The average acceptance rate of the 8 public Mississippi colleges that have competitive admission is 80.00% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 1.56%. The acceptance rate at 6 public Mississippi colleges increased and the rate of 2 colleges decreased.
Alcorn State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 25.00%. Mississippi Valley State University (51.01%) and Mississippi State University (76.00%) are following it in the list of Tightest Mississippi Public Colleges to get in.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Alcorn State University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Mississippi Valley State University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $13,516 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,652 for the academic year 2023-2024.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MSPublic, 4-year | 25.00% 4.93% | 27.00% | 920 | $8,549 ($8,549) | 2,933 | 47.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 2 - | Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MSPublic, 4-year | 51.01% 13.77% | 19.02% | - | $7,912 ($7,912) | 1,879 | 25.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 3 - | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year | 76.00% 0.81% | 24.00% | 1,220 | $26,580 ($9,815) | 22,649 | 63.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 4 - | Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year | 91.00% 2.36% | 8.00% | 960 | $9,795 ($8,795) | 6,906 | 34.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 5 - | University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year | 98.00% 0.62% | 19.00% | 1,100 | $26,980 ($9,412) | 22,300 | 67.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 6 1 | University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year | 99.00% 0.16% | 20.00% | - | $11,618 ($9,618) | 13,526 | 51.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Delta State University Cleveland, MSPublic, 4-year | 100.00% 1.39% | 18.04% | 1,100 | $8,605 ($8,605) | 2,556 | 46.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MSPublic, 4-year | 100.00% 0.89% | 28.93% | - | $8,092 ($8,092) | 2,339 | 37.00% | 11 to 1 |
| Average | 80.00% | 20.50% | 1,060 | $13,516 ($8,850) | 9,386 | 46.25% | 14 to 1 |