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Mississippi Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the schools having low yield) 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.
Tougaloo College, has the lowest yield rate of 5.33% for academic year 2021-2022 in Mississippi. Mississippi Valley State University is positioned second with 8.02% yield and Millsaps College follows them with 13%. Next table shows the schools that have low 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 highest yield rates in Mississippi.
Mississippi Colleges with Lowest Enrollment Rate (2022)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Tougaloo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTougaloo, MS
5.33% 3,295 1,839 98 55.81%
2Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
8.02% 3,155 2,480 199 78.61%
3Millsaps College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
13.30% 2,220 1,511 201 68.06%
4Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
16.18% 7,889 4,900 793 62.11%
5University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
17.79% 9,314 8,922 1,587 95.79%
6Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
18.53% 1,787 1,144 212 64.02%
7University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
20.44% 19,531 17,512 3,580 89.66%
8Alcorn State University
Public, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS
21.44% 4,819 1,875 402 38.91%
9Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
25.14% 17,707 13,478 3,388 76.12%
10Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
29.37% 901 899 264 99.78%