The agency's National Center for Education Statistics shows the public institution in Lansing conferred 1678 bachelor's degrees and 758 master's degrees in business, management, marketing, and related support services programs.
But the single most popular program was for a bachelor's degree in advertising. Data shows the school gave out 515 bachelor's degrees in advertising, followed by 387 bachelor's degrees in logistics, materials, and supply chain management and 376 bachelor's degrees in general economics.
The university enrolled 50,351 students for 2017-18, including 39,423 in undergraduate programs and 10,928 in graduate programs.
Degrees awarded for 2017-18
| Program | Bachelor's degrees awarded | Graduate and professional degrees awarded | Certificates awarded | Total degrees and certificates awarded | Percent of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 387 | 45 | - | 432 | |
| Finance, General | 351 | 42 | - | 393 | |
| Accounting | 248 | 137 | - | 385 | |
| Hospitality Administration/Management, General | 252 | 10 | - | 262 | |
| Business Administration and Management, General | 158 | 66 | - | 224 | |
| Organizational Leadership | - | 196 | 3 | 199 | |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 173 | 5 | - | 178 | |
| Business/Commerce, General | - | 112 | - | 112 | |
| Marketing Research | - | 72 | - | 72 | |
| Actuarial Science | 61 | - | - | 61 | |
| Labor and Industrial Relations | - | 50 | - | 50 | |
| Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General | 39 | - | 3 | 42 | |
| Business Statistics | - | 33 | - | 33 | |
| Human Resources Management and Services, Other | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Information Resources Management | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Restaurant/Food Services Management | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Organizational Behavior Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Operations Management and Supervision | - | - | - | - | |
| Labor Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services total | 1,678 | 770 | 8 | 2,456 | 19.1 |
| Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy | - | 273 | - | 273 | |
| Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse | 187 | 54 | - | 241 | |
| Clinical/Medical Social Work | - | 212 | - | 212 | |
| Medicine | - | 189 | - | 189 | |
| Veterinary Medicine | - | 106 | - | 106 | |
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 80 | 9 | - | 89 | |
| Public Health, General | - | 64 | 15 | 79 | |
| Dietetics/Dietitian | 61 | - | - | 61 | |
| Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician and Veterinary Assistant | 24 | - | 10 | 34 | |
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | - | 32 | - | 32 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 20 | - | - | 20 | |
| Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling/Counselor | - | 13 | - | 13 | |
| Nursing Practice | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions, Other | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Nursing Science | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Environmental Health | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Pre-Veterinary Studies | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Large Animal/Food Animal and Equine Surgery and Medicine | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Music Therapy/Therapist | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| International Public Health/International Health | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Small/Companion Animal Surgery and Medicine | - | - | - | - | |
| Public Health, Other | - | - | - | - | |
| Health Professions and Related Programs total | 376 | 966 | 29 | 1,371 | 10.7 |
| Advertising | 515 | 10 | - | 525 | |
| Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 245 | 13 | - | 258 | |
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 218 | 13 | - | 231 | |
| Journalism | 103 | 22 | 1 | 126 | |
| Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia | - | 25 | - | 25 | |
| Health Communication | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Public Relations/Image Management | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs total | 1,081 | 96 | 1 | 1,178 | 9.2 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 363 | 3 | - | 366 | |
| Neuroscience | 164 | 7 | - | 171 | |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 120 | 9 | - | 129 | |
| Physiology, General | 75 | 5 | - | 80 | |
| Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | 55 | 8 | - | 63 | |
| Microbiology, General | 53 | 7 | - | 60 | |
| Molecular Genetics | 60 | - | - | 60 | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology | - | 38 | - | 38 | |
| Environmental Biology | 23 | - | - | 23 | |
| Entomology | 4 | 15 | - | 19 | |
| Biochemistry | 18 | - | - | 18 | |
| Botany/Plant Biology | 9 | 5 | - | 14 | |
| Environmental Toxicology | - | 14 | - | 14 | |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | - | 10 | - | 10 | |
| Epidemiology | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Plant Genetics | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Biostatistics | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Genetics, General | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | - | - | 3 | 3 | |
