Mountain State University (MSU) was a private nonsectarian not-for-profit university based in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. The university ceased to operate effective January 1, 2013. All degrees conferred on or before December 31, 2012 are valid and were received from an accredited institution. MSU was previously listed as one of the best universities in the Southeast by The Princeton Review. The school had also been named a Military Friendly school by G.I. Jobs.