Top Colleges in Mississippi Acceptance Rates and Admission Statistics

The average acceptance rate of Top Colleges in Mississippi is 74.90%, a total of 8,576 applicants applied to the schools and 7,090 accepted.

University of Mississippi had the most number of applicants of 27,837 and Mississippi University for Women had the least number of applicants of 553 among Top Colleges in Mississippi.

Alcorn State University had the lowest acceptance rate of 25.00% and Mississippi University for Women had the highest rate of 100.00%.

Table. Top Colleges in Mississippi Acceptance Rates and Admission Comparison
RankSchool ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolledAcceptance RateYield
1William Carey UniversityHattiesburg, MS57133120557.97%61.93%
2Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS20,87715,8673,80876.00%24.00%
3University of MississippiUniversity, MS27,83727,2805,18398.00%19.00%
4Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, MS553553160100.00%28.93%
5Millsaps CollegeJackson, MS2,0581,00815148.98%14.98%
6University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS8,8188,7301,74699.00%20.00%
7Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS14,14112,8681,02991.00%8.00%
8Belhaven UniversityJackson, MS2,1561,14325153.01%21.96%
9Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, MS7,5111,87850725.00%27.00%
10Delta State UniversityCleveland, MS1,2421,242224100.00%18.04%
-Average8,5767,0901,32675%24%