| Pharmacology and Toxicology, Other | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Parasitology | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | - | - | - | - | |
| Biological And Biomedical Sciences total | 944 | 160 | 5 | 1,109 | 8.6 |
| Economics, General | 376 | 19 | - | 395 | |
| Social Sciences, General | 162 | - | - | 162 | |
| Political Science and Government, General | 126 | 10 | - | 136 | |
| Sociology | 113 | 9 | - | 122 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 95 | - | - | 95 | |
| Anthropology | 38 | 12 | - | 50 | |
| Geography | 22 | 10 | - | 32 | |
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Economics, Other | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Research Methodology and Quantitative Methods | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Social Sciences total | 938 | 62 | - | 1,000 | 7.8 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 237 | 25 | - | 262 | |
| Chemical Engineering | 165 | 9 | - | 174 | |
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 98 | 40 | - | 138 | |
| Engineering, General | 107 | - | - | 107 | |
| Civil Engineering, General | 77 | 19 | - | 96 | |
| Computer Engineering, General | 46 | - | - | 46 | |
| Agricultural Engineering | 36 | 9 | - | 45 | |
| Materials Engineering | 30 | - | - | 30 | |
| Engineering, Other | 26 | - | - | 26 | |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| Engineering Mechanics | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
| Engineering total | 822 | 117 | - | 939 | 7.3 |
| Education, General | 153 | 38 | - | 191 | |
| Educational/Instructional Technology | - | 121 | 62 | 183 | |
| Curriculum and Instruction | - | 115 | - | 115 | |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | - | 28 | 22 | 50 | |
| Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities | 42 | - | - | 42 | |
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | - | 39 | - | 39 | |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services | - | 33 | - | 33 | |
| Special Education and Teaching, General | - | 29 | - | 29 | |
| History Teacher Education | 11 | - | - | 11 | |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | - | 9 | - | 9 | |
| Art Teacher Education | 9 | - | - | 9 | |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| English/Language Arts Teacher Education | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Urban Education and Leadership | - | - | 7 | 7 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | |
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Education, Other | - | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language, Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research, Other | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Educational Statistics and Research Methods | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Education total | 221 | 448 | 105 | 774 | 6 |
| Animal Sciences, General | 140 | 12 | - | 152 | |
| Agricultural Business and Management, General | 65 | - | 42 | 107 | |
| Food Science | 43 | 45 | - | 88 | |
| Soil Science and Agronomy, General | 53 | 10 | - | 63 | |
| Horticultural Science | 28 | 5 | - | 33 | |
| Horse Husbandry/Equine Science and Management | - | - | 20 | 20 | |
| Dairy Science | - | - | 18 | 18 | |
| Agricultural Economics | - | 13 | - | 13 | |
| Crop Production | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
| Agricultural Production Operations, General | - | - | 13 | 13 | |
| Turf and Turfgrass Management | - | - | 12 | 12 | |
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Livestock Management | - | - | 8 | 8 | |
| Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Viticulture and Enology | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Dairy Husbandry and Production | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences total | 329 | 85 | 137 | 551 | 4.3 |
| Psychology, General | 335 | 30 | - | 365 | |
| School Psychology | - | 20 | 2 | 22 | |
| Applied Behavior Analysis | - | 7 | 7 | 14 | |
| Psychology, Other | - | 3 | 5 | 8 | |
| Psychology total | 335 | 60 | 14 | 409 | 3.2 |
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 310 | 41 | - | 351 | |
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management, General | 21 | - | - | 21 | |
| Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies total | 331 | 41 | - | 372 | 2.9 |
| Music Performance, General | 11 | 57 | - | 68 | |
| Music Pedagogy | 22 | 26 | - | 48 | |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 34 | 3 | - | 37 | |
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 32 | 2 | - | 34 | |
| Graphic Design | 22 | - | - | 22 | |
| Interior Design | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
| Fashion/Apparel Design | 17 | - | - | 17 | |
| Game and Interactive Media Design | - | - | 17 | 17 | |
| Conducting | - | 17 | - | 17 | |
| Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General | - | 16 | - | 16 | |
| Music Theory and Composition | 4 | 12 | - | 16 | |
| Jazz/Jazz Studies | 11 | 2 | - | 13 | |
| Film/Cinema/Video Studies | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Music, General | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Keyboard Instruments | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 3 | - | - | 3 | |
