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Colleges in Mississippi

Mississippi has 36 degree-granting colleges and universities in the federal directory: 23 public, 10 private nonprofit and 3 for-profit. Together they enroll about 121,000 undergraduates. Largest by enrollment: University of Mississippi, with 21,473. They're listed A to Z: the Almanac doesn't rank colleges.

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CollegeNet price Admit rate Graduation Undergrads
Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State · Public
$14,79145%49%2,363
Belhaven UniversityJackson · Private nonprofit
$18,07850%61%1,471
Blue Cliff College, GulfportGulfport · Private for-profit
$24,255Not reportedNot reported200
Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain · Private nonprofit
$26,30689%42%498
Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale · Public
$1,198Not reportedNot reported1,144
Concorde Career College, SouthavenSouthaven · Private for-profit
$28,525100%Not reported115
Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson · Public
$3,733Not reportedNot reported1,922
Delta State UniversityCleveland · Public
$12,677100%49%1,620
East Central Community CollegeDecatur · Public
$5,533Not reportedNot reported1,520
East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba · Public
$3,276Not reportedNot reported2,838
Hinds Community CollegeRaymond · Public
$6,135Not reportedNot reported6,397
Holmes Community CollegeGoodman · Public
$6,993Not reportedNot reported3,958
Itawamba Community CollegeFulton · Public
$2,729Not reportedNot reported4,167
Jackson State UniversityJackson · Public
$34,11993%43%4,600
Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville · Public
$5,252Not reportedNot reported3,535
Meridian Community CollegeMeridian · Public
$6,473Not reportedNot reported2,156
Millsaps CollegeJackson · Private nonprofit
$25,72843%58%549
Mississippi Baptist SeminaryJackson · Private nonprofit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reportedNot reported
Mississippi Christian UniversityClinton · Private nonprofit
$21,03429%64%2,518
Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead · Public
$36Not reportedNot reported1,413
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston · Public
$7,502Not reportedNot reported6,353
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State · Public
$18,78178%69%18,397
Mississippi University for WomenColumbus · Public
$11,45290%53%1,605
Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena · Public
$11,84492%23%1,439
Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville · Public
$6,765Not reportedNot reported2,698
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia · Public
$10,559Not reportedNot reported5,452
Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville · Public
$5,878Not reportedNot reported4,903
Rust CollegeHolly Springs · Private nonprofit
$13,31449%11%467
Southeastern Baptist CollegeLaurel · Private nonprofit
$11,132100%19%93
Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummit · Public
$3,318Not reportedNot reported1,474
Strayer University, MississippiJackson · Private for-profit
Not reportedNot reportedNot reported882
Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo · Private nonprofit
$20,70260%58%639
University of MississippiUniversity · Public
$13,75297%70%21,473
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg · Public
$21,17299%54%10,075
Wesley Biblical SeminaryRidgeland · Private nonprofit
Not reported57%Not reported24
William Carey UniversityHattiesburg · Private nonprofit
$13,50760%57%2,201

Source: College Scorecard ↗, released October 15, 2026, and IPEDS ↗. Net price is the average for first-year students who received aid, in the latest year each college reported; admit rate is for students entering in fall 2024; graduation is for 2019 entrants; undergraduates are for fall 2024. A dash means the college didn't report the figure.