78.97% of Applicants Accepted to Mississippi Colleges in 2023-2024 Admission

For 2023-2024 admission, the average acceptance rate of Mississippi colleges is 78.97%, 76,105 accepted out of 96,375 applicants.

For Mississippi college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 9,827 (11.35%) compared to last year, from 86,548 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 1,543, which is more than 11.80% last year.

Mississippi colleges' acceptance rate increased by 0.04% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Mississippi colleges. The yield increased by 0.07%.

Among Mississippi colleges, Alcorn State University has the lowest acceptance rate of 25.00% with 1,878 accepted students out of 7,511 applicants. University of Mississippi has the most number of applicants of 27,837 and University of Mississippi has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,183.

Acceptance Rate and Admission Stats for Mississippi Colleges

The following table compares the acceptance rate and admission statistics between four-years colleges in Mississippi. Those colleges have admission requirements and criteria to admit (not open admission). The green or red arrows with numbers indicate change from the previous year for each column.