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Affordable Mississippi Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the most affordable (high acceptance rate) Mississippi colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in high level in recent years. Mississippi University for Women has the highest acceptance rate as of 99.11% for academic year 2022-2023 in Mississippi. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).
The following table shows the schools that have high acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the tightest acceptance rates in Mississippi.
Affordable Mississippi Colleges to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2022-2023)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Mississippi University for Women
Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS
99.11%45044612528.03%
2University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
98.84%9,0518,9461,62418.15%
3Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
98.61%93692321723.51%
4University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
97.38%22,31121,7274,46520.55%
5Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
88.64%12,58311,1531,13210.15%
6Rust College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS
78.76%2,4671,9431849.47%
7Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
75.19%18,83014,1583,36723.78%
8Millsaps College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
67.83%2,2101,49919212.81%
9Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
64.78%2,4361,57822514.26%
10William Carey University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
53.58%51727717864.26%