Metropolitan State University

Overview of Metropolitan State University

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MSU offers eight online bachelor’s degree programs, and yours may be one of them. This university is also ideal for working adults who are raising families. MSU has a student population of 7,592 and a solid student-to-faculty ratio of 15 to 1.

Top Rankings For Metropolitan State University

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Admissions

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Tuition Cost & Financial Aid

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Going to Metropolitan State University will cost you but, being a public rather than private university, it costs much less than private universities available in the state. The estimated total cost includes in- or out-of-state tuition, books, supplies, rent, food, utilities, and other various charges. This total cost is $30,442 for a recent academic year. However, depending on your eligibility for financial aid, you likely won’t have to pay the full amount.

The average net price refers to the cost to the student after financial aid has been applied to the total cost. As of a recent school year, this was $15,056. Still, since financial aid is allocated depending on your family’s annual income, you may still pay less (or more) than that. In a recent year, families earning less than $30,000 paid around $14,388, while families earning more than $100,001 paid around $21,590. About 86% of freshman students qualified for financial aid and slightly fewer (83%) received grants or scholarships averaging $6,828.

Sticker Price

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Academics

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Metropolitan State University offers a wide range of degree programs. The five most popular are business, management, marketing and related support programs; health professions and related programs; computer and information sciences and support services; multi/interdisciplinary studies; and public administration and social service professions.

No matter how you are accessing your classes, it’s going to take some time to get used to the faster pace of university classes. As a freshman student, this can be a bit frustrating; can you keep up? If you get past these hurdles and return for your second year, you’ll be part of the retention rate. A full 77% of students at MSU return after their first year, which is great and indicates that the school offers nearly everything the students need to succeed. The 4-year graduation rate is a bit low at 13% and the 6-year graduation rate more than doubles to reach 34%.

Student Population Total

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Outcome & Salary

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Graduates from Metropolitan State University earn early-career salaries of around $51,900 and their mid-career salaries increase to $84,300.

The average 4-year cost of education is $60, 224, which is going to be important in a minute. With those salaries as our base, we can see that graduates have a 10-year salary earning potential of $643,000 and a 20-year earning potential of $1,486,000. If you deduct your cost of education from both of these numbers, you can see your projected return on investment (ROI). Graduate’s 10-year projected ROI is $582,776 and their 20-year projected ROI is $1,425,776.

Comparatively, a high school graduate’s national average salary is $38,792. Their 10-year projected income is $387,920 and their 20-year projected income is $775,840.

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