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts total | 189 | 142 | 17 | 348 | 2.7 |
| Packaging Science | 197 | 17 | - | 214 | |
| Construction Engineering Technology/Technician | 51 | 7 | - | 58 | |
| Engineering Technology and Engineering-Related Fields total | 248 | 24 | - | 272 | 2.1 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 211 | 40 | - | 251 | |
| Information Technology Project Management | 13 | - | - | 13 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services total | 224 | 40 | - | 264 | 2.1 |
| Chemistry, General | 60 | 32 | - | 92 | |
| Physics, General | 46 | 33 | - | 79 | |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 38 | 3 | - | 41 | |
| Astrophysics | 7 | 4 | - | 11 | |
| Materials Science | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Physical Sciences | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Chemical Physics | 2 | - | - | 2 | |
| Physical Sciences total | 159 | 79 | - | 238 | 1.8 |
| Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration | 147 | 31 | - | 178 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other | - | 37 | - | 37 | |
| Forensic Science and Technology | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services total | 147 | 69 | - | 216 | 1.7 |
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | 68 | 19 | - | 87 | |
| Environmental Studies | 61 | - | - | 61 | |
| Forestry, General | 16 | 8 | - | 24 | |
| Natural Resource Economics | 19 | - | - | 19 | |
| Environmental Science | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Natural Resources Management and Policy | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Forestry, Other | - | - | 5 | 5 | |
| Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Natural Resources and Conservation total | 172 | 36 | 5 | 213 | 1.7 |
| Mathematics, General | 88 | 12 | - | 100 | |
| Statistics, General | 19 | 31 | - | 50 | |
| Computational Mathematics | 15 | - | - | 15 | |
| Applied Mathematics, General | - | 6 | - | 6 | |
| Mathematics and Statistics total | 122 | 49 | - | 171 | 1.3 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 59 | - | - | 59 | |
| International/Global Studies | 55 | - | - | 55 | |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 41 | - | - | 41 | |
| Science, Technology and Society | 10 | - | - | 10 | |
| Computational Science | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| Biological and Physical Sciences | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Museology/Museum Studies | - | - | - | - | |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies total | 166 | 1 | 1 | 168 | 1.3 |
| Family and Community Services | 100 | 9 | - | 109 | |
| Child Development | 25 | 3 | - | 28 | |
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Human Nutrition | - | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Consumer Merchandising/Retailing Management | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences total | 125 | 25 | - | 150 | 1.2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 86 | 4 | - | 90 | |
| Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing | 45 | - | - | 45 | |
| Rhetoric and Composition | - | 11 | - | 11 | |
| English Language and Literature/Letters total | 131 | 15 | - | 146 | 1.1 |
| Social Work | 70 | 24 | - | 94 | |
| Public Policy Analysis, General | 14 | 19 | - | 33 | |
| Public Administration and Social Service Professions total | 84 | 43 | - | 127 | 1 |
| Spanish Language and Literature | 32 | 2 | - | 34 | |
| Linguistics | 18 | 10 | - | 28 | |
| Arabic Language and Literature | 16 | - | - | 16 | |
| French Language and Literature | 6 | 4 | - | 10 | |
| Chinese Language and Literature | 7 | - | - | 7 | |
| German Language and Literature | 6 | 1 | - | 7 | |
| Japanese Language and Literature | 5 | - | - | 5 | |
| Russian Language and Literature | 4 | - | - | 4 | |
| Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | - | - | - | - | |
| Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics total | 94 | 17 | - | 111 | 0.9 |
| Pre-Law Studies | 93 | - | - | 93 | |
| Legal Professions and Studies total | 93 | - | - | 93 | 0.7 |
| History, General | 44 | 5 | - | 49 | |
| History total | 44 | 5 | - | 49 | 0.4 |
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | 15 | 2 | - | 17 | |
| Landscape Architecture | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | - | 7 | - | 7 | |
| Architecture and Related Services total | 23 | 9 | - | 32 | 0.2 |
| Electrician | - | - | 24 | 24 | |
| Construction Trades total | - | - | 24 | 24 | 0.2 |
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 21 | - | - | 21 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities total | 21 | - | 1 | 22 | 0.2 |
| Philosophy | 9 | 7 | - | 16 | |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 6 | - | - | 6 | |
| Philosophy and Religious Studies total | 15 | 7 | - | 22 | 0.2 |
| African-American/Black Studies | - | 8 | - | 8 | |
| Women's Studies | 8 | - | - | 8 | |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies | - | 2 | - | 2 | |
| Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender and Group Studies total | 8 | 10 | - | 18 | 0.1 |
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