Mississippi Colleges where More Students leaving before Graduation

Jackson State University has the lowest graduation rate, which is the percentage of graduate candidates who complete their degree or certificate within 150 percent of normal time (for example, within 6 years for 4-years BS degree). Its graduatation rate was 34% last year.

William Carey University with 41% and University of Southern Mississippi with 51% of graduation rates followed it in the ranking of Mississippi Colleges with Lowest Graduation Rate.

For the ranking, we exclude schools with fewer than 5,000 students.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $17,932 and graduate tuition & fees is $17,529 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The average acceptance rate is 84.39% and the average SAT score is 1,100 at the schools.

Table. Mississippi Colleges With Lowest Graduation Rate Comparison
School NameGraduation RateUndergraduate Tuition & FeesYieldAcceptance RateSAT ScoreTotal PopulationStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year 34.00%
4.95%
$9,795
($8,795)
8.00%91.00%9606,90615 to 1
2
2
William Carey University Hattiesburg, MSPrivate, 4-year 41.00%
19.26%
$14,68561.93%57.97%1,1205,66213 to 1
3
1
University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year 51.00%
0.79%
$11,618
($9,618)
20.00%99.00%-13,52615 to 1
4
1
Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year 63.00%
3.27%
$26,580
($9,815)
24.00%76.00%1,22022,64916 to 1
5
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University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year 67.00%
1.39%
$26,980
($9,412)
19.00%98.00%1,10022,30016 to 1
Average51.20%$17,932
($9,410)
26.59%84.39%1,10014,20915 to 1