Acceptance Rate and Admission Trends for Mississippi Colleges

70.12%

Applicants Changes

5.65%

Acceptance Rate

Mississippi Colleges Acceptance Rate Trends (2015-2025)

  • Overall Trend: The average acceptance rate has increased over the last decade, rising from 66.79% to 72.43%.
  • Current Admission (2025): The average acceptance rate is 72.43%, with 84,431 students accepted out of 103,099 total applicants.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's acceptance rate: 73.25%
    • Women's acceptance rate: 73.51%

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

  • Overall Trend: The admission yield (the percentage of admitted students who actually enroll) has consistently decreased.
  • 10-Year Change: The yield dropped from 31.90% to 29.93%.
  • Gender Split (2024-2025):
    • Men's yield: 29.93%
    • Women's yield: 27.25%

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

  • Applicants: The number of applicants has shown a strong upward trend, increasing to 103,099 in 2025. This represents a 6.98% increase from the previous year.
  • Admitted Students: The number of admitted students also increased to 84,431.
  • Enrolled Students: The number of enrolled students reached 15,237 in 2024-2025.

Note: The acceptance rate is calculated as the number of admitted students divided by the number of applicants. The admission yield (enrollment rate) is calculated as the number of enrolled students divided by the number of admitted students.

Acceptance Rate Trends

The average acceptance rate over the last 10 years is 70.89% where the current academic year rate is 72.43% at Mississippi Colleges. By gender, men students' acceptance rate is 70.26% and women students' rate is 71.13%.

The following table and chart illustrate the acceptance rates changes at Mississippi Colleges over the past 11 years (2014-2025).

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 66.79% 64.50% 67.75%
2015-16 68.78%
2.00%		 67.25%
2.75%		 69.69%
1.93%
2016-17 67.08%
-1.70%		 67.75%
0.49%		 66.73%
-2.95%
2017-18 71.98%
4.89%		 70.88%
3.14%		 72.66%
5.93%
2018-19 75.01%
3.03%		 74.82%
3.94%		 75.18%
2.52%
2019-20 70.16%
-4.85%		 68.19%
-6.63%		 71.09%
-4.10%
2020-21 70.80%
0.64%		 69.78%
1.59%		 72.32%
1.23%
2021-22 71.92%
1.12%		 70.86%
1.07%		 72.39%
0.07%
2022-23 73.77%
1.85%		 73.69%
2.83%		 72.58%
0.20%
2023-24 71.06%
-2.70%		 71.89%
-1.80%		 68.53%
-4.05%
2024-25 72.43%
1.37%		 73.25%
1.36%		 73.51%
4.98%
Average 70.89% 70.26% 71.13%
Mississippi Colleges Acceptance Rate Changes Chart

Admission Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes

The average admission yield of the last 12 years is 29.57% where the current academic year yield is 29.93%. The yield, also known as enrollment rate is the percentage of admitted students who finally enrolled. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in yield at Mississippi Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearTotalMenWomen
2014-15 31.90% 35.51% 30.15%
2015-16 29.74%
-2.16%		 33.86%
-1.65%		 27.41%
-2.74%
2016-17 33.61%
3.86%		 36.05%
2.19%		 32.42%
5.01%
2017-18 29.37%
-4.23%		 32.86%
-3.18%		 27.28%
-5.13%
2018-19 27.14%
-2.24%		 30.97%
-1.90%		 24.95%
-2.33%
2019-20 26.03%
-1.11%		 30.01%
-0.96%		 23.75%
-1.20%
2020-21 32.07%
6.04%		 35.97%
5.96%		 29.73%
5.98%
2021-22 28.93%
-3.14%		 32.76%
-3.20%		 27.10%
-2.64%
2022-23 27.98%
-0.95%		 31.69%
-1.07%		 22.69%
-4.40%
2023-24 28.52%
0.54%		 32.87%
1.17%		 23.24%
0.55%
2024-25 29.93%
1.41%		 33.75%
0.89%		 27.25%
4.01%
Average 29.57% 33.30% 26.91%
Mississippi Colleges Yield (Enrollment Rate) Changes Chart

Applicants, Admitted, and Enrolled Headcount Changes

The average number of applicants is 78,245, the average number of admitted is 57,830, and the average number of enrolled students is 13,231 over the last 10 years.

The number of applicants to Mississippi Colleges increased by 6.98% (6,724 applicants) compared to last year.

The following table and chart show the changes of applicants, admitted, and enrolled headcount at Mississippi Colleges from 2014 to 2025.

YearApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
2014-15 60,603 41,784 13,075
2015-16 68,704
13.37%		 45,647
9.25%		 13,533
3.50%
2016-17 70,366
2.42%		 45,191
-1.00%		 13,946
3.05%
2017-18 69,661
-1.00%		 49,536
9.61%		 13,457
-3.51%
2018-19 74,046
6.29%		 54,212
9.44%		 13,081
-2.79%
2019-20 78,848
6.49%		 55,084
1.61%		 12,327
-5.76%
2020-21 75,737
-3.95%		 58,114
5.50%		 11,344
-7.97%
2021-22 76,705
1.28%		 57,700
-0.71%		 11,931
5.17%
2022-23 86,548
12.83%		 68,309
18.39%		 13,073
9.57%
2023-24 96,375
11.35%		 76,124
11.44%		 14,537
11.20%
2024-25 103,099
6.98%		 84,431
10.91%		 15,237
4.82%
Average 78,245 57,830 13,231
Mississippi Colleges Applicants Trends Chart