Acceptance Rate
69.93%
Yield (Enrollment Ratio)
22.51%
Applicants
79,027
Admitted
55,263
Enrolled
12,440
Applying To Mississippi Colleges
The average acceptance rate is 69.93% at Mississippi colleges and universities where total 79,027 students have applied and 55,263 have been accepted. The average undergraduate application fees is $52.00 and the graduate application fees is $39.17. Next table presents the general admission information for applying to Mississippi colleges.
Open Admission Policy | 39 out of 60 schools |
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Average Undergraduate Application Fees | $ 52.00 |
Average Graduate Application Fees | $ 39.17 |
Average Acceptance Rate | 69.93% |
Average Yield (Enrollment Rate) | 22.51% |
Average Test Scores | 1,067 SAT / 65 ACT |
Acceptance Rates and Headcounts
For academic year 2019-2020, total 79,027 students (30,387 men and 48,640 women) applied to and 55,263 (20,471 men and 34,792 women) students were accepted to admit Mississippi Colleges. Among them, 5,211 men and 7,229 women were enrolled into Mississippi schools. The average acceptance rate is 69.93% and admission yield (enrollment rate) is 22.51%. The table below shows the Mississippi colleges admission statistics including admission and enrolment rates.
Total | Men | Women | |
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Applicants | 79,027 | 30,387 | 48,640 |
Admitted | 55,263 | 20,471 | 34,792 |
Enrolled | 12,440 | 5,211 | 7,229 |
Acceptance Rate | 69.93% | 67.37% | 71.53% |
Enrollment Ratio | 22.51% | 25.46% | 20.78% |
Average SAT and ACT Scores
For Mississippi college, 1,472 students (12.82% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 10,861 students (91.54%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees. For score submitters, SAT 75th percentile score is 1,172 and 25th percentile score is 962. For ACT scores, 75th percentile score is 75 and 25th percentile score is 54. Next table shows the detail SAT and ACT scores distribution of enrolled students at Mississippi colleges and universities.
25th Percentile | 75th Percentile | |
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Evidence-Based Reading and Writing | 480.91 | 587.27 |
SAT Math | 481.18 | 584.55 |
ACT Composite | 18.69 | 25.23 |
ACT Math | 17.62 | 23.62 |
ACT English | 18.15 | 26.31 |
Calendar System and Accepted Credits
In Mississippi State, 32 schools use semester calendar systems and 1 schools are based on quarter system. Next table lists the number of schools with their calendar systems.
Next table describes credits that Mississippi colleges and universities are accepting for their students
Application Requirements
14 Mississippi schools require High School GPA and 16 schools require High School Record (or Transcript). The test scores such as SAT and ACT are required by 13 Mississippi colleges. Next table summarizes the application requirements for applying to Mississippi colleges.
Required | Recommended | |
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High School GPA | 14 | 1 |
High School Rank | 2 | 7 |
High School Record (or Transcript) | 16 | 0 |
Completion of College Preparatory Program | 6 | 5 |
Recommendations | 2 | 4 |
Formal Demonstration of Competencies | 0 | 0 |
Admission Test Scores | 13 | 2 |
TOEFL | 15 | 0 |
Other Test (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.) | 1 | 1 |
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