Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
50,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours
2,683 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation
255 (67%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
2,181
Men / Women
35% / 65%
From State
68%
From Region
17%
Athletes
19.4%
Racial/Ethnic
Black
97%
Hispanic
1%
White
1%
International
1%
Native American
0%
Asian
0%
Mixed
0%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
12%
24%
36%
48%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 42.8% 42.8%
2012 Men: 43.5% 43.5%
2013 Men: 39.7% 39.7%
2014 Men: 37.1% 37.1%
2015 Men: 40.6% 40.6%
2016 Men: 34.5% 34.5%
2017 Men: 38.9% 38.9%
2018 Men: 35.3% 35.3%
2019 Men: 34.2% 34.2%
2020 Men: 32.9% 32.9%
2021 Men: 31.3% 31.3%
2022 Men: 31.9% 31.9%
2023 Men: 32.1% 32.1%
2024 Men: 29.2% 29.2%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2012 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2019 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2020 Native: 0.6% 0.6%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2023 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2024 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2012 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2013 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2014 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2017 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2019 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2023 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2011 Black: 93.5% 93.5%
2012 Black: 97.6% 97.6%
2013 Black: 97.9% 97.9%
2014 Black: 94.5% 94.5%
2015 Black: 95.7% 95.7%
2016 Black: 95.7% 95.7%
2017 Black: 94.1% 94.1%
2018 Black: 95.6% 95.6%
2019 Black: 94.5% 94.5%
2020 Black: 93.5% 93.5%
2021 Black: 96.1% 96.1%
2022 Black: 93.9% 93.9%
2023 Black: 91.5% 91.5%
2024 Black: 86.3% 86.3%
2011 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2012 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2013 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2014 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2015 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2017 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2018 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2%
2019 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2020 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2%
2021 Hispanic: 1.3% 1.3%
2022 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2023 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2011 White: 3.2% 3.2%
2012 White: 1.3% 1.3%
2013 White: 0.6% 0.6%
2014 White: 1.6% 1.6%
2015 White: 2.6% 2.6%
2016 White: 0.3% 0.3%
2017 White: 1.2% 1.2%
2018 White: 0.9% 0.9%
2019 White: 1.3% 1.3%
2020 White: 1.0% 1.0%
2021 White: 2.0% 2.0%
2022 White: 1.1% 1.1%
2023 White: 1.8% 1.8%
2024 White: 0.7% 0.7%
2011 International: 1.5% 1.5%
2012 International: 0.2% 0.2%
2013 International: 0.4% 0.4%
2014 International: 2.2% 2.2%
2015 International: 0.6% 0.6%
2016 International: 1.2% 1.2%
2017 International: 1.4% 1.4%
2018 International: 1.2% 1.2%
2019 International: 1.1% 1.1%
2020 International: 1.2% 1.2%
2021 International: 0.3% 0.3%
2022 International: 2.7% 2.7%
2023 International: 5.4% 5.4%
2024 International: 11.2% 11.2%
Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.
Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5%
2021 Native: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 Native: 0.8% 0.8%
2023 Native: 0.9% 0.9%
2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3%
2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2%
2023 Asian: 0.1% 0.1%
2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1%
2020 Black: 91.9% 91.9%
2021 Black: 90.1% 90.1%
2022 Black: 92.5% 92.5%
2023 Black: 94.6% 94.6%
2024 Black: 95.6% 95.6%
2025 Black: 96.8% 96.8%
2020 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2021 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2022 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2023 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2024 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2025 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2020 White: 1.8% 1.8%
2021 White: 1.4% 1.4%
2022 White: 1.9% 1.9%
2023 White: 2.3% 2.3%
2024 White: 2.0% 2.0%
2025 White: 1.2% 1.2%
2020 International: 5.1% 5.1%
2021 International: 5.3% 5.3%
2022 International: 3.7% 3.7%
2023 International: 1.1% 1.1%
2024 International: 0.8% 0.8%
2025 International: 1.0% 1.0%
Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.
IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Schools & Majors
⇅
Alcorn State University
421
32% / 68%
1%
$55,615
65
95%
Computer Science
13 —
54% / 46%
0%
$82,054
93
—
Network Management
4 —
75% / 25%
0%
$75,291
88
—
Chemistry
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
$56,736
67
—
Mathematics
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
—
—
—
Biology
80 —
15% / 85%
2%
$51,936
57
93%
Agricultural Business and Management
22 —
32% / 68%
0%
$65,524
80
92%
Agricultural Economics
6 —
67% / 33%
0%
$65,524
80
92%
Agriculture
12 —
58% / 42%
0%
$62,952
77
95%
Nutrition Sciences
3 —
33% / 67%
0%
$50,525
54
—
Nursing
25 —
12% / 88%
0%
$114,207
99
96%
Accounting
6 —
50% / 50%
0%
$45,786
40
94%
Business Administration
28 —
54% / 46%
4%
$44,878
37
98%
Recreation Management
3 —
100% / 0%
0%
$45,265
39
—
Sports Management
17 —
59% / 41%
6%
$46,638
43
100%
Child Development
— —
—
—
$47,482
45
—
English
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$48,498
48
—
General Studies
46 —
22% / 78%
0%
$47,672
46
96%
History
— —
—
—
$47,936
47
—
Human Development and Family Studies
16 —
0% / 100%
0%
$49,015
50
—
Mass Communication
12 —
25% / 75%
0%
$45,145
38
91%
Political Science
4 —
25% / 75%
0%
—
—
—
Psychology
23 —
4% / 96%
0%
$37,471
17
100%
Social Work
13 —
0% / 100%
0%
$51,993
57
93%
Elementary Education
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$47,954
47
—
General Education
45 —
58% / 42%
2%
$47,672
46
96%
Music
— —
—
—
$42,415
30
—
Music Performance
9 —
56% / 44%
0%
$42,518
30
—
Criminal Justice
13 —
31% / 69%
0%
$53,986
62
100%
Military Science
11 —
45% / 55%
0%
$66,356
81
—
Robotics Technology
2 —
100% / 0%
0%
$84,428
94
—
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$9,229
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$9,346
Est. In-State Cost
$11,939
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$12,090
ROI Percentile
65th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
77%
4-Year Graduation Rate
49%
6-Year Graduation Rate
57%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 33.3% 33.3%
2012 Graduated: 32.1% 32.1%
2013 Graduated: 34.6% 34.6%
2014 Graduated: 40.4% 40.4%
2015 Graduated: 34.1% 34.1%
2016 Graduated: 30.8% 30.8%
2017 Graduated: 32.8% 32.8%
2018 Graduated: 40.5% 40.5%
2019 Graduated: 40.9% 40.9%
2020 Graduated: 45.4% 45.4%
2021 Graduated: 41.9% 41.9%
2022 Graduated: 47.3% 47.3%
2023 Graduated: 46.2% 46.2%
2024 Graduated: 57.4% 57.4%
Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 31.7% 31.7%
2012 Men: 26.7% 26.7%
2013 Men: 24.9% 24.9%
2014 Men: 36.8% 36.8%
2015 Men: 24.7% 24.7%
2016 Men: 21.5% 21.5%
2017 Men: 28.5% 28.5%
2018 Men: 30.9% 30.9%
2019 Men: 34.0% 34.0%
2020 Men: 40.4% 40.4%
2021 Men: 38.0% 38.0%
2022 Men: 33.9% 33.9%
2023 Men: 38.7% 38.7%
2024 Men: 47.1% 47.1%
2011 Women: 34.7% 34.7%
2012 Women: 36.4% 36.4%
2013 Women: 41.3% 41.3%
2014 Women: 42.9% 42.9%
2015 Women: 40.4% 40.4%
2016 Women: 37.5% 37.5%
2017 Women: 36.0% 36.0%
2018 Women: 47.8% 47.8%
2019 Women: 45.5% 45.5%
2020 Women: 48.4% 48.4%
2021 Women: 44.5% 44.5%
2022 Women: 54.4% 54.4%
2023 Women: 50.9% 50.9%
2024 Women: 62.8% 62.8%
IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.
Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Black: 32.3% 32.3%
2012 Black: 32.5% 32.5%
2013 Black: 35.0% 35.0%
2014 Black: 40.4% 40.4%
2015 Black: 34.1% 34.1%
2016 Black: 30.9% 30.9%
2017 Black: 33.1% 33.1%
2018 Black: 40.1% 40.1%
2019 Black: 40.6% 40.6%
2020 Black: 45.3% 45.3%
2021 Black: 42.2% 42.2%
2022 Black: 47.4% 47.4%
2023 Black: 44.3% 44.3%
2024 Black: 53.3% 53.3%
2011 International: 62.5% 62.5%
2012 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 International: 40.0% 40.0%
2015 International: 66.7% 66.7%
2016 International: 71.4% 71.4%
2017 International: 44.4% 44.4%
2018 International: 85.7% 85.7%
2019 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2020 International: 33.3% 33.3%
2021 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 International: 57.1% 57.1%
2023 International: 87.2% 87.2%
2024 International: 92.5% 92.5%
Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.
IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Earnings by Major Category
Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).
Academics
⇅
Humanities & Social Sciences
27.3%
115
13% / 87%
0%
$45,992
41
96%
Life & Natural Sciences
19.0%
80
15% / 85%
2%
$51,936
57
93%
Business & Economics
12.8%
54
57% / 43%
4%
$45,554
40
98%
Education
11.2%
47
55% / 45%
2%
$47,684
46
96%
Agriculture & Food Science
10.2%
43
44% / 56%
0%
$63,760
78
93%
Professional
6.2%
26
42% / 58%
0%
$61,561
76
100%
Health Sciences
5.9%
25
12% / 88%
0%
$114,207
99
96%
Computer Science
4.0%
17
59% / 41%
0%
$80,463
92
—
Arts
2.1%
9
56% / 44%
0%
$42,518
30
—
Physical Sciences & Math
1.2%
5
20% / 80%
0%
$56,736
67
—
Research
R3
⇅
Agriculture & Food Science
$9.8M
#74
75%
$0.0M
—
—
—
—
Business & Economics
$4.3M
#110
48%
$0
—
—
—
—
Engineering
$0.4M
#328
96%
$0
—
—
—
—
Health Sciences
$0.3M
#326
100%
$0
—
—
—
—
Computer Science
$0
#525
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Education
$0
#457
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
$0
#540
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Life & Natural Sciences
$0
#547
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Physical Sciences & Math
$0
#623
—
$0
—
—
—
—
Total
$14.8M
#277
68%
$0.0M
—
—
—
—
Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24.
Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024,
which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the
source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.
Admissions
Uses Common App
No
Acceptance Rate
39%
Yield (Unbound)
19%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
39%
39%
39%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 36.4% 36.4%
2012 Acceptance: 47.1% 47.1%
2013 Acceptance: 82.9% 82.9%
2014 Acceptance: 78.4% 78.4%
2015 Acceptance: 80.6% 80.6%
2016 Acceptance: 78.4% 78.4%
2017 Acceptance: 78.6% 78.6%
2018 Acceptance: 89.3% 89.3%
2019 Acceptance: 58.2% 58.2%
2020 Acceptance: 37.7% 37.7%
2021 Acceptance: 38.9% 38.9%
2022 Acceptance: 29.9% 29.9%
2023 Acceptance: 24.7% 24.7%
2024 Acceptance: 45.3% 45.3%
2011 Yield: 41.6% 41.6%
2012 Yield: 33.7% 33.7%
2013 Yield: 30.6% 30.6%
2014 Yield: 31.7% 31.7%
2015 Yield: 26.0% 26.0%
2016 Yield: 32.9% 32.9%
2017 Yield: 27.2% 27.2%
2018 Yield: 16.0% 16.0%
2019 Yield: 17.2% 17.2%
2020 Yield: 15.5% 15.5%
2021 Yield: 21.4% 21.4%
2022 Yield: 24.7% 24.7%
2023 Yield: 27.3% 27.3%
2024 Yield: 20.6% 20.6%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
2,500
5,000
7,500
10,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 4,535 4,535
2012 Applicants: 3,663 3,663
2013 Applicants: 2,265 2,265
2014 Applicants: 2,078 2,078
