Largest Mississippi Colleges

Mississippi State University is the largest Mississippi college with 22,649 students. The percentage of online students is 16.27% at the school.

University of Mississippi with 22,300 students and University of Southern Mississippi with 13,526 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.

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

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $14,451 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,549 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.70% and the average SAT score is 1,070 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 Colleges With Most Students Comparison
School NameTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentOnline EnrollmentStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year 22,649
437		18,3054,34410,98511,6643,68616 to 1
2
-		University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year 22,300
1,097		17,3024,9989,32612,9741,80816 to 1
3
-		University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year 13,526
620		10,2583,2684,7298,7973,95415 to 1
4
-		Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 6,906
174		4,9271,9792,3074,5992,86515 to 1
5
-		William Carey University Hattiesburg, MSPrivate, 4-year 5,662
76		3,2912,3711,8413,8211,24113 to 1
6
-		Mississippi College Clinton, MSPrivate, 4-year 3,946
304		2,3961,5501,4952,45165013 to 1
7
-		Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MSPublic, 4-year 2,933
141		2,4315029431,99059916 to 1
8
-		Delta State University Cleveland, MSPublic, 4-year 2,556
171		1,8896679421,61477610 to 1
9
-		Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MSPublic, 4-year 2,339
138		2,0802595181,82182611 to 1
10
-		Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MSPublic, 4-year 1,879
185		1,6542257871,09222612 to 1
Average8,4706,4532,0163,3875,0821,66314 to 1