What is Mississippi State University?
'''Mississippi State University''' is a [[university]] in [[Oktibbeha County, Mississippi]], just outside the city limits of [[Starkville, Mississippi|Starkville]]. It has 22,649 students and has the largest single-campus enrollment of any college in the state of [[Mississippi]].<ref>[http://www.ihl.state.ms.us/ihl/newsstory.asp?ID=643 http://www.msstate.edu/web/media/detail.php?id=4669]</ref> (The [[University of Mississippi]] has more total students, but almost all of its health science programs are housed in its medical center in [[Jackson, Mississippi|Jackson]] instead of its main campus near [[Oxford, Mississippi|Oxford]].) The college was opened in 1878 as a [[land-grant university]]. Its sports teams, nicknamed Bulldogs, play in the [[Southeastern Conference]]. ==References== <references /> ==Other websites== *[http://www.msstate.edu/ Official website] *[http://www.hailstate.com/ Official sports website] {{Southeastern Conference}} {{Public Colleges and Universities in Mississippi}} {{authority control}} [[Category:Colleges and universities in Mississippi]] [[Category:Southeastern Conference|Mississippi State]] [[Category:1878 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1870s establishments in Mississippi]]