Mississippi Colleges with Most Online Enrollment

In Mississippi, 18,794 students enrolled online exclusively, and the number of online students decreased by 883 from last year. The decline in the number of online students appears to be due to the end of the pandemic.

University of Southern Mississippi has the most online students of 3,954 out of 13,526.00 total students (29.23%) among 12 Mississippi colleges that offer online programs.

Mississippi State University with 3,686 online students and Jackson State University with 2,865 online students are following it in The largest online Mississippi Colleges ranking.

University of Southern Mississippi ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Mississippi State University ranked second, a drop from first place last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $16,580 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,863 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 74.90% and the average SAT score is 1,070 at the schools.

Table. The Largest Online Mississippi Colleges Comparison
School NameOnline EnrollmentTotal PopulationUndergraduate EnrollmentGraduation EnrollmentMen EnrollmentWomen EnrollmentUndergraduate Tuition & Fees
1
1		University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year 3,954
173		13,52610,2583,2684,7298,797$11,618
($9,618)
2
1		Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year 3,686
122		22,64918,3054,34410,98511,664$26,580
($9,815)
3
-		Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 2,865
330		6,9064,9271,9792,3074,599$9,795
($8,795)
4
-		Belhaven University Jackson, MSPrivate, 4-year 2,158
461		3,6271,5012,1261,1562,471$29,195
5
-		University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year 1,808
62		22,30017,3024,9989,32612,974$26,980
($9,412)
6
-		William Carey University Hattiesburg, MSPrivate, 4-year 1,241
53		5,6623,2912,3711,8413,821$14,685
7
-		Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MSPublic, 4-year 826
48		2,3392,0802595181,821$8,092
($8,092)
8
1		Delta State University Cleveland, MSPublic, 4-year 776
14		2,5561,8896679421,614$8,605
($8,605)
9
1		Mississippi College Clinton, MSPrivate, 4-year 650
120		3,9462,3961,5501,4952,451$21,698
10
-		Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MSPublic, 4-year 599
53		2,9332,4315029431,990$8,549
($8,549)
Average1,8568,6446,4382,2063,4245,220$16,580
($8,984)