Basic Information
Type
Public
Geographical Reach
Regional
Population
90,000
Weather
Comfortable Days
90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours
2,683 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation
255 (68%)
Demographics
Total Undergraduates
1,780
Men / Women
19% / 81%
From State
83%
From Region
13%
Athletes
17.9%
Racial/Ethnic
White
52%
Black
43%
Hispanic
2%
Native American
1%
Asian
1%
Mixed
1%
International
1%
Men in the Entering Class
0%
8%
16%
24%
32%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Men: 15.5% 15.5%
2012 Men: 13.0% 13.0%
2013 Men: 16.3% 16.3%
2014 Men: 17.3% 17.3%
2015 Men: 28.0% 28.0%
2016 Men: 27.2% 27.2%
2017 Men: 28.6% 28.6%
2018 Men: 23.3% 23.3%
2019 Men: 21.7% 21.7%
2020 Men: 20.0% 20.0%
2021 Men: 14.0% 14.0%
2022 Men: 28.0% 28.0%
2023 Men: 25.2% 25.2%
2024 Men: 24.1% 24.1%
Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity
0%
20%
40%
60%
80%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Native: 1.7% 1.7%
2012 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2013 Native: 1.3% 1.3%
2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2016 Native: 1.0% 1.0%
2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2020 Native: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 Native: 0.0% 0.0%
2022 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2023 Native: 2.3% 2.3%
2024 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2011 Asian: 0.8% 0.8%
2012 Asian: 1.6% 1.6%
2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2014 Asian: 1.6% 1.6%
2015 Asian: 0.9% 0.9%
2016 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2017 Asian: 0.6% 0.6%
2018 Asian: 0.0% 0.0%
2019 Asian: 1.1% 1.1%
2020 Asian: 1.7% 1.7%
2021 Asian: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Asian: 0.3% 0.3%
2023 Asian: 0.9% 0.9%
2024 Asian: 0.5% 0.5%
2011 Black: 32.8% 32.8%
2012 Black: 40.2% 40.2%
2013 Black: 43.0% 43.0%
2014 Black: 48.0% 48.0%
2015 Black: 47.2% 47.2%
2016 Black: 41.2% 41.2%
2017 Black: 50.0% 50.0%
2018 Black: 36.5% 36.5%
2019 Black: 41.8% 41.8%
2020 Black: 44.2% 44.2%
2021 Black: 43.1% 43.1%
2022 Black: 32.2% 32.2%
2023 Black: 36.4% 36.4%
2024 Black: 42.5% 42.5%
2011 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8%
2012 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2013 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2014 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6%
2015 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2016 Hispanic: 1.0% 1.0%
2017 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1%
2018 Hispanic: 2.1% 2.1%
2019 Hispanic: 0.5% 0.5%
2020 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2021 Hispanic: 0.4% 0.4%
2022 Hispanic: 0.3% 0.3%
2023 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9%
2024 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0%
2011 White: 61.8% 61.8%
2012 White: 56.6% 56.6%
2013 White: 52.3% 52.3%
2014 White: 48.0% 48.0%
2015 White: 47.7% 47.7%
2016 White: 52.8% 52.8%
2017 White: 43.8% 43.8%
2018 White: 59.8% 59.8%
2019 White: 51.1% 51.1%
2020 White: 41.7% 41.7%
2021 White: 28.5% 28.5%
2022 White: 32.5% 32.5%
2023 White: 59.0% 59.0%
2024 White: 54.3% 54.3%
2011 International: 2.1% 2.1%
2012 International: 0.8% 0.8%
2013 International: 2.1% 2.1%
2014 International: 0.8% 0.8%
2015 International: 3.2% 3.2%
2016 International: 3.0% 3.0%
2017 International: 4.5% 4.5%
2018 International: 1.6% 1.6%
2019 International: 5.5% 5.5%
2020 International: 11.7% 11.7%
2021 International: 27.6% 27.6%
