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.

Rust College, has the highest yield rate of 66.51% for academic year 2020-2021 in Mississippi. Mississippi College is positioned second with 57.47% yield and Blue Mountain College follows them with 49%. 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 (2021)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	Rust College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsHolly Springs, MS	66.51%	2,158	636	423	29.47%
2	Mississippi College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsClinton, MS	57.47%	2,559	736	423	28.76%
3	Blue Mountain College Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsBlue Mountain, MS	49.33%	227	225	111	99.12%
4	William Carey University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsHattiesburg, MS	47.97%	758	419	201	55.28%
5	Delta State University Public, 4 or more yearsCleveland, MS	37.48%	517	515	193	99.61%
6	Mississippi University for Women Public, 4 or more yearsColumbus, MS	37.18%	516	511	190	99.03%
7	Mississippi State University Public, 4 or more yearsMississippi State, MS	24.97%	16,127	12,908	3,223	80.04%
8	Belhaven University Private (not-for-profit), 4 or more yearsJackson, MS	24.09%	2,380	1,179	284	49.54%
9	University of Mississippi Public, 4 or more yearsUniversity, MS	20.97%	16,383	14,421	3,024	88.02%
10	University of Southern Mississippi Public, 4 or more yearsHattiesburg, MS	17.96%	9,683	9,328	1,675	96.33%

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