Mississippi State University Guide for Transfer Students

A GUIDE FOR

T R AN S FE R STUDENTS

AD M ISSIO N S . M S S TAT E . E DU

T R A N S F E R R I N G

TO MSU #1 CHOICE FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS IN THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI ONE OF THE TOP SEC UNIVERSITIES FOR TRANSFER ENROLLMENT

Plan your visit to campus campusvisit.msstate.edu

2026

Timeline for students entering in Summer or Fall of 2027

AUGUST 1 apply.msstate.edu • Application for Summer and Fall 2027 admission goes live • Submit non-refundable application fee or submit the NACAC fee waiver • Send all college-level transcripts to admit@msstate.edu • Once you are admitted, complete the steps below For students planning to enter in the Spring of 2027, the Admissions Application opens August 5, 2026.

Find admissions requirements at admissions.msstate.edu/transfer.

OCTOBER 1

my.msstate.edu

2027

• General Scholarship Application goes live • Submit the FAFSA at studentaid.gov once it goes live.

MSU's code: 002423

FEBRUARY 1

orientation.msstate.edu

• Sign up for Orientation to confirm you are attending MSU After completing your last semester, send your final, official transcript(s) to MSU.

MARCH 1 scholarships.msstate.edu • General Scholarship Application Priority Date

ON TRACK TO

TRANSFER? Class Credit Review Visit transfercourses.msstate.edu to check out how your classes transfer to Mississippi State! All accredited Mississippi institutions and many out-of-state institutions are listed. If your institution is not listed, email us to request to have your courses reviewed: transferarticulation@registrar.msstate.edu

CHECK HOW YOUR CLASSES TRANSFER

TRANSFER STUDENTS RECEIVED

$13.7+ MILLION IN SCHOLARSHIPS

LAST YEAR

YEARLY TUITION (Includes Fall & Spring Semesters) In-State Tuition & Fees

$11,095

Non-Resident Tuition & Fees

$30,086

Additional fees may apply.

Housing and meal costs are not included in tuition and fees and are subject to vary.

Additional information and average housing and meal costs can be found at admissions.msstate.edu/afford.

Tuition and Fees listed are for the 2026–2027 academic year and are subject to change without notice by the Board of Trustees-Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning.

Non-Resident Military Tuition Waiver 100% of the non-resident portion of tuition is waived for veterans, active-duty service members, and their dependents.

Students who qualify for and are approved for the Non-Resident Military Tuition Waiver (NRMTW) will receive a waiver for the non-resident portion of their tuition (currently valued at $18,991) in place of the Non-Resident Scholarship, if the Non-Resident Scholarship is less than the value of the NRMTW.

FINANCIAL AID Federal Aid for those who qualify (Grants, Loans, Work-Study) studentaid.gov

MSU’s code: 002423 State Aid for Mississippi residents who qualify (MTAG, MESG, HELP, etc.) msfinancialaid.org For information about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), visit studentaid.gov.

SCHOLARSHIPS Explore your potential scholarships at scholarships.msstate.edu The priority date for completing the General Scholarship Application (GSA) for maximum consideration of competitive scholarships for transfer students, including private and departmental, is March 1, 2027, for the 2027-2028 academic year. Dates vary for performance scholarships. Some of these scholarships require 48 transferable community college hours applicable to a bachelor’s degree at MSU. Find details online. Once admitted to MSU, submit the GSA and check your myState account often for updates.

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EXPERIENCE

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KNOWLEDGE Inside & Outside of the Classroom admissions.msstate.edu/experiential-learning

CO−OPS MSU’s Cooperative Education program allows you to work alongside professionals and gain valuable industry experience. Co-op experience can be gained for three alternating semesters (one work semester, one school semester, etc.).

PART−TIME JOBS The Starkville and MSU communities support current students through a wide variety of on and off-campus jobs.

CAREER CENTER Find your path, polish your resume, and wow potential employers at on-campus career fairs.

Our Career Center staff members are here to help you launch your career.

INTERNSHIPS Internships often provide students with work experience in addition to taking classes full-time. Mississippi State students can excel in internships regardless of the location – be it in-state, nationally, or globally.

WORK−STUDY JOBS Positions are available on campus for students who qualify for this form of financial aid.

Students who don’t qualify can still apply for numerous non–work-study positions.

STUDY ABROAD Mississippi State University offers diverse study abroad programs that immerse students in global cultures while earning academic credit. With destinations across six continents, MSU supports students in developing international perspectives and valuable career skills.