2022 International: 33.9% 33.9%
2023 International: 0.5% 0.5%
2024 International: 1.1% 1.1%
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%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2020 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2021 Native: 1.5% 1.5%
2022 Native: 1.6% 1.6%
2023 Native: 1.4% 1.4%
2024 Native: 1.1% 1.1%
2025 Native: 0.7% 0.7%
2020 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1%
2022 Asian: 1.0% 1.0%
2023 Asian: 0.8% 0.8%
2024 Asian: 0.8% 0.8%
2025 Asian: 0.8% 0.8%
2020 Black: 40.5% 40.5%
2021 Black: 41.2% 41.2%
2022 Black: 41.3% 41.3%
2023 Black: 41.2% 41.2%
2024 Black: 39.4% 39.4%
2025 Black: 42.8% 42.8%
2020 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1%
2021 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1%
2022 Hispanic: 0.1% 0.1%
2023 Hispanic: 0.6% 0.6%
2024 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5%
2025 Hispanic: 1.7% 1.7%
2020 White: 55.4% 55.4%
2021 White: 54.8% 54.8%
2022 White: 55.0% 55.0%
2023 White: 55.1% 55.1%
2024 White: 56.0% 56.0%
2025 White: 51.7% 51.7%
2020 International: 1.9% 1.9%
2021 International: 1.3% 1.3%
2022 International: 1.0% 1.0%
2023 International: 0.8% 0.8%
2024 International: 1.0% 1.0%
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
⇅
Mississippi University for Women
565
16% / 84%
0%
$74,020
88
94%
Chemistry
— —
—
—
$60,252
74
—
Mathematics
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$63,132
78
—
Biology
12 —
0% / 100%
0%
$55,633
65
—
Culinary Arts
7 —
43% / 57%
0%
$42,090
29
96%
Kinesiology
19 —
26% / 74%
5%
$48,240
48
96%
Nursing
292 —
10% / 90%
0%
$98,823
98
95%
Public Health Education and Promotion
30 —
20% / 80%
0%
$43,354
33
—
Speech-Language Pathology
23 —
0% / 100%
0%
$64,762
80
100%
Business Administration
77 +2
40% / 60%
0%
$47,436
45
89%
Child Development
4 —
0% / 100%
0%
$48,252
48
—
Communication
6 —
50% / 50%
0%
$34,352
11
94%
English
9 —
11% / 89%
0%
$46,035
41
—
Family and Consumer Sciences
6 —
0% / 100%
0%
$48,188
48
—
General Studies
2 —
0% / 100%
0%
$42,705
31
88%
History
8 —
12% / 88%
0%
$47,530
46
—
Interdisciplinary Studies
1 —
0% / 100%
0%
$50,244
53
—
Liberal Arts
9 —
22% / 78%
0%
$42,705
31
88%
Political Science
6 —
50% / 50%
0%
$57,237
69
—
Psychology
11 —
9% / 91%
0%
$40,710
25
87%
Spanish
1 +1
100% / 0%
0%
$50,439
54
—
Elementary Education
25 —
4% / 96%
0%
$43,718
34
100%
Music
2 —
50% / 50%
0%
$38,235
19
—
Visual and Performing Arts
8 —
12% / 88%
0%
$32,768
9
96%
Paralegal Studies
6 —
33% / 67%
0%
$50,780
55
96%
Financial
In-State Tuition & Fees
$8,922
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees
$9,034
Est. In-State Cost
$11,541
Est. Out-of-State Cost
$11,686
ROI Percentile
88th
Retention & Graduation
Full-Time Retention
67%
4-Year Graduation Rate
33%
6-Year Graduation Rate
47%
Transfer-Out Rate
0%
Six-Year Graduation Rate
0%
15%
30%
45%
60%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Graduated: 39.5% 39.5%
2012 Graduated: 36.7% 36.7%
2013 Graduated: 36.6% 36.6%
2014 Graduated: 39.3% 39.3%
2015 Graduated: 47.2% 47.2%
2016 Graduated: 46.2% 46.2%
2017 Graduated: 43.8% 43.8%
2018 Graduated: 47.6% 47.6%
2019 Graduated: 39.6% 39.6%
2020 Graduated: 45.8% 45.8%
2021 Graduated: 44.7% 44.7%
2022 Graduated: 37.0% 37.0%
2023 Graduated: 37.8% 37.8%
2024 Graduated: 46.8% 46.8%
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: 23.5% 23.5%
2012 Men: 46.2% 46.2%
2013 Men: 36.4% 36.4%
2014 Men: 35.0% 35.0%
2015 Men: 46.2% 46.2%
2016 Men: 33.3% 33.3%
2017 Men: 58.6% 58.6%
2018 Men: 50.0% 50.0%
