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Mississippi Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate

The following 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 100% for academic year 2023-2024 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.
Mississippi Colleges Not Too Hard to Admit with Highest Acceptance Rate (2023-2024)
NameAcceptance Rate# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledYield
1Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
100%1,2311,23121717.63%
2University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
99.12%7,0486,9861,74524.98%
3University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
96.58%33,36332,2235,97218.53%
4Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
93.15%15,48714,4269556.62%
5Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
92.38%1,1411,05434032.26%
6Mississippi University for Women
Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS
90.31%55750317434.59%
7Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
77.64%23,34618,1253,59619.84%
8William Carey University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
60.29%84150724548.32%
9Tougaloo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTougaloo, MS
59.85%2,3341,39714310.24%
10Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
49.75%2,6371,31224318.52%