The average acceptance rate of the 14 Mississippi colleges that have competitive admission is 66.93% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 3.4%. The acceptance rate at 10 Mississippi colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.
Alcorn State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 24.66%. Rust College (34.69%) and Mississippi College (48.87%) are following it in the list of Tightest Mississippi 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. Rust College ranked 2nd, up 7 places from 9th last year.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,680 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,359 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 | 24.66% 5.27% | 27.27% | 920 | $8,549 ($8,549) | 2,933 | 47.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 2 7 | Rust College Holly Springs, MSPrivate, 4-year | 34.69% 44.07% | 17.31% | - | $13,840 | 755 | 24.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 3 1 | Mississippi College Clinton, MSPrivate, 4-year | 48.87% 8.88% | 41.60% | - | $21,698 | 3,946 | 62.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 4 3 | Millsaps College Jackson, MSPrivate, 4-year | 49.03% 18.80% | 15.16% | - | $43,815 | 661 | 56.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 5 1 | Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MSPublic, 4-year | 51.16% 13.62% | 18.97% | - | $7,912 ($7,912) | 1,879 | 25.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 6 2 | Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MSPrivate, 4-year | 53.19% 3.88% | 12.27% | - | $10,735 | 677 | 30.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 7 4 | Belhaven University Jackson, MSPrivate, 4-year | 53.25% 10.65% | 21.86% | - | $29,195 | 3,627 | 45.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 8 3 | William Carey University Hattiesburg, MSPrivate, 4-year | 57.97% 4.39% | 61.63% | 1,120 | $14,685 | 5,662 | 41.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 9 1 | Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year | 76.32% 1.13% | 23.54% | 1,220 | $26,580 ($9,815) | 22,649 | 63.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 10 - | Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year | 91.03% 2.39% | 7.60% | 960 | $9,795 ($8,795) | 6,906 | 34.00% | 15 to 1 |
| Average | 54.02% | 24.72% | 1,055 | $18,680 ($8,768) | 4,970 | 42.70% | 12 to 1 |