by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Murray State College was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Murray State College landed the #1,268 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Murray State College held the #1,677 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Murray State College also holds the #11 spot on the Best Colleges in Oklahoma ranking.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into Murray State College since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Murray State College, this ratio is 15 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Murray State College is 100%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a sign of how many full-time students like a college or university well enough to come back for their sophomore year. At Murray State College this rate is 60%, which is a bit lower than the national average of 68%.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,172 undergraduates at Murray State College with 908 being full-time and 1,264 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,454 | $9,352 | $15,116 | $15,096 | $18,344 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Murray State College, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Murray State College, approximately 33% of students took out student loans averaging $5,623 a year. That adds up to $22,492 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Murray State College are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | One Murray Campus, Tishomingo, OK 73460 |
| Phone: | 580-387-7000 |
| Website: | https://www.mscok.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 81 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 33 | NA |
| Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services | 26 | NA |
| Precision Systems Maintenance | 24 | NA |
| General Agriculture | 15 | NA |
| Behavioral Science | 14 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 13 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 10 | NA |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 9 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 9 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 1,981 students took at least one online class at Murray State College. This is an increase from the 1,805 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 1,981 | 1,309 |
| 2021-2022 | 1,805 | 1,174 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,753 | 1,000 |
| 2018-2019 | 1,528 | 593 |
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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