A total of 159,067 students are enrolled in Mississippi colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.

There are 136,508 undergraduate and 22,559 graduate students. The proportion of undergraduate students is 85.82% and the proportion of graduate students is 14.18%.

By school level, 91,917 students enrolled in 4-year colleges, 64,033 students enrolled in community colleges, and 3,117 students enrolled in trade schools.

For Mississippi colleges, Mississippi State University has the most number of students of 22,649 among 4-year colleges. For Mississippi community colleges, Hinds Community College has the most students of 9,407 and Delta Technical College-Mississippi is the largest trade school with 1,981.

Student Population By School Level for Mississippi Colleges

By attending status, there are 113,678 full-time students and 45,389 part-time students at Mississippi colleges.

The following table compares student population by school level between Mississippi colleges. A total of 159,067 students have enrolled in Mississippi colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.

Student Population By School Level between Mississippi Colleges
SchoolTotal EnrollmentUndergraduateGraduate
TotalFull-timePart-time TotalFull-timePart-time
Alcorn State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,9332,4312,021410502173329
Belhaven UniversityPrivate, 4-year3,6271,5011,0774242,1261122,014
Blue Mountain Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year92289253535730228
Chris Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year122122122----
Coahoma Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,7831,7831,111672---
Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,8012,8011,8011,000---
Delta State UniversityPublic, 4-year2,5561,8891,418471667247420
East Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,3802,3801,523857---
East Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,3243,3242,1741,150---
Fosters Cosmetology CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year36362610---
Academy of Hair Design-GrenadaPrivate, Less than 2-year242424----
Hinds Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year9,4079,4074,8244,583---
Holmes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,9484,9483,0151,933---
Itawamba Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,5994,5992,8921,707---
Jackson State UniversityPublic, 4-year6,9064,9274,3166111,9798401,139
Jones County Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year4,3994,3992,7621,637---
Meridian Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,6212,6211,745876---
Millsaps CollegePrivate, 4-year661627621634268
Mississippi Delta Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year2,0392,0391,374665---
University of MississippiPublic, 4-year22,30017,30216,2401,0624,9983,5021,496
Mississippi University for WomenPublic, 4-year2,3392,0801,528552259139120
Mississippi Valley State UniversityPublic, 4-year1,8791,6541,05460022594131
Mississippi CollegePrivate, 4-year3,9462,3961,9534431,5501,092458
Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty CulturePrivate, Less than 2-year555555----
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,8457,8454,7203,125---
Mississippi State UniversityPublic, 4-year22,64918,30516,6211,6844,3442,1752,169
Northeast Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year3,0623,0622,350712---
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year7,1987,1984,3322,866---
Pearl River Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year5,4625,4623,8871,575---
Rust CollegePrivate, 4-year755755587168---
Southeastern Baptist CollegePrivate, 4-year9797925---
Southwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year1,8071,8071,387420---
University of Southern MississippiPublic, 4-year13,52610,2588,6241,6343,2681,4621,806
Tougaloo CollegePrivate, 4-year6776575698820218
Wesley Biblical SeminaryPrivate, 4-year1801941516133128
William Carey UniversityPrivate, 4-year5,6623,2911,7061,5852,3711,550821
Traxlers School of HairPrivate, Less than 2-year787878----
Academy of Hair Design-JacksonPrivate, Less than 2-year60603822---
KC's School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year585858----
Academy of Hair Design-PearlPrivate, Less than 2-year42422715---
The Academy of Hair Design SixPrivate, Less than 2-year41412120---
Blue Cliff College-GulfportPrivate, Less than 2-year352352352----
Delta Technical College-MississippiPrivate, Less than 2-year1,9811,9811,95922---
Corinth Academy of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year90905733---
Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year797979----
Strayer University-MississippiPrivate, 4-year3022771226525322
Concorde Career College-SouthavenPrivate, 2-4 year358358358----
Unlimited Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year2626188---
Goshen School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year171717----
Vaughn Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year56564214---
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Simpson County CenterPublic, 2-4 year-------
Copiah-Lincoln Community College-Natchez CampusPublic, 2-4 year-------
University of Mississippi Medical CenterPublic, 4-year-------
Pearl River Community College-Forrest County CampusPublic, 2-4 year-------
Pearl River Community College - Hancock Workforce Academy HangarPublic, 2-4 year-------