Tightest Mississippi Colleges To Get In

The average acceptance rate of the 14 Mississippi colleges that have competitive admission is 70.33% for the academic year 2023-2024. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is higher by 0.88%. The acceptance rate at 4 Mississippi colleges increased and the rate of 10 colleges decreased.

Alcorn State University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 29.93%. Mississippi College (39.99%) and Belhaven University (42.60%) are following it in the list of Tightest Mississippi 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.

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Key Admission and Academic Facts of Tightest Mississippi Colleges To Get In

Alcorn State University has the lowest acceptance rate (tightest rate) of 29.93% and Mississippi College has the second lowest rate of 39.99% among 14 Mississippi colleges with competitive admission. Alcorn State University ranked 1st, up 1 place from 2nd last year. Mississippi College ranked 2nd, up 1 place from 3rd last year.

The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $18,778 and graduate tuition & fees is $13,359 for the academic year 2023-2024.

The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 10 Tightest Mississippi Colleges To Get In.

Table. Tightest Mississippi Colleges To Get In Comparison
	School Name	Acceptance Rate	Yield	SAT Score	Undergraduate Tuition & Fees	Total Population	Graduation Rate	Students to Faculty Ratio
1 1	Alcorn State University Alcorn State, MS Public, four-years	29.93% 8.98%	24.65%	1,005	$8,549 ($8,549)	2,933	47.00%	16 to 1
2 1	Mississippi College Clinton, MS Private, four-years	39.99% 9.01%	39.17%	-	$21,698	3,946	62.00%	13 to 1
3 4	Belhaven University Jackson, MS Private, four-years	42.60% 21.42%	23.75%	1,165	$29,195	3,627	45.00%	9 to 1
4 -	Tougaloo College Tougaloo, MS Private, four-years	49.31% 6.50%	9.58%	-	$11,398	677	30.00%	9 to 1
5 -	William Carey University Hattiesburg, MS Private, four-years	53.58% 3.87%	64.26%	1,130	$14,685	5,662	41.00%	13 to 1
6 4	Mississippi Valley State University Itta Bena, MS Public, four-years	64.78% 13.83%	14.26%	-	$7,912 ($7,414)	1,879	25.00%	12 to 1
7 1	Millsaps College Jackson, MS Private, four-years	67.83% 0.23%	12.81%	1,286	$43,815	661	56.00%	9 to 1
8 1	Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS Public, four-years	75.19% 0.93%	23.78%	1,150	$26,580 ($9,815)	22,649	63.00%	16 to 1
9 8	Rust College Holly Springs, MS Private, four-years	78.76% 41.16%	9.47%	1,295	$13,840	755	24.00%	8 to 1
10 4	Jackson State University Jackson, MS Public, four-years	88.64% 26.53%	10.15%	1,125	$10,110 ($9,090)	6,906	34.00%	15 to 1
	Average	59.06%	23.19%	1,165	$18,778 ($8,717)	4,970	42.70%	12 to 1

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