Campus Then (1857)

The Agricultural College had:

• a 676 acre campus
• Nine buildings, one with instructional space. (4 faculty homes, 1 farmer’s home, the Boarding Hall, a barn, stable, and College Hall)
• A two-year program, one college
• Sixty-one students were present for the first term, 100 for the second term, from 23 counties in Michigan
• One dormitory which could house 60-80 students, with additional students housed in College Hall during the second term

Campus Now

MSU currently has:

• a 5,200-acre campus
• 660 buildings, 85 with instructional space
• 15,000 acres throughout Michigan used for agricultural, animal, and forestry research
• More than 200 programs of study, 14 degree-granting colleges and an affiliated law college
• Students from all 83 counties in Michigan, all 50 states, and about 125 other countries
• Largest single-campus residence hall system in the country with 23 undergraduate halls, one graduate hall, and three apartment villages

Who made up MSU (1857)?

• 63 total in 1st term, 100 in second term
• 100 % men
• No record of ethnicity, but while some non-caucasians applied for admission, there is no indication any chose to come

• About 5 professors

• Not written about explicitly. One Boarding Hall Steward, a Herdsman/Farmer, and women who did laundry and cooked and cleaned

Who makes up MSU (as of fall 2005)?

• 45,166 total
• 54 percent women, 46 percent men
• 7.9 percent African American, 5.3 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, 3.0 percent Chicano/Other Hispanic, and 0.8 percent Native American

• Approximately 4,500

• Approximately 6,000

• Approximately 389,500 worldwide