Tightest Mississippi Public Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 8 public Mississippi colleges that have competitive admission is 86.81% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 6.81%. The acceptance rate at 5 public Mississippi colleges increased and the rate of 3 colleges decreased.

Alcorn State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 45.33%. Mississippi State University (77.64%) and Mississippi University for Women (90.31%) are following it in the list of Tightest Mississippi Public Colleges to Get In.

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

Alcorn State University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Mississippi State University ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $14,222 and graduate tuition & fees is $14,400 for the academic year 2024-2025.

We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.

Table. Tightest Mississippi Public Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 -	Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MSPublic, 4-year	45.33% 20.67%	20.60%	840	$8,785 ($8,785)	2,995	57.00%	16 to 1
2 1	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MSPublic, 4-year	77.64% 1.32%	19.84%	1,210	$27,637 ($10,202)	23,150	67.00%	16 to 1
3 5	Mississippi University for Women Columbus, MSPublic, 4-year	90.31% 9.69%	34.59%	-	$8,492 ($8,492)	2,193	47.00%	10 to 1
4 2	Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MSPublic, 4-year	92.38% 41.22%	32.26%	-	$7,692 ($7,692)	2,205	27.00%	13 to 1
5 1	Jackson State University Jackson, MSPublic, 4-year	93.15% 2.12%	6.62%	920	$11,965 ($8,965)	6,326	51.00%	14 to 1
6 1	University of Mississippi University, MSPublic, 4-year	96.58% 1.20%	18.53%	1,090	$28,600 ($9,772)	26,449	72.00%	18 to 1
7 1	University of Southern Mississippi Hattiesburg, MSPublic, 4-year	99.12% 0.26%	24.98%	-	$11,998 ($9,998)	13,170	49.00%	18 to 1
8 1	Delta State University Cleveland, MSPublic, 4-year	100.00% 0.32%	17.63%	1,050	$8,605 ($8,605)	2,654	48.00%	12 to 1
	Average	86.81%	21.88%	1,022	$14,222 ($9,064)	9,893	52.25%	15 to 1

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