University of Mississippi
University, MS
University of Mississippi is a public research university in University, Mississippi, a town more than 35 miles from a city, with 21,473 undergraduates. Health professions is its signature field: 19% of its bachelor's degrees, about twice its share across the colleges we cover. 72% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $50,994 ten years after starting.
University of Mississippi admitted 36,635 of 37,621 applicants for the fall 2025 entering class (97.4%).
- Acceptance rate
- 97.4%
- Fall 2025 class
- In-state tuition
- $9,772
- $28,600 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $13,314
- Average, students with aid
- SAT, middle 50%
- 990–1175
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2025 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What University of Mississippi is known for
Measured by the 3,887 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Health professions
18.7%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 9.1% share across the colleges we cover.
- Radio, Television, and Digital Communication2937.5% of degrees$69,082+37% vs $50,497 nationally
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing2827.3% of degrees$87,701About the $88,910 national median
- Accounting and Related Services2195.6% of degrees$85,482+12% vs $76,194 nationally
- Marketing2025.2% of degrees$69,139About the $69,303 national median
- Finance and Financial Management Services1924.9% of degrees$80,488About the $83,343 national median
- Business/Commerce1784.6% of degreesToo few graduates to publish
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Remote town
University, MS
Undergraduates
21,473
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
18 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at University of Mississippi
Three things University of Mississippi published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
University of Mississippi files test scores under “important”.
That is the school’s own placement on the grid it publishes every year. 27% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
The admit rate rose from 88% to 98% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
27% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 61% sent an ACT. University of Mississippi files test scores under “important”.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
97.4%
36,635 admitted of 37,621 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
SAT, middle 50%
990–1175
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
ACT, middle 50%
21–29
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Average GPA of admitted students
3.60
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
27%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
61%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Where do you actually stand at University of Mississippi?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What University of Mississippi costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $9,772 ($28,600 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $28,660. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $13,314 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$9,772
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$28,600
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$28,660
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$13,314
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $28,660 full cost.
- Under $30k$8,945Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$9,217Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$14,794Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$18,573Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$21,313Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
72%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
87%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$50,994
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$20,000
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 88% to 98%.
What University of Mississippi says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Test scoresimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
Not considered
- Essay
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Recommendations
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2025
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Rolling AdmissionJuly 27, 2027
Verified July 17, 2026
More colleges on the record
Each of these pages carries the same measured figures and sources.
Other colleges in Mississippi
Closest acceptance rates in the same state.
- University of Southern Mississippi99.4%
- Jackson State University91%
- Mississippi State University76.3%
- Belhaven University53.2%
Colleges with a similar acceptance rate
Closest acceptance rates anywhere in the country.
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