A total of 168,332 students are enrolled in Mississippi colleges including 4-year colleges, community colleges, and trade schools.
By gender, there are 66,398 men students and 101,934 students. The men to woman students ratio is 0.65 to 1.
In 4-year colleges, 59.13% of total enrollment is women students and 40.87% is men students. In community colleges, the women students' proportion is 62.74%.
For Mississippi colleges with more than 1,000 students, Mississippi State University has the highest ratio of men students (48.18%) and Mississippi University for Women has the highest ratio of women students (76.93%).
By gender, 39.44% of total students is men students (66,398) and 60.56% is women students (101,934) in Mississippi collegs.
In 19 4-year Mississippi colleges in United States, there are 39,811 men students which is 40.87% of total students. The proportion of women students at 4-year Mississippi colleges is 59.13% (57,604).
Of the 67,826 students attending Mississippi community colleges (2-4 years colleges), 37.26% are men (42,552) and 62.74% are women students (42,552).
In Mississippi trade schools (less than 2-years schools), there are 1,313 men and 1,778 women students, accounting for 42.48% and 57.52% of total students.
| School Level | Total | Men | Women |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Levels | 168,332 | 66,398 (39.44%) |
101,934 (60.56%) |
| 4-year Colleges | 97,415 | 39,811 (40.87%) |
57,604 (59.13%) |
| Community Colleges | 67,826 | 25,274 (37.26%) |
42,552 (62.74%) |
| Trade Schools | 3,091 | 1,313 (42.48%) |
1,778 (57.52%) |
The following table compares student population by gender and school level between Mississippi colleges. A total of 168,332 students have enrolled in Mississippi colleges including both undergraduate and graduate programs.
| School | Total Enrollment | Undergraduate | Graduate | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | Total | Men | Women | |
| Alcorn State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,995 | 976 (32.6%) |
2,019 (67.4%) |
2,532 | 836 (33.0%) |
1,696 (67.0%) | 463 | 140 (30.2%) |
323 (69.8%) |
| Belhaven UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,213 | 1,686 (40.0%) |
2,527 (60.0%) |
1,614 | 605 (37.5%) |
1,009 (62.5%) | 2,599 | 1,081 (41.6%) |
1,518 (58.4%) |
| Blue Mountain Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 968 | 449 (46.4%) |
519 (53.6%) |
912 | 430 (47.1%) |
482 (52.9%) | 56 | 19 (33.9%) |
37 (66.1%) |
| Chris Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 73 | 18 (24.7%) |
55 (75.3%) |
73 | 18 (24.7%) |
55 (75.3%) | - | - | - |
| Coahoma Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,633 | 625 (38.3%) |
1,008 (61.7%) |
1,633 | 625 (38.3%) |
1,008 (61.7%) | - | - | - |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,932 | 1,177 (40.1%) |
1,755 (59.9%) |
2,932 | 1,177 (40.1%) |
1,755 (59.9%) | - | - | - |
| Delta State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,654 | 1,072 (40.4%) |
1,582 (59.6%) |
1,876 | 855 (45.6%) |
1,021 (54.4%) | 778 | 217 (27.9%) |
561 (72.1%) |
| East Central Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,785 | 1,207 (43.3%) |
1,578 (56.7%) |
2,785 | 1,207 (43.3%) |
1,578 (56.7%) | - | - | - |
