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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.
Rust College, has the lowest yield rate of 9.47% for academic year 2022-2023 in Mississippi. Tougaloo College is positioned second with 9.58% yield and Jackson State University follows them with 10%. 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 (2023)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1Rust College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS
9.47% 2,467 1,943 184 78.76%
2Tougaloo College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsTougaloo, MS
9.58% 2,817 1,389 133 49.31%
3Jackson State University
Public, four-yearsJackson, MS
10.15% 12,583 11,153 1,132 88.64%
4Millsaps College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
12.81% 2,210 1,499 192 67.83%
5Mississippi Valley State University
Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS
14.26% 2,436 1,578 225 64.78%
6University of Southern Mississippi
Public, four-yearsHattiesburg, MS
18.15% 9,051 8,946 1,624 98.84%
7University of Mississippi
Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS
20.55% 22,311 21,727 4,465 97.38%
8Delta State University
Public, four-yearsCleveland, MS
23.51% 936 923 217 98.61%
9Belhaven University
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS
23.75% 2,589 1,103 262 42.60%
10Mississippi State University
Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS
23.78% 18,830 14,158 3,367 75.19%