Delta State University

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.