| East Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,841 | 1,672 (43.5%) |
2,169 (56.5%) |
3,841 | 1,672 (43.5%) |
2,169 (56.5%) | - | - | - |
| Fosters Cosmetology CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 23 | 14 (60.9%) |
9 (39.1%) |
23 | 14 (60.9%) |
9 (39.1%) | - | - | - |
| Academy of Hair Design-GrenadaPrivate, Less than 2-year | 21 | 1 (4.8%) |
20 (95.2%) |
21 | 1 (4.8%) |
20 (95.2%) | - | - | - |
| Hinds Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,859 | 3,473 (39.2%) |
5,386 (60.8%) |
8,859 | 3,473 (39.2%) |
5,386 (60.8%) | - | - | - |
| Holmes Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,039 | 1,616 (32.1%) |
3,423 (67.9%) |
5,039 | 1,616 (32.1%) |
3,423 (67.9%) | - | - | - |
| Itawamba Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 5,139 | 1,846 (35.9%) |
3,293 (64.1%) |
5,139 | 1,846 (35.9%) |
3,293 (64.1%) | - | - | - |
| Jackson State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 6,326 | 2,155 (34.1%) |
4,171 (65.9%) |
4,650 | 1,712 (36.8%) |
2,938 (63.2%) | 1,676 | 443 (26.4%) |
1,233 (73.6%) |
| Jones County Junior CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 4,753 | 1,772 (37.3%) |
2,981 (62.7%) |
4,753 | 1,772 (37.3%) |
2,981 (62.7%) | - | - | - |
| Meridian Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 2,780 | 889 (32.0%) |
1,891 (68.0%) |
2,780 | 889 (32.0%) |
1,891 (68.0%) | - | - | - |
| Millsaps CollegePrivate, 4-year | 593 | 328 (55.3%) |
265 (44.7%) |
549 | 300 (54.6%) |
249 (45.4%) | 44 | 28 (63.6%) |
16 (36.4%) |
| Mississippi Delta Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,978 | 712 (36.0%) |
1,266 (64.0%) |
1,978 | 712 (36.0%) |
1,266 (64.0%) | - | - | - |
| University of MississippiPublic, 4-year | 26,449 | 11,025 (41.7%) |
15,424 (58.3%) |
21,585 | 9,234 (42.8%) |
12,351 (57.2%) | 4,864 | 1,791 (36.8%) |
3,073 (63.2%) |
| Mississippi University for WomenPublic, 4-year | 2,193 | 506 (23.1%) |
1,687 (76.9%) |
1,962 | 470 (24.0%) |
1,492 (76.0%) | 231 | 36 (15.6%) |
195 (84.4%) |
| Mississippi Valley State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 2,205 | 1,035 (46.9%) |
1,170 (53.1%) |
2,013 | 953 (47.3%) |
1,060 (52.7%) | 192 | 82 (42.7%) |
110 (57.3%) |
| Mississippi Christian UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 4,164 | 1,692 (40.6%) |
2,472 (59.4%) |
2,883 | 1,240 (43.0%) |
1,643 (57.0%) | 1,281 | 452 (35.3%) |
829 (64.7%) |
| Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty CulturePrivate, Less than 2-year | 57 | - | 57 (100.0%) |
57 | - | 57 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 8,694 | 3,248 (37.4%) |
5,446 (62.6%) |
8,694 | 3,248 (37.4%) |
5,446 (62.6%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi State UniversityPublic, 4-year | 23,150 | 11,153 (48.2%) |
11,997 (51.8%) |
18,567 | 9,137 (49.2%) |
9,430 (50.8%) | 4,583 | 2,016 (44.0%) |
2,567 (56.0%) |
| Northeast Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 3,442 | 1,279 (37.2%) |
2,163 (62.8%) |
3,442 | 1,279 (37.2%) |
2,163 (62.8%) | - | - | - |
| Northwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 7,867 | 2,951 (37.5%) |
4,916 (62.5%) |
7,867 | 2,951 (37.5%) |
4,916 (62.5%) | - | - | - |
| Pearl River Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 6,011 | 2,086 (34.7%) |
