{"id":1682,"date":"2014-12-01T18:46:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-01T18:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/international\/?page_id=1682"},"modified":"2014-12-01T21:42:52","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T21:42:52","slug":"prospective-students","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/prospective-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Why JSU?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tThere are many reasons why Jackson State University is a great choice for you. JSU offers a first-class education that prepares you to compete and lead globally. Here&rsquo;s what JSU has to offer you.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n\t\tAn established history of educating men and women since 1877\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t70 percent overall job placement rate\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tStudent population of &nbsp;9,000 students\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t&nbsp;500 international students, researchers, scholars, faculty and staff\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tMore than 60 countries represented&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tLeader in STEM, cyber learning and is an Apple Distinguished School\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tiPads for all first time-full-time freshmen\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tTop&nbsp;10 ranking for social mobility, research, and service\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tApproximate 16 to 1 student-teacher ratio\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tHigh-profile visits, including&nbsp;President Barack Obama and&nbsp;filmmaker Spike Lee\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t130+ clubs, organizations,&nbsp;Greek fraternities and sororities&nbsp;\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tAffordable, quality education\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDesignated research intensive by the Carnegie Foundation\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tOffers Center for Undergraduate Research\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\t44 bachelor degree programs and 50 graduate degree programs\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are many reasons why Jackson State University is a great choice for you. JSU offers a first-class education that prepares you to compete and lead globally. Here&rsquo;s what JSU has to offer you. An established history of educating men and women since 1877 70 percent overall job placement rate Student population of &nbsp;9,000 students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/26"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1682"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1700,"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1682\/revisions\/1700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jsums.edu\/global\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}