Middle Tennessee State University

The school sells itself as progressive and friendly. At first glance I was satisfied but the school’s lack of follow through on any of their promises has disillusioned me. One of the major selling points, promoted in all the propaganda, was that the school was tobacco free. After several complaints the school has done nothing to actually enforce that policy and as result I have to walk through clouds of smoke in order to get to classes. The other major error is that the school is thoroughly uninterested in transfer and non-​traditional students, often assigning them terrible advisers and excluding them from campus functions.

MTSU was a great school for me. I finished my last two years of undergrad and stayed around for my MBA. I spend a lot of time in the BAS building. For the price you pay, its a great education. Do youself, family, and future family a huge favor and find a place with instate tuition from a public school. I was debt free with all schooling two years after graduation. Hope this helps.

This is a fantastic place to go to school! I am a senior now and have made so many friends in my classes that I can study with and succeed with. They have a lot of high quality professors as well! I am an exercise science major and MTSU is known for having an excellent program for that!

I was here this evening for my brother’s high school graduation, and I was pleasantly surprised at how big and comfy this venue was! It was pretty immaculate as far as cleanliness goes, and the seats were super comfy. I had never even heard of this college before, but they have so many awards on display and seem to be creating great students. Plus, the campus is MASSIVE. Not one thing about this place is small country at all.

I received a Bachelors of Business in Marketing from this university. Loved the business program, especially the senior level marketing professors. Tons of activities, decent greek community, and nice campus.

The school itself was fine but the treatment and attitude of the faculty towards a military dependent and brother of two mtsu alum was horrible. Glad to not be going there

I will forever miss my days at MTSU. I owe this place big time for a lot of great memories, breezy days out in the quad, library naps, and debates in Peck Hall. Beautiful campus and people. Love.

Visiting the Electronic Media and Mass Communication Department to see where some of the fantastic employees I have had over the last few years have come from. Dept is 800 with a wonderful Chair of Dept and Assistant Director of Video Facilities (one of my former employees). It is a department well maintained with first class facilities and equipment, studios. Make sure you get parking pass or you will be clamped or towed. Set in old Murfreesboro — quite delightful surroundings.

I am definitely a fan of MTSU. I have been to many schools and have never really had the school spirit of any of them. Maybe it is because I am older and really know what I want to get out of this experience so I enjoy going to school and learning. I feel like such a nerd now. Parking as many people have said is the worst. I never understand why schools want more and more students but can’t provide the parking for all of them. I feel like a vulture on Tuesdays when I have to be to school early. I have to stalk people and fight for spaces. It is ridiculous. Luckily, I only have to do that on Tuesdays. The school is massive. So many buildings! I don’t even know where everything is but the buildings I do go to are nice. I am in the nice new science building for a couple of my classes. I love that there is a Starbucks in the library even though I have not been to it yet. There are also plenty of dining options including Chick-​fil-​a which I think everyone loves. My professors are excellent. Very helpful and want their students to succeed. I am happy with my decision to go here. I think this is a great school to get me to where I need to be to get to grad school.

Parking will always be the biggest pain for most students, especially since construction and student housing parking have been implemented. There’s always construction on campus, it’s inevitable.
I’m a sophomore at MT but I won’t be graduating from there due to the fact they do not have my major. Advisors/​staff experience all depends on your major and how much you bug them about your issues. Bigger departments, such as financial aid and admissions, have always been accessible and helpful during my time as a student.
I’m usually always on the older side of campus so I don’t often get to see the buildings/​construction my tuition dollars has helped fund. The student union building is very nice and there are a lot of food options located within, as well as across campus. My biggest complaint is the fact that MTSU puts so much money into the newer parts of the campus while older buildings get worse by the year. I practically live in the KOM (oldest building on campus) during the semester and it’s falling apart slowly but surely. The AC is either freezing you out of the class or not working at all. The windows rattle during any kind of wind event and lady bugs invade when the weather changes.
Overall, I like MTSU. While I wish they offered my major so I didn’t have to move to an entire different state, we can’t all have what we want. I will continue to finish my
general credits here until the inevitable move. I hope that with the addition of the new parking garages and construction all around campus, it will continue to be pretty easy to navigate and accommodating to those students enrolling each semester.

I’m True Blue. I have gotten a Bachelor’s Degree and a Master’s from MTSU. My mother earned her degree at MTSU when i was a kid. It is big and can be overwhelming to some at first. If you find it overwhelming, give it a chance. It will get easier to navigate.