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A D VA N C E Y O U R C A R E E R W I T H O N E O F O U R

BACHELOR OF APPLIED SCIENCE DEGREES MSU’s Bachelor of Applied Science degree program allows you to apply your technical education credits earned from an accredited community college or the military to a bachelor’s degree. If you are in the process of finishing your Associate of Applied Science degree, the BAS program may be the perfect next step! Transfer up to 60 hours of earned credits, 45 of which may be technical.

Major in Business Office Technology, Construction Technology, Cybersecurity, Healthcare Administration, Organizational Leadership, Public Management, Weather and Environmental Science, or Professional Studies Professional Studies majors will choose from the following emphasis areas: • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Advanced Manufacturing* Agriculture Education, Leadership, and Communications Agricultural Engineering, Technology, and Business Animal and Dairy Sciences Applied Behavioral Analysis* Communication* Construction Technology* Counselor Education - Mental Health* Criminology* Educational Psychology* Entomology Event Hospitality Services Fashion Design and Merchandising Retail Certificate* Forestry General Business* General Technology* Geosciences* Healthcare Administration* Health Promotion*

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Healthcare Services* History* Kinesiology Operations Management Engineering* Organizational Leadership* Psychology* Social Work* Special Education Sustainable Bioproducts Wildlife, Fisheries, and Aquaculture

*Emphasis areas marked with an asterisk above are offered online.

A BAS Advisor is ready to help you! msstate.edu/bas

HELPFUL LINKS Connect with your Transfer Admissions Counselor ABOUT MSU

DINING

POINTS OF PRIDE

ACADEMICS

FINANCIAL AID

SCHOLARSHIPS

APPLY

MSU ONLINE

SHACKOULS HONORS COLLEGE

CAMPUS LIFE

OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

COLLEGE VIEW

ON-CAMPUS HOUSING

TRANSFER EQUIVALENCIES

CURRICULUM

ORIENTATION

admissions.msstate.edu/about admissions.msstate.edu/academics apply.msstate.edu

campuslife.msstate.edu/transfer livecollegeview.com

catalog.msstate.edu

dining.msstate.edu sfa.msstate.edu

online.msstate.edu

offcampushousing.msstate.edu housing.msstate.edu

pridepoints.msstate.edu

scholarships.msstate.edu honors.msstate.edu

cowbellconnect.msstate.edu

transfercourses.msstate.edu

orientation.msstate.edu

N O T E S & C O N TAC T I N F O R M AT I O N

admit@msstate.edu | (662) 325-2224

ACADEMIC COLLEGES, MAJORS & CONCENTRATIONS For more information, visit: majors.msstate.edu COLLEGE OF INTEGRATIVE STUDIES datascience.msstate.edu

Data Science • Biomedical Informatics • Business Information Systems • Computational Agriculture & Natural Resources • Computational Intelligence • Geoinformatics • Marketing & Supply Chain Analytics • Psychoinformatics • Social Data Analytics • Sports Science • Statistical Modeling • Visualization & Visual Analytics for Built Environment • Quantum Computing

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE & LIFE SCIENCES cals.msstate.edu

Agribusiness • Management • Ag & Food Entrepreneurship • Food Science & Business Agricultural Engineering Technology & Business • Enterprise Management • Natural Resources & Environmental Management • Precision Agriculture • Surveying/Geomatics Agricultural Education, Leadership & Communications • Agricultural Communications • Agricultural Leadership • Agricultural Education Agricultural Science Agronomy • Ag & Environmental Soil Sciences • Golf & Sports Turf Management • Integrated Crop Management • Integrated Pest Management Animal & Dairy Sciences • Business & Industry • Food Science • Pre-Vet/Science • Pre-Veterinary Medical Technology • Production Management Biochemistry • Bioinformatics • Entomology • Food Science • Forensic Sciences • Plant Pathology • Pre-Dental • Pre-Medicine • Pre-MBA • Pre-Optometry • Pre-Pharmacy • Pre-Veterinary Medicine • Public Policy • Science Culinology Environmental Economics & Sustainability Environmental Science in Ag Systems Fashion Design & Merchandising • Design & Product Development • Merchandising Food Science, Nutrition & Health Promotion • Food & Nutrition • Food Safety • Food Science • Food Science Tech-Processing • Pre-Health Professions Horticulture • Food Innovation, Safety & Quality • Floral Management • Floriculture & Ornamental • Fruit & Vegetable Production Human Development & Family Science • Child Development** • Child Life • Family & Consumer Sciences Teacher Education • Family Science • Youth Development** Landscape Architecture Landscape Contracting • Ecosystem Management • Landscape Business Management Poultry Science • Applied Poultry Management • Science & Pre-Veterinary Science

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, ART & DESIGN caad.msstate.edu

Architecture Art Foundations* • Fine Arts • Graphic Design • Photography Building Construction Science Construction Technology** Integrated Design & Built Environment Interior Design

