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.
Name | Yield | # of Applicants | # of Admitted | # of Enrolled | Acceptance Rate | |
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1 | Blue Mountain CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsBlue Mountain, MS | 65.44% | 219 | 217 | 142 | 99.09% |
2 | William Carey UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS | 56.67% | 470 | 270 | 153 | 57.45% |
3 | Mississippi University for WomenPublic, four-yearsColumbus, MS | 40.81% | 422 | 419 | 171 | 99.29% |
4 | Mississippi CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS | 37.96% | 2,339 | 1,146 | 435 | 49.00% |
5 | Rust CollegePrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS | 35.58% | 2,609 | 981 | 349 | 37.60% |
6 | Delta State UniversityPublic, four-yearsCleveland, MS | 29.37% | 901 | 899 | 264 | 99.78% |
7 | Mississippi State UniversityPublic, four-yearsMississippi State, MS | 25.14% | 17,707 | 13,478 | 3,388 | 76.12% |
8 | Alcorn State UniversityPublic, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS | 21.44% | 4,819 | 1,875 | 402 | 38.91% |
9 | University of MississippiPublic, four-yearsUniversity, MS | 20.44% | 19,531 | 17,512 | 3,580 | 89.66% |
10 | Belhaven UniversityPrivate (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS | 18.53% | 1,787 | 1,144 | 212 | 64.02% |
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