MSU engineering R&D in Top 50

Mississippi State University ranks among America's top research universities and Top 50 for engineering research and development, according to data released from the National Science Foundation’s Higher Education Research and Development Survey for FY-2011. It places MSU 91st overall among all institutions based on its $226.1 million in total R&D expenditures. MSU’s 4,000 research staff numbers account for 60 percent of Mississippi institutions’ total R&D personnel; and nearly 50 percent of the state’s total research expenditures. In addition, MSU was designated one of 108 schools nationwide for its advancement of research-activity teaching by the Carnegie Foundation. The distinction represents the highest level of doctorate-granting universities in the nation; and the only state school with that distinction. Source: WTVA-TV, Tupelo-Columbus, Miss., Aug. 15, 2013.