Campuses

Starkville Campus

The main campus of Mississippi State University adjoins the city of Starkville, 25 miles west of Columbus and 120 miles northeast of Jackson. Highways 82, 12, and 25 provide easy access to the University. Air service is available through the Golden Triangle Regional Airport located between Starkville and Columbus. The University has its own postal designation and zip code: Mississippi State, MS 39762. The Starkville zip code is 39759.

Meridian Campus

Mississippi State University-Meridian is a regional, upper-division, degree-granting campus of Mississippi State University.  Located in east-central Mississippi, the campus is non-residential and provides site-based credit and non-credit coursework, as well as classes through distance learning, using resident faculty, MSU Starkville faculty, and part-time adjunct instructors.  Junior, senior, and graduate-level courses offered at Mississippi State-Meridian enable students to fulfill all or some requirements for bachelor’s, master’s, specialist’s and doctoral degrees.  Students may also elect to enroll in specific classes for professional or personal growth.

A friendly atmosphere providing personal attention, a convenient location, and a diverse student population flavor the educational experience at MSU-Meridian. Through the flexibility of day and evening classes at the MSU-Meridian Campus, both non-traditional adult students and traditional college-age students are able to continue employment, maintain important roles in family life, contribute to their communities, and still obtain a quality Mississippi State University education.

Mississippi State-Meridian serves as a proud symbol of the University’s heritage as “the people’s University” and to its commitment of providing quality higher education through the missions of learning, research, and service.

Location

Mississippi State University-Meridian is comprised of two campuses.  The College Park campus is located on 26 acres at 1000 Highway 19 North in Meridian, a short drive northwest of Exit 150 off Interstates 20/59.  The Downtown Campus is located in the heart of Meridian’s downtown, off 22^nd Avenue and 5^th Street.

Teleclassrooms

Interactive “video conference classrooms” allow students on the Meridian and Starkville campuses, and at sites anywhere in the world, to receive instruction and interact through two-way video and audio distance technologies.  This greatly improves MSU-Meridian’s ability to expand the scope of its service and still maintain courses of the highest quality.  The development of web-based (direct-to-desktop) delivery systems is also being utilized to facilitate the delivery of asynchronous and synchronous real time audio and video through computer-based technologies and the Internet.

Library Facilities

The MSU University Libraries, with a branch operation on the Meridian Campus, supports the teaching, research, and service needs of the MSU-Meridian Campus community. Meridian Campus faculty, students, and staff have full access to all the electronic collections offered by the University Libraries, including scholarly journals, government documents, books, newspapers, and reference materials. Physical items located on the Starkville Campus are accessible through Interlibrary Loan and the Library Express document delivery service at no charge to the MSU-Meridian community.  An “Electronic Library Room” is available so that individuals at MSU-Meridian may access these online resources and services, including online workshops and podcasts.  Materials selected and purchased by and for MSU-Meridian are added to the L. O. Todd Library and are available to both communities through a partnership between MSU-Meridian and the Meridian Community College.

Students

Approximately one-half of the MSU-Meridian students reside in Lauderdale County. The remainder commute from Alabama and from 32 surrounding Mississippi counties, including Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott, and Wayne.  Advancements in course offerings, programs, and distance-learning technology are expected to further expand the scope of service.

Degrees

For graduate degrees (all or in part) offered at MSU-Meridian, please refer to the section titled Degrees and Majors Offered .