MSU earns record high R&D

The National Science Foundation’s annual higher education research and development survey places Mississippi State University 92nd overall among institutions – based on $233.2 million spent – in total research and development expenditures. State’s R&D research – a record high for the university - also accounts for 48.9 percent of expenditures reported by all of Mississippi’s colleges. Nationally, MSU is ranks 54th in non-medical school R&D expenditures; and 62nd among all public colleges. MSU ranks No. 6 in agricultural science R&D expenditures – a Top 10 for the 12th straight year; No. 51 in engineering; and 43rd in computer science. Source: National Science Foundation, 04/15/1
(Gulf Coast note: MSU is among the nation’s leading-edge R&D and testing of manned and unmanned aerospace vehicles and composite materials. MSU ranked just ahead of Florida State University among all institutions in R&D expenditures. Vanderbilt University in Tennessee ranked No. 34 and the University of Alabama at Birmingham was 41st.)