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Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach Regional
Religious Affiliation Southern Baptist
Location Hattiesburg, MS
Population 150,000
Website https://www.wmcarey.edu/
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Weather

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

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 2,571
Men / Women 29% / 71%
From State 65%
From Region 20%
Athletes 21.6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 52%
Black 36%
International 5%
Hispanic 3%
Asian 1%
Native American 0%
Mixed 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 43.0% 43.0% 2012 Men: 52.1% 52.1% 2013 Men: 46.7% 46.7% 2014 Men: 47.2% 47.2% 2015 Men: 40.2% 40.2% 2016 Men: 42.9% 42.9% 2017 Men: 42.4% 42.4% 2018 Men: 45.8% 45.8% 2019 Men: 39.2% 39.2% 2020 Men: 31.8% 31.8% 2021 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2022 Men: 43.8% 43.8% 2023 Men: 52.0% 52.0% 2024 Men: 38.8% 38.8%

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: 1.3% 1.3% 2012 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 Native: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 Native: 0.9% 0.9% 2022 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2024 Native: 0.6% 0.6% 2011 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 1.3% 1.3% 2016 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Asian: 0.5% 0.5% 2019 Asian: 1.6% 1.6% 2020 Asian: 1.8% 1.8% 2021 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2011 Black: 21.7% 21.7% 2012 Black: 19.2% 19.2% 2013 Black: 14.1% 14.1% 2014 Black: 12.3% 12.3% 2015 Black: 10.8% 10.8% 2016 Black: 18.1% 18.1% 2017 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2018 Black: 17.3% 17.3% 2019 Black: 11.5% 11.5% 2020 Black: 27.8% 27.8% 2021 Black: 21.4% 21.4% 2022 Black: 16.7% 16.7% 2023 Black: 16.0% 16.0% 2024 Black: 15.1% 15.1% 2011 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2014 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2016 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2017 Hispanic: 0.7% 0.7% 2018 Hispanic: 1.5% 1.5% 2019 Hispanic: 1.1% 1.1% 2020 Hispanic: 0.9% 0.9% 2021 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2022 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2023 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2024 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2011 White: 72.6% 72.6% 2012 White: 66.9% 66.9% 2013 White: 73.6% 73.6% 2014 White: 80.0% 80.0% 2015 White: 69.4% 69.4% 2016 White: 60.2% 60.2% 2017 White: 66.0% 66.0% 2018 White: 69.4% 69.4% 2019 White: 74.9% 74.9% 2020 White: 64.1% 64.1% 2021 White: 66.4% 66.4% 2022 White: 69.4% 69.4% 2023 White: 69.2% 69.2% 2024 White: 67.6% 67.6% 2011 International: 0.6% 0.6% 2012 International: 13.1% 13.1% 2013 International: 9.8% 9.8% 2014 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2015 International: 14.6% 14.6% 2016 International: 17.5% 17.5% 2017 International: 13.9% 13.9% 2018 International: 8.7% 8.7% 2019 International: 8.2% 8.2% 2020 International: 4.5% 4.5% 2021 International: 7.0% 7.0% 2022 International: 7.8% 7.8% 2023 International: 9.5% 9.5% 2024 International: 12.3% 12.3%

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% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2021 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2022 Native: 0.4% 0.4% 2023 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2024 Native: 0.5% 0.5% 2025 Native: 0.3% 0.3% 2020 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2021 Asian: 1.1% 1.1% 2022 Asian: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Asian: 1.2% 1.2% 2024 Asian: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Asian: 1.0% 1.0% 2020 Black: 26.3% 26.3% 2021 Black: 25.9% 25.9% 2022 Black: 27.7% 27.7% 2023 Black: 28.5% 28.5% 2024 Black: 30.0% 30.0% 2025 Black: 36.1% 36.1% 2020 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2021 Hispanic: 2.4% 2.4% 2022 Hispanic: 2.5% 2.5% 2023 Hispanic: 2.9% 2.9% 2024 Hispanic: 2.3% 2.3% 2025 Hispanic: 2.6% 2.6% 2020 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2021 White: 63.0% 63.0% 2022 White: 60.5% 60.5% 2023 White: 59.1% 59.1% 2024 White: 57.9% 57.9% 2025 White: 52.3% 52.3% 2020 International: 6.2% 6.2% 2021 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2022 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2023 International: 6.0% 6.0% 2024 International: 5.9% 5.9% 2025 International: 5.4% 5.4%