2019 Men: 41.9% 41.9%
2020 Men: 35.7% 35.7%
2021 Men: 25.0% 25.0%
2022 Men: 16.5% 16.5%
2023 Men: 29.0% 29.0%
2024 Men: 39.5% 39.5%
2011 Women: 42.2% 42.2%
2012 Women: 36.2% 36.2%
2013 Women: 36.6% 36.6%
2014 Women: 40.1% 40.1%
2015 Women: 47.5% 47.5%
2016 Women: 50.0% 50.0%
2017 Women: 40.9% 40.9%
2018 Women: 47.3% 47.3%
2019 Women: 39.1% 39.1%
2020 Women: 48.0% 48.0%
2021 Women: 52.2% 52.2%
2022 Women: 44.8% 44.8%
2023 Women: 41.3% 41.3%
2024 Women: 49.0% 49.0%
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: 28.2% 28.2%
2012 Black: 24.3% 24.3%
2013 Black: 27.7% 27.7%
2014 Black: 30.6% 30.6%
2015 Black: 42.2% 42.2%
2016 Black: 40.2% 40.2%
2017 Black: 39.3% 39.3%
2018 Black: 31.9% 31.9%
2019 Black: 35.5% 35.5%
2020 Black: 42.5% 42.5%
2021 Black: 48.1% 48.1%
2022 Black: 35.5% 35.5%
2023 Black: 40.5% 40.5%
2024 Black: 45.6% 45.6%
2011 White: 45.6% 45.6%
2012 White: 44.1% 44.1%
2013 White: 43.1% 43.1%
2014 White: 48.8% 48.8%
2015 White: 52.4% 52.4%
2016 White: 50.5% 50.5%
2017 White: 48.7% 48.7%
2018 White: 55.8% 55.8%
2019 White: 45.2% 45.2%
2020 White: 51.0% 51.0%
2021 White: 57.1% 57.1%
2022 White: 53.2% 53.2%
2023 White: 37.5% 37.5%
2024 White: 47.5% 47.5%
2011 International: 20.0% 20.0%
2012 International: 100.0% 100.0%
2013 International: 40.0% 40.0%
2014 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2015 International: 42.9% 42.9%
2016 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2017 International: 50.0% 50.0%
2018 International: 66.7% 66.7%
2019 International: 20.0% 20.0%
2020 International: 46.4% 46.4%
2021 International: 26.5% 26.5%
2022 International: 22.4% 22.4%
2023 International: 0.0% 0.0%
2024 International: 50.0% 50.0%
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
⇅
Health Sciences
64.4%
364
11% / 89%
0%
$89,459
96
95%
Business & Economics
13.6%
77
40% / 60%
0%
$47,436
45
89%
Humanities & Social Sciences
11.2%
63
19% / 81%
0%
$45,150
39
89%
Education
4.4%
25
4% / 96%
0%
$43,718
34
100%
Life & Natural Sciences
2.1%
12
0% / 100%
0%
$55,633
65
—
Arts
1.8%
10
20% / 80%
0%
$33,861
11
96%
Agriculture & Food Science
1.2%
7
43% / 57%
0%
$42,090
29
96%
Professional
1.1%
6
33% / 67%
0%
$50,780
55
96%
Physical Sciences & Math
0.2%
1
0% / 100%
0%
$63,132
78
—
Research
⇅
Agriculture & Food Science
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Business & Economics
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Computer Science
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Education
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Engineering
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Health Sciences
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Humanities & Social Sciences
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Life & Natural Sciences
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Physical Sciences & Math
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
Total
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
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
72%
Yield (Unbound)
34%
Acceptance Rates
In-State
Out-of-State
International
Regular Decision
72%
72%
72%
Acceptance & Yield
0%
25%
50%
75%
100%
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Acceptance: 44.3% 44.3%
2012 Acceptance: 44.0% 44.0%
2013 Acceptance: 43.5% 43.5%
2014 Acceptance: 93.6% 93.6%
2015 Acceptance: 96.1% 96.1%
2016 Acceptance: 98.8% 98.8%
2017 Acceptance: 98.0% 98.0%
2018 Acceptance: 97.8% 97.8%
2019 Acceptance: 96.6% 96.6%
2020 Acceptance: 99.0% 99.0%
2021 Acceptance: 99.3% 99.3%
