Michigan State University Reviews

"The MSU School of Human Resources and Labor Relations is the best decision I've ever made. They provide amazing professional development, career support, and networking opportunities. It really is a hidden gem within the university. The career placement rate is also astounding. There is a little bit of competition among the students for jobs, but the amount of collaboration is also amazing."

"Overall, I really enjoyed my time at MSU College of Law. The professors are very friendly and the staff is always willing to help. I think MSU has a great variety of programs such as Trial Practice Institute, Clinics, Certifications, Alternative Dispute Resolution Center, etc. compared to other law schools."

"MSU College of Nursing has been very supportive, both with faculty mentors and funding opportunities."

"The Department of Anthropology at MSU is similar to my days in middle school. The faculty are dramatic, political, passive aggressive, competitive, and half at at the other half's throats. It is nothing short of frustrating to have to work with them. In the years I have been a student, I have lost three committee members to the politics. This has greatly affected the progress of my career as a doctoral student, and caused issues in adding new members, due to the politics. It is ridiculous. Furthermore, the lack of funding and continuous addition of new graduate students with no funding creates a competitive atmosphere for the students. It is uncomfortable and no one is happy with such awful circumstances. Do not come to this program without guaranteed funding for at least five years. Aside from this nonsense, the actual classes are excellent and your fellow students and the other social science departments will be your best resources and best friends."

"The program is in transition and while I believe I have gotten an excellent education, the department culture leaves something to be desired."

"This experience so far has been very worthwhile. While the workload is a lot, that is too be expected in a program on the weekends that is compressed into an 18 month time period. Very diverse group of students from a variety of fields. The program's management does a great job of mixing up groups and setting the students up for an overall great experience."

"Pros: -Promote and educate the philosophy of osteopathic medicine. -Provide medical students not only with a strong educational basis for the field of medicine but to also produce competent and compassionate osteopathic physicians that treat the patient as an individual with a holistic approach. -Community outreach programs within various community throughout Michigan. East Lansing, Downtown Detroit and Suburban Macomb Township. -Camaraderie among fellow students without the cut throat competitiveness that some medical schools encourage. - No ranking system. Only Pass/Fail. -Support for students in all aspects of their medical career both professional and personal. Cons: -Compacted and fast paced courses, which are now being remedied with an ever-evolving curriculum. -Loan reimbursement based on housing of East Lansing campus and does not consider the more expensive cost of living if deciding to go to one of MSUCOM Southeast Michigan campus sites. (Detroit or Macomb) -Lack of choice in deciding to purchase course pack or not. Some students prefer the textbooks and do not utilize the course pack, but are required to purchase the course pack within the tuition hence increasing the amount of tuition a student has to pay back at the end of graduation."

"Overall, I have had a great experience at MSU. My program is very competitive and I have had the opportunity to meet and learn from some great minds."

"MSU Law has a great program with great faculty. The professors are always accessible when needed and they truly want you to receive a good education. Most will go to any lengths to ensure the students understand the material. I have a good group of friends and support system here and they make the stresses of law school more bearable."

"The program's training emphasis on “the fundamental relationship between the social systems in which individuals are embedded” provides an exemplary research experience that addresses multiple intersections. To add, the dedication to diversity and level of community involvement at the local, state, and national levels is ideal. The department employs some of the top professors in the field and maintains a high level of academic rigor, resources, and overall student support. The work load can be difficult to manage at times. Professors have limited availability but are attentive to students when available."

"The graduate program for accounting majors at Michigan State University is very time-consuming and challenging. The competitiveness to get in is very high, but once you are in, it is not very competitive grade-wise. The faculty want you to be engaged and committed to learning the material because it was a personal choice that each and every student made to attend graduate school. However, the financial aid as far as scholarships goes, it very little. You would have to have had honors or high honors in order to receive a nice amount of financial aid. Otherwise, your only option is loans."

"I feel that this program's strengths are its many and diverse faculty, curriculum offerings, and funding options. Our program has a strong international presence and has funded many students through international studies. The African Studies Center has been one of the top three in the nation for the past decade. It has funded and worked with many African universities, museums, NGOs, farmers, and exchange students. We also have very strong ties in Asia with ties to many projects in Asian countries and a large number of Chinese students. The cons of the program would be that it needs to foster a better relationship between faculty and students, devote more money to travel grants for conferences, to lessen the number of dissertation credits that grad students must take to graduate, provide more support staff instead of using student labor in the office, and have more advisers available as well as a higher number of assistantships."

"I thoroughly enjoy going to Michigan State University College of Law. I respect and appreciate the availability of faculty and staff and enjoy my classes and learning new things everyday. However, since it is in a big undergraduate town, transportation and parking are not easy to come by and cost of living is expensive. I like the curricula at this Law College and enjoy the people I have met there."

"Michigan State University's College of Music is a destination college for graduate degrees in Music Education. The faculty are very active, providing insight into community affairs, conducting research studies, publishing new ideas, and perpetuating innovation in the field. They are brilliant, knowledgeable, and encouraging. Class sizes are small, providing a great deal of one on one time with the professors. Even though the College of Music is quite large, each student is an individual and treated as such. The performing ensembles are top notch, and participating in these ensembles is a requirement of the degree program. This is rarely expected at other institutions. The program challenges me in ways that I would have never expected, and I am grateful for the opportunity to study here!"

"Highly competitive and great for networking."

"Terrible organization and hierachy, lots of lazy secretary types and no one takes responsibility for improving the program. Pros huge university good bit of research money and lots of resources. Only school in the country with 4 medical schools (CVM, CHM, COM, Nursing) and no medical library"

"Wonderful faculty and support staff. Very much of a community feel. The three week clinical rotations are much to the advantage of the students. Top of the line medicine and diversity of caseload."

"Pros are very demanding yet supportive faculty, strong support within the sub-disciplines, great opportunities for cross-disciplinary research, inclusive cohorts, good facilities and diverse faculty research programs. Cons are some disagreement about the trajectory of the department between the sub-disciplines, an unsupportive College of Social Science Dean, and lack of financial aid for most graduate students."

"Michigan State has a great graduate program in English literature. They are especially wealthy in the area of American literature (mostly nineteenth century). MSU is competitive in the Big Ten and has its place as a "public ivy." The major con is their lack of specific programs (for example, classics) as well as their location in East Lansing (not being the metropolis that some universities call home."

"The department is disjointed making the graduate student experience difficult. Opportunities are rare because there are too many graduate students in the department. Some graduate student are unethically competitive and many have moved away from campus to seek job opportunities, making a community environment impossible. Luckily the university offers a number of specializations and other professional opportunities."