Tightest Mississippi Colleges to Get In

Tightest Mississippi Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

The next table lists the tightest (low acceptance rate) Mississippi colleges and universities to admit. Those schools have been keeping the acceptance rate in low level in recent years. Rust College has the lowest acceptance rate as of 37.60% for academic year 2021-2022 in Mississippi. For the ranking, we only include 4-years colleges with at least 100 new students (freshmen).

The following table shows the schools that have low acceptance rates with admission statistics and yield, also known as enrollment rate. You may want to check colleges having the highest acceptance rates in Mississippi.

Tightest Mississippi Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate (2021-2022)
	Name	Acceptance Rate	# of Applicants	# of Admitted	# of Enrolled	Yield
1	Rust College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHolly Springs, MS	37.60%	2,609	981	349	35.58%
2	Alcorn State University Public, four-yearsAlcorn State, MS	38.91%	4,819	1,875	402	21.44%
3	Mississippi College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsClinton, MS	49%	2,339	1,146	435	37.96%
4	William Carey University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHattiesburg, MS	57.45%	470	270	153	56.67%
5	Jackson State University Public, four-yearsJackson, MS	62.11%	7,889	4,900	793	16.18%
6	Belhaven University Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS	64.02%	1,787	1,144	212	18.53%
7	Millsaps College Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsJackson, MS	68.06%	2,220	1,511	201	13.30%
8	Mississippi State University Public, four-yearsMississippi State, MS	76.12%	17,707	13,478	3,388	25.14%
9	Mississippi Valley State University Public, four-yearsItta Bena, MS	78.61%	3,155	2,480	199	8.02%
10	University of Mississippi Public, four-yearsUniversity, MS	89.66%	19,531	17,512	3,580	20.44%

Tightest Mississippi Colleges With Lowest Acceptance Rate

Tightest Mississippi Colleges to Admit with Lowest Acceptance Rate

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