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
William Carey University 510 32% / 68% 5% $66,195 78 96%
Chemistry 2 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Mathematics 9 — 33% / 67% 0% $66,994 79 —
Biology 47 — 36% / 64% 9% $46,452 34 89%
Kinesiology 13 — 69% / 31% 8% — — —
Nursing 111 — 15% / 85% 0% $108,726 99 100%
Applied Business Administration 3 — 67% / 33% 33% $47,910 39 95%
Business Administration 26 — 54% / 46% 27% $47,910 39 95%
Health Administration 15 — 13% / 87% 0% $63,113 74 —
Health Information/Medical Records Administration 17 — 0% / 100% 6% $63,453 75 —
International Business 3 — 33% / 67% 100% — — —
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 3 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —
Christian Studies 6 — 67% / 33% 0% $50,900 48 —
Communication Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $48,484 41 —
English 5 — 20% / 80% 0% $41,443 20 89%
General Studies 5 — 0% / 100% 0% $48,239 40 —
History — — — — $49,224 43 —
Intercultural Studies 2 — 50% / 50% 0% $49,024 42 —
Mass Communication — — — — $48,191 40 —
Psychology 38 — 16% / 84% 11% $39,412 16 91%
Religious/Sacred Music 3 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Social Sciences 6 — 50% / 50% 0% $47,983 39 —
Spanish 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,232 54 —
Worship Ministry 3 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Education — — — — $58,816 66 —
Elementary Education 75 — 3% / 97% 1% $43,385 25 97%
Physical Education 76 — 75% / 25% 7% $69,561 82 97%
Art 9 — 22% / 78% 0% — — —
Music 4 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,696 32 —
Music Education 10 — 60% / 40% 0% $69,561 82 97%
Music Performance 5 — 80% / 20% 20% $45,610 32 —
Music Therapy 2 — 0% / 100% 0% $60,143 69 —
Musical Theatre 3 — 33% / 67% 0% — — —
Studio Art — — — — $42,755 24 —
Theatre — — — — $39,728 16 —
Theatre and Dance 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Criminal Justice 4 — 100% / 0% 0% $57,722 64 100%
Forensic Science 1 — 100% / 0% 0% $56,367 61 —

Financial

Tuition & Fees $16,563
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 45%
6-Year Graduation Rate 60%
Transfer-Out Rate 34%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 51.0% 51.0% 2012 Graduated: 57.7% 57.7% 2013 Graduated: 62.0% 62.0% 2014 Graduated: 58.5% 58.5% 2015 Graduated: 54.1% 54.1% 2016 Graduated: 46.4% 46.4% 2017 Graduated: 56.9% 56.9% 2018 Graduated: 47.4% 47.4% 2019 Graduated: 47.0% 47.0% 2020 Graduated: 53.4% 53.4% 2021 Graduated: 60.3% 60.3% 2022 Graduated: 41.7% 41.7% 2023 Graduated: 40.8% 40.8% 2024 Graduated: 59.8% 59.8%