3,925 (65.3%) |
6,011 | 2,086 (34.7%) |
3,925 (65.3%) | - | - | - |
| Rust CollegePrivate, 4-year | 467 | 223 (47.8%) |
244 (52.2%) |
467 | 223 (47.8%) |
244 (52.2%) | - | - | - |
| Southeastern Baptist CollegePrivate, 4-year | 93 | 71 (76.3%) |
22 (23.7%) |
93 | 71 (76.3%) |
22 (23.7%) | - | - | - |
| Southwest Mississippi Community CollegePublic, 2-4 year | 1,758 | 701 (39.9%) |
1,057 (60.1%) |
1,758 | 701 (39.9%) |
1,057 (60.1%) | - | - | - |
| University of Southern MississippiPublic, 4-year | 13,170 | 4,855 (36.9%) |
8,315 (63.1%) |
10,193 | 3,837 (37.6%) |
6,356 (62.4%) | 2,977 | 1,018 (34.2%) |
1,959 (65.8%) |
| Tougaloo CollegePrivate, 4-year | 1,301 | 539 (41.4%) |
762 (58.6%) |
1,286 | 533 (41.4%) |
753 (58.6%) | 15 | 6 (40.0%) |
9 (60.0%) |
| Wesley Biblical SeminaryPrivate, 4-year | 170 | 122 (71.8%) |
48 (28.2%) |
24 | 15 (62.5%) |
9 (37.5%) | 146 | 107 (73.3%) |
39 (26.7%) |
| William Carey UniversityPrivate, 4-year | 5,321 | 1,734 (32.6%) |
3,587 (67.4%) |
3,052 | 1,016 (33.3%) |
2,036 (66.7%) | 2,269 | 718 (31.6%) |
1,551 (68.4%) |
| Traxlers School of HairPrivate, Less than 2-year | 98 | 42 (42.9%) |
56 (57.1%) |
98 | 42 (42.9%) |
56 (57.1%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi Barber AcademyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 71 | 49 (69.0%) |
22 (31.0%) |
71 | 49 (69.0%) |
22 (31.0%) | - | - | - |
| KC's School of Hair DesignPrivate, Less than 2-year | 58 | 1 (1.7%) |
57 (98.3%) |
58 | 1 (1.7%) |
57 (98.3%) | - | - | - |
| Academy of Hair Design-PearlPrivate, Less than 2-year | 43 | - | 43 (100.0%) |
43 | - | 43 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| The Academy of Hair Design SixPrivate, Less than 2-year | 37 | - | 37 (100.0%) |
37 | - | 37 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Blue Cliff College-GulfportPrivate, 2-4 year | 200 | 11 (5.5%) |
189 (94.5%) |
200 | 11 (5.5%) |
189 (94.5%) | - | - | - |
| Delta Technical College-MississippiPrivate, Less than 2-year | 2,307 | 1,179 (51.1%) |
1,128 (48.9%) |
2,307 | 1,179 (51.1%) |
1,128 (48.9%) | - | - | - |
| Corinth Academy of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 90 | 2 (2.2%) |
88 (97.8%) |
90 | 2 (2.2%) |
88 (97.8%) | - | - | - |
| Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 77 | - | 77 (100.0%) |
77 | - | 77 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Strayer University-MississippiPrivate, 4-year | 983 | 190 (19.3%) |
793 (80.7%) |
882 | 175 (19.8%) |
707 (80.2%) | 101 | 15 (14.9%) |
86 (85.1%) |
| Concorde Career College-SouthavenPrivate, 2-4 year | 115 | 9 (7.8%) |
106 (92.2%) |
115 | 9 (7.8%) |
106 (92.2%) | - | - | - |
| Unlimited Cosmetology SchoolPrivate, Less than 2-year | 29 | - | 29 (100.0%) |
29 | - | 29 (100.0%) | - | - | - |
| Goshen School of CosmetologyPrivate, Less than 2-year | 27 | - | - | 27 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Vaughn Beauty CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 63 | 1 (1.6%) |
62 (98.4%) |
63 | 1 (1.6%) |
62 (98.4%) | - | - | - |
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Upper Kutz Barber & Style CollegePrivate, Less than 2-year | 17 | 6 (35.3%) |
11 (64.7%) |
17 | 6 (35.3%) |
11 (64.7%) | - | - | - |