2022 Acceptance: 99.1% 99.1%
2023 Acceptance: 100.0% 100.0%
2024 Acceptance: 90.3% 90.3%
2011 Yield: 30.0% 30.0%
2012 Yield: 28.4% 28.4%
2013 Yield: 33.2% 33.2%
2014 Yield: 36.1% 36.1%
2015 Yield: 38.1% 38.1%
2016 Yield: 39.1% 39.1%
2017 Yield: 31.3% 31.3%
2018 Yield: 33.0% 33.0%
2019 Yield: 33.8% 33.8%
2020 Yield: 37.2% 37.2%
2021 Yield: 40.8% 40.8%
2022 Yield: 28.0% 28.0%
2023 Yield: 28.8% 28.8%
2024 Yield: 34.6% 34.6%
Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 Applicants: 1,360 1,360
2012 Applicants: 1,542 1,542
2013 Applicants: 1,274 1,274
2014 Applicants: 720 720
2015 Applicants: 671 671
2016 Applicants: 750 750
2017 Applicants: 708 708
2018 Applicants: 585 585
2019 Applicants: 535 535
2020 Applicants: 516 516
2021 Applicants: 422 422
2022 Applicants: 450 450
2023 Applicants: 553 553
2024 Applicants: 557 557
2011 Admitted: 603 603
2012 Admitted: 679 679
2013 Admitted: 554 554
2014 Admitted: 674 674
2015 Admitted: 645 645
2016 Admitted: 741 741
2017 Admitted: 694 694
2018 Admitted: 572 572
2019 Admitted: 517 517
2020 Admitted: 511 511
2021 Admitted: 419 419
2022 Admitted: 446 446
2023 Admitted: 553 553
2024 Admitted: 503 503
2011 Enrolled: 181 181
2012 Enrolled: 193 193
2013 Enrolled: 184 184
2014 Enrolled: 243 243
2015 Enrolled: 246 246
2016 Enrolled: 290 290
2017 Enrolled: 217 217
2018 Enrolled: 189 189
2019 Enrolled: 175 175
2020 Enrolled: 190 190
2021 Enrolled: 171 171
2022 Enrolled: 125 125
2023 Enrolled: 159 159
2024 Enrolled: 174 174
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
950
–
1170
SAT Math Range
460
–
570
SAT RW Range
490
–
600
Published SAT Distribution
SAT Composite
800
1000
1200
1400
1600
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 860 860
2012 25th: 910 910
2013 25th: 990 990
2014 25th: 1025 1025
2015 25th: 990 990
2016 25th: 1010 1010
2017 25th: 1070 1070
2018 25th: 1080 1080
2019 25th: 960 960
2020 25th: 990 990
2021 25th: 850 850
2011 75th: 1150 1150
2012 75th: 1090 1090
2013 75th: 1120 1120
2014 75th: 1200 1200
2015 75th: 1150 1150
2016 75th: 1150 1150
2017 75th: 1200 1200
2018 75th: 1110 1110
2019 75th: 1200 1200
2020 75th: 1300 1300
2021 75th: 1180 1180
SAT Math
400
500
600
700
800
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 450 450
2012 25th: 480 480
2013 25th: 550 550
2014 25th: 580 580
2015 25th: 580 580
2016 25th: 580 580
2017 25th: 530 530
2018 25th: 560 560
2019 25th: 490 490
2020 25th: 480 480
2021 25th: 410 410
2011 75th: 620 620
2012 75th: 630 630
2013 75th: 640 640
2014 75th: 655 655
2015 75th: 660 660
2016 75th: 650 650
2017 75th: 610 610
2018 75th: 580 580
2019 75th: 590 590
2020 75th: 690 690
2021 75th: 570 570
SAT Reading & Writing
400
500
600
700
800
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2011 25th: 410 410
2012 25th: 430 430
2013 25th: 440 440
2014 25th: 445 445
2015 25th: 410 410
2016 25th: 430 430
2017 25th: 540 540
2018 25th: 520 520
2019 25th: 470 470
2020 25th: 510 510
2021 25th: 440 440
2011 75th: 530 530
2012 75th: 460 460
2013 75th: 480 480
2014 75th: 545 545
2015 75th: 490 490
2016 75th: 500 500
2017 75th: 590 590
2018 75th: 530 530
2019 75th: 610 610
2020 75th: 610 610
2021 75th: 610 610
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: 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: 99.0% 99.0%
2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0%
2022 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0%
2023 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0%
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.
