For the academic year 2022-2023, the average acceptance rate of Mississippi Public Graduate Schools is 83.10%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is 19.12%. A total of 73,345 have applied, 60,951 admitted, and 11,653 students have enrolled one of Mississippi Public Graduate Schools.

Of the Mississippi colleges, Alcorn State University is the tightest school to admit with 29.93% acceptance rate, and Mississippi Valley State University has the second lowest acceptance rate of 64.78%.

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Acceptance Rates & Admission Statistics Comparison Table

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2023 Acceptance Rates Comparison Table Between Mississippi Public Graduate Schools
School NameApplicantsAdmitted EnrolledAcceptance RateAdmission Yield
 Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State, MS6,7482,020498 29.93%24.65%
Delta State UniversityCleveland, MS936923217 98.61%23.51%
Jackson State UniversityJackson, MS12,58311,1531,132 88.64%10.15%
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, MS18,83014,1583,367 75.19%23.78%
Mississippi University for WomenColumbus, MS450446125 99.11%28.03%
Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena, MS2,4361,578225 64.78%14.26%
University of MississippiUniversity, MS22,31121,7274,465 97.38%20.55%
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, MS9,0518,9461,624 98.84%18.15%
Average9,1687,6191,45783.10%19.12%
*The admission data is updated with academic year 2022-2023 data from National Center For Education Statistics (September 2, 2023).

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