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.

William Carey University, has the highest yield rate of 64.26% for academic year 2022-2023 in Mississippi. Blue Mountain Christian University is positioned second with 50.56% yield and Mississippi College follows them with 39%. 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 (2023)
	Name	Yield	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Acceptance Rate
1	William Carey University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS	64.26%	517	277	178	53.58%
2	Blue Mountain Christian University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBlue Mountain, MS	50.56%	186	178	90	95.70%
3	Mississippi College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS	39.17%	2,413	965	378	39.99%
4	Mississippi University for Women Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS	28.03%	450	446	125	99.11%
5	Alcorn State University Public, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS	24.65%	6,748	2,020	498	29.93%
6	Mississippi State University Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS	23.78%	18,830	14,158	3,367	75.19%
7	Belhaven University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS	23.75%	2,589	1,103	262	42.60%
8	Delta State University Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS	23.51%	936	923	217	98.61%
9	University of Mississippi Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS	20.55%	22,311	21,727	4,465	97.38%
10	University of Southern Mississippi Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS	18.15%	9,051	8,946	1,624	98.84%

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