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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Location Jackson, MS
Population 400,000
Website http://www.jsums.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,683 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (68%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,378
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 26%
From Region 18%
Athletes 11.3%

Racial/Ethnic

Black 94%
White 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 45.6% 45.6% 2012 Men: 43.2% 43.2% 2013 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2014 Men: 42.7% 42.7% 2015 Men: 42.0% 42.0% 2016 Men: 40.1% 40.1% 2017 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2018 Men: 38.3% 38.3% 2019 Men: 39.5% 39.5% 2020 Men: 38.4% 38.4% 2021 Men: 36.7% 36.7% 2022 Men: 36.9% 36.9% 2023 Men: 42.1% 42.1% 2024 Men: 40.4% 40.4%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2017 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2018 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2021 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 Native: 0.1% 0.1% 2011 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2014 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2015 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2018 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2019 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2011 Black: 96.6% 96.6% 2012 Black: 96.5% 96.5% 2013 Black: 97.1% 97.1% 2014 Black: 96.7% 96.7% 2015 Black: 96.3% 96.3% 2016 Black: 93.2% 93.2% 2017 Black: 92.0% 92.0% 2018 Black: 94.4% 94.4% 2019 Black: 92.8% 92.8% 2020 Black: 93.0% 93.0% 2021 Black: 93.9% 93.9% 2022 Black: 93.7% 93.7% 2023 Black: 92.2% 92.2% 2024 Black: 95.3% 95.3% 2011 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2012 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2013 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2014 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2015 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2020 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5% 2011 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2012 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2013 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2014 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2015 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2016 White: 3.8% 3.8% 2017 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2018 White: 3.0% 3.0% 2019 White: 1.7% 1.7% 2020 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 White: 1.6% 1.6% 2022 White: 2.1% 2.1% 2023 White: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 White: 1.2% 1.2% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2015 International: 0.8% 0.8% 2016 International: 0.7% 0.7% 2017 International: 1.4% 1.4% 2018 International: 0.9% 0.9% 2019 International: 2.9% 2.9% 2020 International: 2.6% 2.6% 2021 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2022 International: 1.2% 1.2% 2023 International: 2.7% 2.7% 2024 International: 1.2% 1.2%

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

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2024 Native: 0.7% 0.7% 2025 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2020 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2021 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2024 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2025 Asian: 0.1% 0.1% 2020 Black: 92.4% 92.4% 2021 Black: 92.4% 92.4% 2022 Black: 94.3% 94.3% 2023 Black: 94.8% 94.8% 2024 Black: 94.7% 94.7% 2025 Black: 93.8% 93.8% 2020 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2022 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 Hispanic: 0.2% 0.2% 2020 White: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 White: 3.0% 3.0% 2022 White: 1.8% 1.8% 2023 White: 1.9% 1.9% 2024 White: 2.0% 2.0% 2025 White: 2.5% 2.5% 2020 International: 2.3% 2.3% 2021 International: 2.0% 2.0% 2022 International: 1.9% 1.9% 2023 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 International: 1.5% 1.5% 2025 International: 2.1% 2.1%

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

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Jackson State University 826 33% / 67% 1% $51,772 54 95%
Biomedical Engineering 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $86,825 94 —
Civil Engineering 15 — 73% / 27% 0% $96,730 98 100%
Computer Engineering 13 — 69% / 31% 8% $99,868 98 100%
Electrical Engineering 21 — 86% / 14% 5% $89,684 96 —
Computer Science 27 — 70% / 30% 22% $81,847 92 —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology — — — — $47,390 41 —
Chemistry 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $49,205 47 —
Geological/Earth Sciences 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $47,702 42 —
Mathematics 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $58,350 68 —
Physics 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $62,323 75 —
Statistics 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Biology 69 — 25% / 75% 0% $51,580 53 95%
Communication Disorders — — — — $46,075 37 —
Public Health 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 13 — 8% / 92% 0% $29,417 5 90%
Accounting 22 — 45% / 55% 0% $60,573 72 94%
Business Administration 75 — 41% / 59% 1% $51,640 53 100%
Entrepreneurship 10 — 50% / 50% 0% $50,887 51 89%
Finance 5 — 100% / 0% 0% $72,010 85 94%
Health Administration 67 — 10% / 90% 0% $48,091 43 98%
Logistics 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Managerial Economics 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $62,592 75 —
Marketing 18 — 50% / 50% 0% $49,850 48 —
English 7 — 43% / 57% 0% $44,454 32 —
Foreign Languages 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,917 40 —
General Studies 17 — 12% / 88% 0% $47,050 40 100%
History 4 — 50% / 50% 0% $45,161 35 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 82 — 39% / 61% 1% $44,655 33 —
Mass Communication 29 — 52% / 48% 3% $45,674 36 98%
Political Science 19 — 26% / 74% 0% $48,658 45 —
Psychology 28 — 11% / 89% 0% $42,287 26 89%
Rhetoric and Composition 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $44,691 33 —
Social Work 46 — 9% / 91% 0% $43,039 28 92%
Sociology 11 — 27% / 73% 0% $44,282 32 —
Education 39 — 3% / 97% 0% $40,615 21 100%
Elementary Education 37 — 8% / 92% 0% $47,985 43 94%
Mathematics Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $44,835 34 92%
Physical Education 25 — 52% / 48% 0% $44,835 34 92%
Social Studies Education 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $44,835 34 92%
Special Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,166 35 —
Music Education 6 — 83% / 17% 0% $44,835 34 92%
Music Performance 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $36,863 13 —
Visual and Performing Arts 13 — 69% / 31% 0% $44,832 34 93%
Criminal Justice 61 — 25% / 75% 2% $50,342 50 92%
Industrial Technology 11 — 45% / 55% 0% $60,174 71 91%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,419
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $12,729
Est. In-State Cost $12,184
Est. Out-of-State Cost $16,466
ROI Percentile 54th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 62%
4-Year Graduation Rate 34%
6-Year Graduation Rate 51%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 40.1% 40.1% 2012 Graduated: 45.1% 45.1% 2013 Graduated: 38.5% 38.5% 2014 Graduated: 43.2% 43.2% 2015 Graduated: 39.7% 39.7% 2016 Graduated: 37.5% 37.5% 2017 Graduated: 34.1% 34.1% 2018 Graduated: 42.6% 42.6% 2019 Graduated: 38.0% 38.0% 2020 Graduated: 43.7% 43.7% 2021 Graduated: 39.0% 39.0% 2022 Graduated: 34.8% 34.8% 2023 Graduated: 32.2% 32.2% 2024 Graduated: 50.9% 50.9%

