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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. Delta State University has the highest acceptance rate as of 99.78% for academic year 2021-2022 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 (2021-2022)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
99.78%90189926429.37%
2Mississippi University for Women
Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS
99.29%42241917140.81%
3Blue Mountain College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBlue Mountain, MS
99.09%21921714265.44%
4University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
95.79%9,3148,9221,58717.79%
5University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
89.66%19,53117,5123,58020.44%
6Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
78.61%3,1552,4801998.02%
7Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
76.12%17,70713,4783,38825.14%
8Millsaps College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
68.06%2,2201,51120113.30%
9Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
64.02%1,7871,14421218.53%
10Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
62.11%7,8894,90079316.18%