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Most Favored Mississippi Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Mississippi. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
Blue Mountain College, has the highest yield rate of 65.44% for academic year 2021-2022 in Mississippi. William Carey University is positioned second with 56.67% yield and Mississippi University for Women follows them with 41%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Mississippi.
Most Favored Mississippi Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2022)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Blue Mountain College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBlue Mountain, MS
65.44% 219 217 142 99.09%
2William Carey University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
56.67% 470 270 153 57.45%
3Mississippi University for Women
Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS
40.81% 422 419 171 99.29%
4Mississippi College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS
37.96% 2,339 1,146 435 49.00%
5Rust College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS
35.58% 2,609 981 349 37.60%
6Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
29.37% 901 899 264 99.78%
7Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
25.14% 17,707 13,478 3,388 76.12%
8Alcorn State University
Public, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS
21.44% 4,819 1,875 402 38.91%
9University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
20.44% 19,531 17,512 3,580 89.66%
10Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
18.53% 1,787 1,144 212 64.02%