For 2024-2025 admission, the average acceptance rate of Mississippi colleges is 81.89%, 84,431 accepted out of 103,099 applicants.
For Mississippi college admission, the total number of applicants increased by 6,724 (6.98%) compared to last year, from 96,375 applicants. The number of students enrolled in first year increased by 700, which is more than 4.82% last year.
Mississippi colleges' acceptance rate increased by 2.91% compared to last year, which means easier to get into Mississippi colleges. The yield decreased by 1.05%.
Among Mississippi colleges, Mississippi Christian University has the lowest acceptance rate of 29.11% with 644 accepted students out of 2,212 applicants. University of Mississippi has the most number of applicants of 33,363 and University of Mississippi has the most number of first-year enrolled students of 5,972.
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.