A total of 159,067 students are enrolled in Mississippi colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 61,703 men students and 97,364 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.63 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 60.11% of total enrollment is women students and 39.89% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 62.47%.
For Mississippi colleges with more than 1,000 students, Mississippi State University has the highest ratio of men students (48.50%) and Mississippi University for Women has the highest ratio of women students (77.85%).
By gender, 38.79% of total students is men students (61,703) and 61.21% is women students (97,364) in Mississippi collegs.
In 19 4-year Mississippi colleges in United States, there are 36,666 men students which is 39.89% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year Mississippi colleges is 60.11% (55,251).
Of the 64,033 students attending Mississippi community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 37.53% are men (40,003) and 62.47% are women students (40,003).
In Mississippi trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 1,007 men and 2,110 women students, accounting for 32.31% and 67.69% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 159,067 | 61,703 (38.79%) |
97,364 (61.21%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 91,917 | 36,666 (39.89%) |
55,251 (60.11%) |
| Community Colleges | 64,033 | 24,030 (37.53%) |
40,003 (62.47%) |
| Trade Schools | 3,117 | 1,007 (32.31%) |
2,110 (67.69%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between Mississippi colleges. A total of 159,067 students have enrolled in Mississippi colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Alcorn State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,933 | 943 (32.2%) |
1,990 (67.8%) |
2,431 | 808 (33.2%) |
1,623 (66.8%) | 502 | 135 (26.9%) |
367 (73.1%) |
| Belhaven UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 3,627 | 1,156 (31.9%) |
2,471 (68.1%) |
1,501 | 565 (37.6%) |
936 (62.4%) | 2,126 | 591 (27.8%) |
1,535 (72.2%) |
| Blue Mountain Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 922 | 448 (48.6%) |
474 (51.4%) |
892 | 436 (48.9%) |
456 (51.1%) | 30 | 12 (40.0%) |
18 (60.0%) |
| Chris Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 122 | 38 (31.1%) |
84 (68.9%) |
122 | 38 (31.1%) |
84 (68.9%) | - | - | - |
| Coahoma Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,783 | 651 (36.5%) |
1,132 (63.5%) |
1,783 | 651 (36.5%) |
1,132 (63.5%) | - | - | - |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,801 | 1,110 (39.6%) |
1,691 (60.4%) |
2,801 | 1,110 (39.6%) |
1,691 (60.4%) | - | - | - |
| Delta State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,556 | 942 (36.9%) |
1,614 (63.1%) |
1,889 | 762 (40.3%) |
1,127 (59.7%) | 667 | 180 (27.0%) |
487 (73.0%) |
| East Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,380 | 920 (38.7%) |
1,460 (61.3%) |
2,380 | 920 (38.7%) |
1,460 (61.3%) | - | - | - |
| East Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,324 | 1,470 (44.2%) |
1,854 (55.8%) |
3,324 | 1,470 (44.2%) |
1,854 (55.8%) | - | - | - |
| Fosters Cosmetology CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 36 | 29 (80.6%) |
7 (19.4%) |
36 | 29 (80.6%) |
7 (19.4%) | - | - | - |
| Academy of Hair Design-GrenadaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 24 | - | 24 (100.0%) |
24 | - | 24 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Hinds Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 9,407 | 3,704 (39.4%) |
5,703 (60.6%) |
9,407 | 3,704 (39.4%) |
5,703 (60.6%) | - | - | - |
| Holmes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,948 | 1,666 (33.7%) |
3,282 (66.3%) |
4,948 | 1,666 (33.7%) |
3,282 (66.3%) | - | - | - |
| Itawamba Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,599 | 1,791 (38.9%) |
2,808 (61.1%) |
4,599 | 1,791 (38.9%) |
2,808 (61.1%) | - | - | - |
| Jackson State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,906 | 2,307 (33.4%) |
4,599 (66.6%) |
4,927 | 1,800 (36.5%) |
3,127 (63.5%) | 1,979 | 507 (25.6%) |
1,472 (74.4%) |
| Jones County Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,399 | 1,667 (37.9%) |
2,732 (62.1%) |
4,399 | 1,667 (37.9%) |
2,732 (62.1%) | - | - | - |
| Meridian Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,621 | 847 (32.3%) |
1,774 (67.7%) |
2,621 | 847 (32.3%) |
1,774 (67.7%) | - | - | - |
| Millsaps CollegePrivate, 4-year | 661 | 364 (55.1%) |
297 (44.9%) |
627 | 343 (54.7%) |
284 (45.3%) | 34 | 21 (61.8%) |
13 (38.2%) |
| Mississippi Delta Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,039 | 728 (35.7%) |
1,311 (64.3%) |
2,039 | 728 (35.7%) |
1,311 (64.3%) | - | - | - |
| University of MississippiPublic, 4-year | 22,300 | 9,326 (41.8%) |
12,974 (58.2%) |
17,302 | 7,430 (42.9%) |
9,872 (57.1%) | 4,998 | 1,896 (37.9%) |
3,102 (62.1%) |
| Mississippi University for WomenPublic, 4-year | 2,339 | 518 (22.1%) |