2015 Applicants: 3,010 3,010
2016 Applicants: 2,078 2,078
2017 Applicants: 3,464 3,464
2018 Applicants: 4,314 4,314
2019 Applicants: 5,236 5,236
2020 Applicants: 6,846 6,846
2021 Applicants: 4,819 4,819
2022 Applicants: 6,748 6,748
2023 Applicants: 7,511 7,511
2024 Applicants: 6,532 6,532
2011 Admitted: 1,652 1,652
2012 Admitted: 1,726 1,726
2013 Admitted: 1,878 1,878
2014 Admitted: 1,630 1,630
2015 Admitted: 2,425 2,425
2016 Admitted: 1,630 1,630
2017 Admitted: 2,723 2,723
2018 Admitted: 3,853 3,853
2019 Admitted: 3,049 3,049
2020 Admitted: 2,582 2,582
2021 Admitted: 1,875 1,875
2022 Admitted: 2,020 2,020
2023 Admitted: 1,852 1,852
2024 Admitted: 2,961 2,961
2011 Enrolled: 687 687
2012 Enrolled: 581 581
2013 Enrolled: 575 575
2014 Enrolled: 517 517
2015 Enrolled: 631 631
2016 Enrolled: 536 536
2017 Enrolled: 742 742
2018 Enrolled: 615 615
2019 Enrolled: 524 524
2020 Enrolled: 401 401
2021 Enrolled: 402 402
2022 Enrolled: 498 498
2023 Enrolled: 505 505
2024 Enrolled: 610 610
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.
Standardized Tests
Test Policy
optional
Submitted Test Scores
100%
SAT Range
670
–
990
SAT Math Range
270
–
480
SAT RW Range
400
–
510
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
600
800
1000
1200
1400
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 790 790
2012 25th: 790 790
2013 25th: 810 810
2014 25th: 795 795
2015 25th: 780 780
2016 25th: 810 810
2017 25th: 820 820
2018 25th: 820 820
2019 25th: 800 800
2020 25th: 800 800
2021 25th: 853 853
2022 25th: 903 903
2023 25th: 850 850
2024 25th: 670 670
2011 75th: 990 990
2012 75th: 970 970
2013 75th: 940 940
2014 75th: 985 985
2015 75th: 980 980
2016 75th: 1020 1020
2017 75th: 1140 1140
2018 75th: 1140 1140
2019 75th: 970 970
2020 75th: 960 960
2021 75th: 1073 1073
2022 75th: 1115 1115
2023 75th: 998 998
2024 75th: 998 998
SAT Math
200
300
400
500
600
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 400 400
2012 25th: 400 400
2013 25th: 410 410
2014 25th: 405 405
2015 25th: 390 390
2016 25th: 410 410
2017 25th: 400 400
2018 25th: 400 400
2019 25th: 390 390
2020 25th: 390 390
2021 25th: 420 420
2022 25th: 450 450
2023 25th: 420 420
2024 25th: 270 270
2011 75th: 520 520
2012 75th: 500 500
2013 75th: 480 480
2014 75th: 500 500
2015 75th: 500 500
2016 75th: 510 510
2017 75th: 590 590
2018 75th: 590 590
2019 75th: 460 460
2020 75th: 460 460
2021 75th: 535 535
2022 75th: 550 550
2023 75th: 503 503
2024 75th: 485 485
SAT Reading & Writing
300
400
500
600
700
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 390 390
2012 25th: 390 390
2013 25th: 400 400
2014 25th: 390 390
2015 25th: 390 390
2016 25th: 400 400
2017 25th: 420 420
2018 25th: 420 420
2019 25th: 410 410
2020 25th: 410 410
2021 25th: 433 433
2022 25th: 453 453
2023 25th: 430 430
2024 25th: 400 400
2011 75th: 470 470
2012 75th: 470 470
2013 75th: 460 460
2014 75th: 485 485
2015 75th: 480 480
2016 75th: 510 510
2017 75th: 550 550
2018 75th: 550 550
2019 75th: 510 510
2020 75th: 500 500
2021 75th: 538 538
2022 75th: 565 565
2023 75th: 495 495
2024 75th: 513 513
Submitting a Test Score
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2014 Submitted: 99.0% 99.0%
2015 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2016 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2017 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2019 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2020 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2023 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2024 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.
