Largest Mississippi Private Colleges

William Carey University is the largest private Mississippi college with 5,662 students. The percentage of online students is 21.92% at the school.

Mississippi College with 3,946 students and Blue Mountain Christian University with 922 students are following it in the largetst Mississippi college ranking.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% of online students. Instead, you can check them at the largest Mississippi online colleges.

William Carey University stays at first place of the largest college ranking since last year. Mississippi College also maintained its second place in the ranking.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,568 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,469 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 57.32% and the average SAT score is 1,065 at the schools.

For the largest college ranking, we exclude colleges with more than 50% online students. Instead, you can check largest online colleges at the largest online colleges.

Table. Largest Mississippi Private Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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William Carey University Hattiesburg, MSPrivate, 4-year 5,662
76
3,2912,3711,8413,8211,24113 to 1
2
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Mississippi College Clinton, MSPrivate, 4-year 3,946
304
2,3961,5501,4952,45165013 to 1
3
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Blue Mountain Christian University Blue Mountain, MSPrivate, 4-year 922
67
8923044847414914 to 1
4
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Rust College Holly Springs, MSPrivate, 4-year 755
13
755-31344258 to 1
5
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Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MSPrivate, 4-year 677
36
65720257420-9 to 1
6
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Millsaps College Jackson, MSPrivate, 4-year 661
5
62734364297-9 to 1
7
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Southeastern Baptist College Laurel, MSPrivate, 4-year 97
7
97-7621108 to 1
Average1,8171,2458016851,13241111 to 1