1,821 (77.9%) |
2,080 | 484 (23.3%) |
1,596 (76.7%) | 259 | 34 (13.1%) |
225 (86.9%) |
| Mississippi Valley State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 1,879 | 787 (41.9%) |
1,092 (58.1%) |
1,654 | 715 (43.2%) |
939 (56.8%) | 225 | 72 (32.0%) |
153 (68.0%) |
| Mississippi CollegePrivate, 4-year | 3,946 | 1,495 (37.9%) |
2,451 (62.1%) |
2,396 | 1,010 (42.2%) |
1,386 (57.8%) | 1,550 | 485 (31.3%) |
1,065 (68.7%) |
| Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty CulturePrivate, Less than 2-year | 55 | - | 55 (100.0%) |
55 | - | 55 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,845 | 2,996 (38.2%) |
4,849 (61.8%) |
7,845 | 2,996 (38.2%) |
4,849 (61.8%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 22,649 | 10,985 (48.5%) |
11,664 (51.5%) |
18,305 | 9,066 (49.5%) |
9,239 (50.5%) | 4,344 | 1,919 (44.2%) |
2,425 (55.8%) |
| Northeast Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,062 | 1,152 (37.6%) |
1,910 (62.4%) |
3,062 | 1,152 (37.6%) |
1,910 (62.4%) | - | - | - |
| Northwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,198 | 2,686 (37.3%) |
4,512 (62.7%) |
7,198 | 2,686 (37.3%) |
4,512 (62.7%) | - | - | - |
| Pearl River Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,462 | 1,907 (34.9%) |
3,555 (65.1%) |
5,462 | 1,907 (34.9%) |
3,555 (65.1%) | - | - | - |
| Rust CollegePrivate, 4-year | 755 | 313 (41.5%) |
442 (58.5%) |
755 | 313 (41.5%) |
442 (58.5%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern Baptist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 97 | 76 (78.4%) |
21 (21.6%) |
97 | 76 (78.4%) |
21 (21.6%) | - | - | - |
| Southwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,807 | 724 (40.1%) |
1,083 (59.9%) |
1,807 | 724 (40.1%) |
1,083 (59.9%) | - | - | - |
| University of Southern MississippiPublic, 4-year | 13,526 | 4,729 (35.0%) |
8,797 (65.0%) |
10,258 | 3,617 (35.3%) |
6,641 (64.7%) | 3,268 | 1,112 (34.0%) |
2,156 (66.0%) |
| Tougaloo CollegePrivate, 4-year | 677 | 257 (38.0%) |
420 (62.0%) |
657 | 254 (38.7%) |
403 (61.3%) | 20 | 3 (15.0%) |
17 (85.0%) |
| Wesley Biblical SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 180 | 123 (68.3%) |
57 (31.7%) |
19 | 12 (63.2%) |
7 (36.8%) | 161 | 111 (68.9%) |
50 (31.1%) |
| William Carey UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,662 | 1,841 (32.5%) |
3,821 (67.5%) |
3,291 | 1,127 (34.2%) |
2,164 (65.8%) | 2,371 | 714 (30.1%) |
1,657 (69.9%) |
| Traxlers School of HairPrivate, Less than 2-year | 78 | 41 (52.6%) |
37 (47.4%) |
78 | 41 (52.6%) |
37 (47.4%) | - | - | - |
| Academy of Hair Design-JacksonPrivate, Less than 2-year | 60 | 47 (78.3%) |
13 (21.7%) |
60 | 47 (78.3%) |
13 (21.7%) | - | - | - |
| KC's School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 58 | 1 (1.7%) |
57 (98.3%) |
58 | 1 (1.7%) |
57 (98.3%) | - | - | - |
| Academy of Hair Design-PearlPrivate, Less than 2-year | 42 | 1 (2.4%) |
41 (97.6%) |
42 | 1 (2.4%) |
41 (97.6%) | - | - | - |
| The Academy of Hair Design SixPrivate, Less than 2-year | 41 | - | 41 (100.0%) |
41 | - | 41 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Blue Cliff College-GulfportPrivate, Less than 2-year | 352 | 24 (6.8%) |
328 (93.2%) |
352 | 24 (6.8%) |
328 (93.2%) | - | - | - |
| Delta Technical College-MississippiPrivate, Less than 2-year | 1,981 | 820 (41.4%) |
1,161 (58.6%) |
1,981 | 820 (41.4%) |
1,161 (58.6%) | - | - | - |
| Corinth Academy of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 90 | 4 (4.4%) |
86 (95.6%) |
90 | 4 (4.4%) |
86 (95.6%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 79 | - | 79 (100.0%) |
79 | - | 79 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-MississippiPrivate, 4-year | 302 | 56 (18.5%) |
246 (81.5%) |
277 | 54 (19.5%) |
223 (80.5%) | 25 | 2 (8.0%) |
23 (92.0%) |
| Concorde Career College-SouthavenPrivate, 2-4 year | 358 | 11 (3.1%) |
347 (96.9%) |
358 | 11 (3.1%) |
347 (96.9%) | - | - | - |
| Unlimited Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 26 | - | 26 (100.0%) |
26 | - | 26 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Goshen School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 17 | - | 17 (100.0%) |
17 | - | 17 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Vaughn Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 56 | 2 (3.6%) |
54 (96.4%) |
56 | 2 (3.6%) |
54 (96.4%) | - | - | - |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College Simpson County CenterPublic, 2-4 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College-Natchez CampusPublic, 2-4 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| University of Mississippi Medical CenterPublic, 4-year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pearl River Community College-Forrest County CampusPublic, 2-4 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pearl River Community College - Hancock Workforce Academy HangarPublic, 2-4 year | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |