Mississippi State is ranked by the National Science Foundation as one of the nation’s Top 100 research institutions.
As an institution, Mississippi State prides itself in promoting programs and services designed to encourage academic success and career readiness. The MSU Career Center is committed to ensuring our students smoothly transition into career ready professionals by nurturing professional growth through skills that enhance critical thinking, oral/written communication, teamwork, leadership, professionalism, career management, and global/intercultural fluency – all of which are identified as Career Readiness Competencies and are skillsets that employers across the country seek when hiring graduates. Through the combination of instruction from our esteemed faculty, promotion of career competencies, and the inclusion of practical work experience students gain through programs such as our accredited Cooperative Education and Internship Program, 80% of our Mississippi State graduates are either employed or continuing education upon graduation, and this assurance to our students and graduates is the overall benefit of obtaining an academic degree from Mississippi State.