Mississippi State University

Mississippi State University is a public institution that was founded in 1878. Mississippi State University forms part of a cohesive town-university community with the growing agricultural-commercial-industrial town of Starkville. The University began as The Agricultural and Mechanical College of the State of Mississippi, one of the national Land-Grant Colleges. It is categorized in "R2: Doctoral Universities, Higher Research Activity" by the Carnegie Foundation and has a total research and development budget of $239.4 million, the largest in Mississippi. It is also listed as one of the state's flagship universities.