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Largest Mississippi Colleges with Most Enrollment

Mississippi State University has the most students of 22,649 for academic year 2022-2023 in Mississippi. University of Mississippi is ranked second with 22,300 students and University of Southern Mississippi follows them with 13,526 students. We exclude colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music from the ranking. Next table shows the schools that have most students by gender.
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Largest Mississippi Colleges with Most Enrollment
NameTotal # of StudentsFemaleMale
1Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
22,64911,66410,985
2University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
22,30012,9749,326
3University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
13,5268,7974,729
4Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
6,9064,5992,307
5William Carey University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
5,6623,8211,841
6Mississippi College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS
3,9462,4511,495
7Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
3,6272,4711,156
8Alcorn State University
Public, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS
2,9331,990943
9Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
2,5561,614942
10Mississippi University for Women
Public, four-yearsColumbus, MS
2,3391,821518
11Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
1,8791,092787
12Blue Mountain Christian University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBlue Mountain, MS
922474448
13Rust College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS
755442313
14Tougaloo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTougaloo, MS
677420257
15Millsaps College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
661297364