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

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 48.3% 48.3% 2012 Men: 56.6% 56.6% 2013 Men: 53.1% 53.1% 2014 Men: 48.1% 48.1% 2015 Men: 52.3% 52.3% 2016 Men: 49.3% 49.3% 2017 Men: 46.2% 46.2% 2018 Men: 44.8% 44.8% 2019 Men: 39.8% 39.8% 2020 Men: 47.4% 47.4% 2021 Men: 50.6% 50.6% 2022 Men: 35.1% 35.1% 2023 Men: 36.1% 36.1% 2024 Men: 50.0% 50.0% 2011 Women: 52.6% 52.6% 2012 Women: 58.4% 58.4% 2013 Women: 67.7% 67.7% 2014 Women: 65.4% 65.4% 2015 Women: 55.4% 55.4% 2016 Women: 44.1% 44.1% 2017 Women: 65.8% 65.8% 2018 Women: 50.0% 50.0% 2019 Women: 53.7% 53.7% 2020 Women: 57.9% 57.9% 2021 Women: 66.4% 66.4% 2022 Women: 46.6% 46.6% 2023 Women: 44.3% 44.3% 2024 Women: 67.0% 67.0%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Black White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Black: 38.2% 38.2% 2012 Black: 44.0% 44.0% 2013 Black: 56.5% 56.5% 2014 Black: 62.5% 62.5% 2015 Black: 41.2% 41.2% 2016 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2017 Black: 69.6% 69.6% 2018 Black: 32.4% 32.4% 2019 Black: 33.3% 33.3% 2020 Black: 38.7% 38.7% 2021 Black: 49.0% 49.0% 2022 Black: 26.7% 26.7% 2023 Black: 18.5% 18.5% 2024 Black: 29.6% 29.6% 2011 White: 55.3% 55.3% 2012 White: 56.3% 56.3% 2013 White: 61.7% 61.7% 2014 White: 54.8% 54.8% 2015 White: 61.5% 61.5% 2016 White: 54.0% 54.0% 2017 White: 63.2% 63.2% 2018 White: 53.7% 53.7% 2019 White: 48.9% 48.9% 2020 White: 58.7% 58.7% 2021 White: 65.1% 65.1% 2022 White: 45.6% 45.6% 2023 White: 47.9% 47.9% 2024 White: 66.9% 66.9% 2011 International: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 International: 82.4% 82.4% 2013 International: 75.0% 75.0% 2014 International: 87.5% 87.5% 2015 International: 43.5% 43.5% 2016 International: 20.7% 20.7% 2017 International: 25.0% 25.0% 2018 International: 29.4% 29.4% 2019 International: 53.3% 53.3% 2020 International: 60.0% 60.0% 2021 International: 68.8% 68.8% 2022 International: 35.7% 35.7% 2023 International: 37.5% 37.5% 2024 International: 63.6% 63.6%

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
Education 29.6% 151 39% / 61% 4% $56,560 62 97%
Health Sciences 24.3% 124 21% / 79% 1% $108,726 99 100%
Humanities & Social Sciences 13.9% 71 27% / 73% 6% $42,886 24 90%
Business & Economics 13.1% 67 31% / 69% 18% $55,980 61 95%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.2% 47 36% / 64% 9% $46,452 34 89%
Arts 6.7% 34 38% / 62% 3% $58,416 66 97%
Physical Sciences & Math 2.2% 11 27% / 73% 0% $66,994 79 —
Professional 1.0% 5 100% / 0% 0% $57,451 64 100%

Research

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Education — — — — 42 #83 — —
Health Sciences — — — — 20 #90 — —
Agriculture & Food Science — — — — — — — —
Business & Economics — — — — — — — —
Computer Science — — — — — — — —
Engineering — — — — — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences — — — — — — — —
Life & Natural Sciences — — — — — — — —
Physical Sciences & Math — — — — — — — —
Total — — — — 62 #234 — —

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 57%
Yield (Unbound) 48%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 57% 57% 57%

