Mississippi Public Colleges with the Highest Yield

The average yield (also know as enrollment rate) of the 8 Most Favored Mississippi Public Colleges is 20.50% for the academic year 2023-2024.

Mississippi University for Women has the highest (i.e. more admitted students are enrolled into eventually) admission yield of 28.93% and Alcorn State University (27.00%) and Mississippi State University (24.00%) are following it in the list of Most Favored Mississippi Public Colleges.

This ranking is only based on yield and more admission stats such as acceptance rate and SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.

Mississippi University for Women has the highest admission yield (enrollment rate) of 28.93% and Alcorn State University has the second highest yield of 27.00%.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $13,516 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,652 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 80.00% and the average SAT score is 1,060 at the schools.

Table. Most Favored Mississippi Public Colleges Comparison
School NameYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreUndergraduate Tuition & FeesTotal PopulationGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MSPublic, 4-year 28.93%
0.90%
100.00%-$8,092
($8,092)
2,33937.00%11 to 1
2
-
Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MSPublic, 4-year 27.00%
2.35%
25.00%920$8,549
($8,549)
2,93347.00%16 to 1
3
-
Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year 24.00%
0.22%
76.00%1,220$26,580
($9,815)
22,64963.00%16 to 1
4
2
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year 20.00%
1.85%
99.00%-$11,618
($9,618)
13,52651.00%15 to 1
5
2
Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MSPublic, 4-year 19.02%
4.76%
51.01%-$7,912
($7,912)
1,87925.00%12 to 1
6
1
University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year 19.00%
1.55%
98.00%1,100$26,980
($9,412)
22,30067.00%16 to 1
7
3
Delta State University Cleveland, MSPublic, 4-year 18.04%
5.47%
100.00%1,100$8,605
($8,605)
2,55646.00%10 to 1
8
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Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 8.00%
2.15%
91.00%960$9,795
($8,795)
6,90634.00%15 to 1
Average20.50%80.00%1,060$13,516
($8,850)
9,38646.25%14 to 1