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

Men Women
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 33.3% 33.3% 2012 Men: 37.0% 37.0% 2013 Men: 30.2% 30.2% 2014 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2015 Men: 36.8% 36.8% 2016 Men: 31.8% 31.8% 2017 Men: 29.5% 29.5% 2018 Men: 36.6% 36.6% 2019 Men: 35.0% 35.0% 2020 Men: 36.5% 36.5% 2021 Men: 36.4% 36.4% 2022 Men: 31.2% 31.2% 2023 Men: 25.3% 25.3% 2024 Men: 44.4% 44.4% 2011 Women: 44.3% 44.3% 2012 Women: 51.1% 51.1% 2013 Women: 44.4% 44.4% 2014 Women: 47.9% 47.9% 2015 Women: 41.6% 41.6% 2016 Women: 42.1% 42.1% 2017 Women: 37.9% 37.9% 2018 Women: 47.1% 47.1% 2019 Women: 40.3% 40.3% 2020 Women: 49.1% 49.1% 2021 Women: 40.8% 40.8% 2022 Women: 37.2% 37.2% 2023 Women: 36.8% 36.8% 2024 Women: 54.9% 54.9%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 40.7% 40.7% 2012 Black: 45.1% 45.1% 2013 Black: 38.8% 38.8% 2014 Black: 43.3% 43.3% 2015 Black: 40.2% 40.2% 2016 Black: 37.2% 37.2% 2017 Black: 33.0% 33.0% 2018 Black: 42.6% 42.6% 2019 Black: 37.2% 37.2% 2020 Black: 43.4% 43.4% 2021 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2022 Black: 34.4% 34.4% 2023 Black: 32.6% 32.6% 2024 Black: 51.4% 51.4%

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

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Humanities & Social Sciences 30.3% 250 29% / 71% 1% $44,674 33 94%
Business & Economics 24.3% 201 35% / 65% 0% $51,855 54 98%
Education 13.0% 107 17% / 83% 0% $44,389 32 96%
Professional 8.7% 72 28% / 72% 1% $51,844 54 92%
Life & Natural Sciences 8.4% 69 25% / 75% 0% $51,580 53 95%
Engineering 6.2% 51 75% / 25% 4% $94,240 97 100%
Computer Science 3.3% 27 70% / 30% 22% $81,847 92 —
Arts 2.5% 21 71% / 29% 0% $44,074 31 93%
Health Sciences 1.8% 15 13% / 87% 0% $29,417 5 90%
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 13 31% / 69% 0% $54,314 60 —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $7.8M #192 90% $0 — — 17 —
Health Sciences $5.3M #159 91% $0 3 #201 58 —
Engineering $4.1M #224 89% $0 2 #209 24 —
Education $2.5M #163 55% $0 16 #252 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.9M #255 63% $0 5 #275 36 —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #376 82% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.5M #274 68% $0 1 #193 27 —
Business & Economics $0.2M #287 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — 10 —
Total $23.0M #248 83% $0 27 #344 172 —