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: 82.8% 82.8% 2012 Acceptance: 27.4% 27.4% 2013 Acceptance: 48.8% 48.8% 2014 Acceptance: 50.4% 50.4% 2015 Acceptance: 56.9% 56.9% 2016 Acceptance: 51.0% 51.0% 2017 Acceptance: 48.8% 48.8% 2018 Acceptance: 67.9% 67.9% 2019 Acceptance: 55.0% 55.0% 2020 Acceptance: 55.3% 55.3% 2021 Acceptance: 57.4% 57.4% 2022 Acceptance: 53.6% 53.6% 2023 Acceptance: 58.0% 58.0% 2024 Acceptance: 60.3% 60.3% 2011 Yield: 25.4% 25.4% 2012 Yield: 78.7% 78.7% 2013 Yield: 48.4% 48.4% 2014 Yield: 38.2% 38.2% 2015 Yield: 40.5% 40.5% 2016 Yield: 44.9% 44.9% 2017 Yield: 40.7% 40.7% 2018 Yield: 40.8% 40.8% 2019 Yield: 49.8% 49.8% 2020 Yield: 48.0% 48.0% 2021 Yield: 56.7% 56.7% 2022 Yield: 64.3% 64.3% 2023 Yield: 61.6% 61.6% 2024 Yield: 48.3% 48.3%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 250 500 750 1,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Applicants: 751 751 2012 Applicants: 755 755 2013 Applicants: 771 771 2014 Applicants: 835 835 2015 Applicants: 842 842 2016 Applicants: 825 825 2017 Applicants: 891 891 2018 Applicants: 607 607 2019 Applicants: 774 774 2020 Applicants: 758 758 2021 Applicants: 470 470 2022 Applicants: 517 517 2023 Applicants: 571 571 2024 Applicants: 841 841 2011 Admitted: 622 622 2012 Admitted: 207 207 2013 Admitted: 376 376 2014 Admitted: 421 421 2015 Admitted: 479 479 2016 Admitted: 421 421 2017 Admitted: 435 435 2018 Admitted: 412 412 2019 Admitted: 426 426 2020 Admitted: 419 419 2021 Admitted: 270 270 2022 Admitted: 277 277 2023 Admitted: 331 331 2024 Admitted: 507 507 2011 Enrolled: 158 158 2012 Enrolled: 163 163 2013 Enrolled: 182 182 2014 Enrolled: 161 161 2015 Enrolled: 194 194 2016 Enrolled: 189 189 2017 Enrolled: 177 177 2018 Enrolled: 168 168 2019 Enrolled: 212 212 2020 Enrolled: 201 201 2021 Enrolled: 153 153 2022 Enrolled: 178 178 2023 Enrolled: 204 204 2024 Enrolled: 245 245

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy required
Submitted Test Scores 100%
SAT Range 1040 – 1290
SAT Math Range 500 – 600
SAT RW Range 540 – 690

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 1000 1200 1400 1600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 910 910 2012 25th: 880 880 2014 25th: 870 870 2015 25th: 810 810 2016 25th: 860 860 2017 25th: 990 990 2018 25th: 930 930 2019 25th: 950 950 2020 25th: 1050 1050 2021 25th: 980 980 2022 25th: 1050 1050 2023 25th: 880 880 2024 25th: 1040 1040 2011 75th: 1130 1130 2012 75th: 1070 1070 2014 75th: 1180 1180 2015 75th: 1080 1080 2016 75th: 1070 1070 2017 75th: 1160 1160 2018 75th: 1150 1150 2019 75th: 1180 1180 2020 75th: 1330 1330 2021 75th: 1320 1320 2022 75th: 1320 1320 2023 75th: 1200 1200 2024 75th: 1290 1290

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 500 600 700 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 480 480 2012 25th: 480 480 2014 25th: 470 470 2015 25th: 430 430 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 470 470 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 520 520 2021 25th: 450 450 2022 25th: 510 510 2023 25th: 420 420 2024 25th: 500 500 2011 75th: 600 600 2012 75th: 600 600 2014 75th: 590 590 2015 75th: 560 560 2016 75th: 550 550 2017 75th: 600 600 2018 75th: 580 580 2019 75th: 610 610 2020 75th: 680 680 2021 75th: 640 640 2022 75th: 610 610 2023 75th: 580 580 2024 75th: 600 600

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
200 350 500 650 800 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 25th: 430 430 2012 25th: 400 400 2014 25th: 400 400 2015 25th: 380 380 2016 25th: 430 430 2017 25th: 500 500 2018 25th: 460 460 2019 25th: 490 490 2020 25th: 530 530 2021 25th: 530 530 2022 25th: 540 540 2023 25th: 460 460 2024 25th: 540 540 2011 75th: 530 530 2012 75th: 470 470 2014 75th: 590 590 2015 75th: 520 520 2016 75th: 520 520 2017 75th: 560 560 2018 75th: 570 570 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 650 650 2021 75th: 680 680 2022 75th: 710 710 2023 75th: 620 620 2024 75th: 690 690

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: 100.0% 100.0% 2012 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 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: 93.0% 93.0% 2020 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0% 2021 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2022 Submitted: 91.0% 91.0% 2023 Submitted: 90.0% 90.0% 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.