Mississippi State University, a land-grant and sea-grant institution founded in 1878, is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Extensive institution and the largest university in Mississippi. MSU enrolls more than 16,600 students, 20 percent of whom are graduate students; has more than 930 full-time faculty members and approximately 4,000 total full-time employees; has total revenues of more than $460 million; and has research expenditures of more than $150 million. The university offers approximately 75 bachelor's degree programs, 70 master's degree programs, and 40 doctoral degree programs through colleges of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Arts and Sciences, Architecture, Business and Industry, Education, Engineering, Forest Resources, and Veterinary Medicine.