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 Yes
Acceptance Rate 62%
Yield (Unbound) 6%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 62% 62% 62%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Acceptance: 31.3% 31.3% 2012 Acceptance: 24.2% 24.2% 2013 Acceptance: 64.6% 64.6% 2014 Acceptance: 70.5% 70.5% 2015 Acceptance: 67.5% 67.5% 2016 Acceptance: 63.3% 63.3% 2017 Acceptance: 71.7% 71.7% 2018 Acceptance: 68.9% 68.9% 2019 Acceptance: 67.5% 67.5% 2020 Acceptance: 90.0% 90.0% 2021 Acceptance: 62.1% 62.1% 2022 Acceptance: 88.6% 88.6% 2023 Acceptance: 91.0% 91.0% 2024 Acceptance: 93.1% 93.1% 2011 Yield: 32.3% 32.3% 2012 Yield: 35.5% 35.5% 2013 Yield: 32.0% 32.0% 2014 Yield: 30.4% 30.4% 2015 Yield: 22.8% 22.8% 2016 Yield: 21.7% 21.7% 2017 Yield: 20.7% 20.7% 2018 Yield: 15.7% 15.7% 2019 Yield: 15.1% 15.1% 2020 Yield: 7.2% 7.2% 2021 Yield: 16.2% 16.2% 2022 Yield: 10.1% 10.1% 2023 Yield: 7.6% 7.6% 2024 Yield: 6.6% 6.6%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 8,432 8,432 2012 Applicants: 10,141 10,141 2013 Applicants: 5,325 5,325 2014 Applicants: 5,588 5,588 2015 Applicants: 8,035 8,035 2016 Applicants: 9,390 9,390 2017 Applicants: 6,282 6,282 2018 Applicants: 7,680 7,680 2019 Applicants: 8,396 8,396 2020 Applicants: 9,551 9,551 2021 Applicants: 7,889 7,889 2022 Applicants: 12,583 12,583 2023 Applicants: 14,141 14,141 2024 Applicants: 15,487 15,487 2011 Admitted: 2,643 2,643 2012 Admitted: 2,458 2,458 2013 Admitted: 3,442 3,442 2014 Admitted: 3,938 3,938 2015 Admitted: 5,425 5,425 2016 Admitted: 5,946 5,946 2017 Admitted: 4,506 4,506 2018 Admitted: 5,294 5,294 2019 Admitted: 5,669 5,669 2020 Admitted: 8,594 8,594 2021 Admitted: 4,900 4,900 2022 Admitted: 11,153 11,153 2023 Admitted: 12,873 12,873 2024 Admitted: 14,426 14,426 2011 Enrolled: 854 854 2012 Enrolled: 873 873 2013 Enrolled: 1,103 1,103 2014 Enrolled: 1,196 1,196 2015 Enrolled: 1,235 1,235 2016 Enrolled: 1,292 1,292 2017 Enrolled: 933 933 2018 Enrolled: 831 831 2019 Enrolled: 854 854 2020 Enrolled: 623 623 2021 Enrolled: 793 793 2022 Enrolled: 1,132 1,132 2023 Enrolled: 978 978 2024 Enrolled: 955 955

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 39%
SAT Range 820 – 1070
SAT Math Range 390 – 520
SAT RW Range 430 – 550

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 810 810 2015 25th: 810 810 2016 25th: 820 820 2017 25th: 890 890 2018 25th: 850 850 2019 25th: 883 883 2020 25th: 890 890 2021 25th: 940 940 2022 25th: 1073 1073 2023 25th: 850 850 2024 25th: 820 820 2014 75th: 1040 1040 2015 75th: 1020 1020 2016 75th: 1060 1060 2017 75th: 1090 1090 2018 75th: 1068 1068 2019 75th: 1080 1080 2020 75th: 1050 1050 2021 75th: 980 980 2022 75th: 1210 1210 2023 75th: 1080 1080 2024 75th: 1070 1070

SAT Math

25th 75th
300 400 500 600 700 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 400 400 2015 25th: 410 410 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 430 430 2018 25th: 400 400 2019 25th: 433 433 2020 25th: 440 440 2021 25th: 520 520 2022 25th: 530 530 2023 25th: 410 410 2024 25th: 390 390 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 540 540 2017 75th: 540 540 2018 75th: 508 508 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 530 530 2021 75th: 540 540 2022 75th: 590 590 2023 75th: 530 530 2024 75th: 520 520

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2014 25th: 410 410 2015 25th: 400 400 2016 25th: 410 410 2017 25th: 460 460 2018 25th: 450 450 2019 25th: 450 450 2020 25th: 450 450 2021 25th: 420 420 2022 25th: 543 543 2023 25th: 440 440 2024 25th: 430 430 2014 75th: 520 520 2015 75th: 510 510 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 550 550 2018 75th: 560 560 2019 75th: 540 540 2020 75th: 520 520 2021 75th: 440 440 2022 75th: 620 620 2023 75th: 550 550 2024 75th: 550 550

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Submitted: 95.0% 95.0% 2012 Submitted: 83.0% 83.0% 2013 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2014 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 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: 82.0% 82.0% 2022 Submitted: 44.0% 44.0% 2023 Submitted: 41.0% 41.0% 2024 Submitted: 39.0% 39.0%

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.