COLLEGE OF ARTS & SCIENCES cas.msstate.edu

Anthropology Applied Sociology Biological Sciences • Applied Sociology • Botany • Pre-Dental • Pre-Health Records Administration • Pre-Med • Pre-Nursing • Pre-Occupational Therapy • Pre-Optometry • Pre-Physical Therapy • Pre-Vet • Zoology Chemistry • American Chemical Society • Pre-Health • Pre-Med • Pre-Pharmacy Clinical Laboratory Sciences Communication, Media & Theatre • Broadcast & Digital Journalism • Communication & Media Studies** • Print & Digital Journalism • Public Relations** • Theatre Criminology Economics English Foreign Language • Asian Studies • Classics • French • German • Spanish Geoscience • Broadcast Meteorology • Environmental Geoscience • Geographic Information Systems • Geography • Professional Geology • Professional Meteorology General Science History** Interdisciplinary Studies** • Entertainment Technology Liberal Arts • Environmental Justice • Gender Studies • International Studies • Linguistics • Political Communication Mathematics Microbiology • Pre-Vet Music Philosophy • Pre-Ministry • Religion Physics Political Science Psychology** Social Work Sociology Weather & Environmental Science**

COLLEGE OF BUSINESS business.msstate.edu

All business majors offer a concentration in International Business Accounting Business Administration** Business Economics Business Information Systems Entrepreneurship Finance • Risk Management & Insurance Management Marketing • Integrated Digital Marketing • PGA Golf Management Supply Chain Logistics

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION educ.msstate.edu

Applied Behavior Analysis Educational Psychology** Elementary Education** • Early Childhood • Middle School Industrial Technology • Industrial Automation** • Industrial Coatings** • Industrial Packaging** • Manufacturing & Maintenance** • Process Technology** Kinesiology • Clinical Exercise Physiology • Neuromechanics • Physical Activity & Coaching • Physical Education & Coaching • Sport Administration • Strength & Conditioning Learner & User Experience Design** Music Education Performance • Guitar • Instrumental • Keyboard • Vocal Secondary Education • Biology Education • Chemistry Education • English Education • Mathematics Education • Physics Education • Social Studies Education Special Education

BAGLEY COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING bagley.msstate.edu

Aerospace Engineering • Aeronautics • Astronautics Artificial Intelligence Biosystems Engineering Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering • Biomolecular Engineering • Chemical Engineering Practice • Chemical Engineering Research & Development Civil Engineering • Environmental Engineering Computer Engineering Computer Science • Artificial Intelligence • Computational Science • Human & Visual Computing • Systems Cybersecurity Electrical Engineering • Power & Energy Systems* Industrial & Systems Engineering Mechanical Engineering Petroleum Engineering Software Engineering

SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE MEMBER INSTITUTION

COLLEGE OF FOREST RESOURCES cfr.msstate.edu

Forestry • Environmental Conservation • Forest Business • Forest Management • Urban Forestry • Wildlife Management Natural Resource & Environmental Conservation • Natural Resource Law & Administration • Natural Resource Technology • Resource Conservation Science Sustainable Bioproducts Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture • Conservation Biology • Conservation Law Enforcement • Human-Wildlife Interactions • Wildlife Agriculture Conservation • Wildlife, Fisheries & Aquaculture Science • Wildlife Veterinary Medicine

COLLEGE OF VETERINARY MEDICINE vetmed.msstate.edu

Veterinary Medical Technology

COLLEGE OF PROFESSIONAL & CONTINUING STUDIES cpcs.msstate.edu

Bachelor of Applied Science** • Professional Studies** • Business Office Technology** • Public Management** Organizational Leadership**

CONCENTRATIONS IN PRE-PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS admissions.msstate.edu/pre-professional

As concentrations (not majors), some of these programs are available in several majors.

Pre-Dental (Biochemistry; Bio-Science) Pre-Health Professions (Food Science; Nutrition & Health Promotion) Pre-Health Records Administration (Bio-Science) Pre-Medicine (Biochemistry; Bio-Science; Chemistry) Pre-Ministry (Philosophy) Pre-MBA (Biochemistry) Pre-Nursing (Bio-Science) Pre-Occupational Therapy (Bio-Science) Pre-Optometry (Biochemistry; Bio-Science) Pre-Pharmacy (Biochemistry, Chemistry) Pre-Physical Therapy (Bio-Science) Pre-Veterinary Medicine (Animal & Dairy Sciences; Biochemistry; Bio-Science; Microbiology; Poultry Science; Wildlife) Pre-Law (offered as a minor for any major)

* Concentrations declared in sophomore year pending portfolio review ** Indicates program is also offered fully online through MSU Online

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(Updated May 2026)