephen D. Lee.

In 1887 Congress passed the Hatch Act, which provided for the establishment of the Agricultural Experiment Station in 1888. The Cooperative Extension Service was established in 1914 by the Smith-Lever Act. The university has since had its mission expanded and redefined by the Legislature. In 1932, the Legislature renamed the university as Mississippi State College.


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