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Location:
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Hwy 8 West, Cleveland, Mississippi 38733
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FICE Code:
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002403
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Carnegie Class:
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Masters Colleges and Universities I
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Highest Offering:
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Doctoral
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Affiliation/Control:
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Public
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Established:
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Regional Accreditation:
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS), Commission on Colleges
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Calendar System:
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Semester
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Total Enrollment:
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4763
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Total Number of Faculty:
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185
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Total Number of Tenured Faculty:
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78
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Total Number of Faculty on Tenure Track:
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56
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Mission Statement:
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As a regional Carnegie Master's I university located in Cleveland- Mississippi- Delta State University serves as an educational and cultural center for the Mississippi Delta- emphasizing service to the Northern Delta counties and its campus centers in Clarksdale and Greenville. The University offers undergraduate- graduate and continuing education programs of study leading to baccalaureate and master's degrees in the Colleges of Arts and Sciences- Business- Education and the School of Nursing- as well as a Doctorate in Education. Emphasis is placed on excellence in instruction- followed by service and research- in the creation of a community of scholars. With special attention to small classes- a friendly environment- and a broad liberal arts foundation- the University encourages significant student-faculty interactions. Delta State provides programs and services that promote intellectual- cultural- ethical- physical- and social development. Students from different cultural- socioeconomic- and ethnic backgrounds will develop the ability to respect and evaluate the thoughts of others; to develop- assess- and express their own thoughts effectively; and to use the techniques of research and performance associated with their disciplines.
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