This was a good starter University. It’s a fun place to be a freshman, and have your first college experience. I got my undergraduate degree here in Biology. I still remember the smell of the biology building – I was grossed out at first but now that smell makes me kind of feel comfortable and warm, haha.
Anyone who is considering this University and has visited will know, it’s huge. There are about a million buildings and as one professor said, they’re still «Building the empire.»
One of the things about MTSU that really sets it apart is a program that just recently began called MTeach. If you’re in the market for your degree in teaching, this is the ONLY University in Tennessee that offers this, and I would recommend them very highly. If you want to be a teacher, DO NOT stay at home and go to community college for two years to save money! Start Mteach your freshman year and you will not regret it! It is the most hands on curriculum for teaching teachers. The lady who is presently in charge of it is Sally Millsap, whose contact information can be found on MTSU’s website, and she is an absolute treasure. All of the staff at MTeach are there for you 100% and will give you the individual attention you would not expect from such a large school.
That said, advising here blows. You aren’t going to get good advice from your advisor and you might as well sit down with a course catalog and work out your four year plan by yourself. Maybe have a professor in your department check it, but don’t plan on getting a lot of help. Use your common sense!!!
One of my biggest regrets from my undergrad is not living on campus. MTSU has several dorms that are practically brand new and it’s like a sleepover party every night. My friend lived in one of the dorms and her whole floor was full of girls who became close friends and I wish I’d had that experience.
As far as dining goes, if you don’t have the stomach for normal cafeteria stuff, don’t buy a meal plan unless they force you to. If you do eat on campus, go to JUB. ALWAYS JUB. And try to go around 10:30. They’re going to charge you for breakfast but you can stay until 11 when they start serving lunch. Grab waffles, cereal, and some pizza on the way out. And don’t miss the MTSU chocolate milk. They make it on campus with the farming students and it is the best chocolate milk I have ever experienced.
I give MTSU three stars because it’s A-​OK. That is exactly how I would describe it. You get what you need for an undergraduate degree. It isn’t as high tech as some of the schools in California (except perhaps for the student health building) but it is the best price in the state for a degree. Live on campus for at least your first two years. Trust me. And then move out into your own place if you’re ready. Murfreesboro is cheap. There are plenty of things wrong with this place, but if I had to go back and do it all over, I wouldn’t change University’s.

MTSU! Home of Blue Raider Nation. I went here for a while 6 years or so. Parking as one fella said below is horrible. It always has been and probably won’t ever change. The staff are some of the nicest helpful people I have ever meet in my life. I was there the other day to visit and could see that has not changed. The only that really changed was the architecture. It is looking bigger and better then ever. The Do have one of the best Mass Com Programs in the nation, Business and Nursing all also amazing along with Aerospace… Shout out to my theater peeps as well. I miss Tucker so bad. I change my major 5 times so I know a lot of these programs well. Listen to 88.3 WMTS watch channel 10. Be a part of your school and the community and I hope you love it as much as I did. Go to Forrest Hall best hamburger. Boro Bar and Grill great beers and good food, also good local music. Dirty Jim’s $ 14 and you will be feeling good watch your wallet… Cyber café. ²⁴⁄₇ computer in Business building. Awesome Recording studios! I worked on campus and there are some good jobs, nice people. Football team gets a little bit better every year. The Basketball teams are some of the best in the country and so is the tennis program. Get Involved and enjoy! I could tell you a ton of fun facts… Enjoy GOOOO BLUUUE
RAAAAAAAAIDEEEEEERS!!!

Those stairs to the gym are killer. Never been a student. Only visted for games in the gym. But from what I hear MTSU rocks. And I believe it.

It’s cheap for in-​staters. It’s got some pretty good professors, but it’s generally quantity over quality. The College of Mass Communications is one of the best in the country.
All that said, it’s a huge commuter school, so parking SUCKS! Did I mention it’s cheap for in-​staters?

This campus is huge and for a newbie can be hard to navigate. But, the grounds are clean and the advisers /​staff are very helpful and friendly. They seem to get things done in a timely manner.
Parking is difficult if you do not have a decal and the parking enforcement are out for blood!
I’ll update my review as I continue my first semester.

Ah, my Alma Mater, such a lovely campus and one of the last truly education based schools in the Southeast. If you go here you won’t get a free ride, it’s not easy and you will have to study to make it through to the end and get that diploma. The professors here are first rate and some of the most laid back easy going people you’ll meet, if you communicate with them you’ll get a first rate education at mid range prices too.
The area around here is kind of expensive but the school is not, you’ll also find that it’s a very safe campus and somewhere you can walk freely being yourself without being ridiculed or judged by others. That being said this is one of the best schools in the Southeast in my opinion. I’ve visited friends at other schools and believe me, they are not in such great neighborhoods and you will be surprised at the cost difference and the disappoint my friends feel after visiting MTSU.
I am proud to have gone here and I’m also glad it wasn’t a cakewalk, you earn your degree here and it makes you a better person in the process.

I write this as a graduate of MTSU. I went to several different colleges throughout my undergraduate education and MTSU was my favorite and it’s difficult to tell you why.
At MTSU, there are many classes I’ve taken in many different subjects that were absolutely fantastic and I learned so much in. The university is big enough that unusual classes are offered in almost every major.
My graduate major was English and my entire graduate experience was fantastic. I gained so much experience teaching and those mentoring me ran a great program that allowed students to gradually progress to teaching and gave us the tools we needed to be successful.