Most Favored Mississippi Colleges

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.

Mississippi College, has the highest yield rate of 51.16% for academic year 2019-2020 in Mississippi. Blue Mountain College is positioned second with 50.67% yield and William Carey University follows them with 50%. 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 (2020)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Mississippi College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsClinton, MS	51.16%	2,162	909	465	42.04%
2	Blue Mountain College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBlue Mountain, MS	50.67%	233	223	113	95.71%
3	William Carey University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsHattiesburg, MS	49.77%	774	426	212	55.04%
4	Mississippi State University Public, 4 or more yearsMississippi State, MS	35.43%	18,340	9,878	3,500	53.86%
5	Mississippi University for Women Public, 4 or more yearsColumbus, MS	33.85%	535	517	175	96.64%
6	Delta State University Public, 4 or more yearsCleveland, MS	28.77%	1,072	1,008	290	94.03%
7	Belhaven University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsJackson, MS	23.60%	1,698	839	198	49.41%
8	University of Mississippi Public, 4 or more yearsUniversity, MS	22.56%	16,253	14,325	3,232	88.14%
9	University of Southern Mississippi Public, 4 or more yearsHattiesburg, MS	21.13%	9,217	8,935	1,888	96.94%
10	Mississippi Valley State University Public, 4 or more yearsItta Bena, MS	18.04%	2,837	1,846	333	65.07%

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