Students
Who's on campus
A large campus of 21,473 undergrads, where 22% receive Pell Grants, a low share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.38
Economic access
Campus size
6% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 63% take some
Where first-years come from
5,972 first-time students
69% came from other states and 0.6% from abroad; 30% are from Mississippi. More from other states than at 91% of colleges.
- In-state (Mississippi)30%
- Other states69%
- Abroad0.6%
Top home states
- Mississippi(home state)30% 1,792
- Texas8.4% 501
- Tennessee7.4% 439
- Georgia6.6% 397
- Illinois5.0% 296
From 46 states (counting DC).
Students starting college for the first time, by where they lived when admitted. Colleges report it every other fall.
Transfers in and out
Transferring in, fall 2024
1,335
new transfer students, 18% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 34% of colleges.
1,199 full-time, 136 part-time.
Going on to another college
21%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 1,297 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
4.8% of undergrads study part-time.
57% women
Another gender: Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Degree-seeking undergraduates. Men and women add up to 100% because federal data has colleges count each student of another or unknown gender as a man or a woman.
Campus life
Housing, sports, faith, Greek life, and LGBTQ+ life
Housing for 5,690 students.
Housing
Beds
5,690
About 26 for every 100 undergrads (median college: 59). Can include graduate housing.
First-years
Not required to live on campus
Many colleges still expect it, with exceptions such as for local students.
Meal plans
Offered
Athletics & programs
Athletics
NCAA Division I FBS · Southeastern Conference
Of the four sports the federal survey asks about, it plays football, basketball, baseball, cross country/track.
How the Southeastern Conference comparesROTC
Army, Navy, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
A formal program
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- 9% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 2
- Christian 1
- Nonreligious and secular 1
Greek life
In 3 councils, as the college counts them.
Councils and chapters
11chaptersCollege Panhellenic Council (CPH)Panhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
4 of the college's 11 chapters are on the national lists we read.
Delta Sigma Chapter
Alpha Mu
Alpha Delta
Mississippi Beta
17chaptersInterfraternity Council (IFC)Interfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
3 of the college's 17 chapters are on the national lists we read.
- 9chaptersNational Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Historically Black (NPHC)Its chapters aren't on the national lists we read yet.
LGBTQ+ life
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not reported: the college records other genders but leaves these counts blank when any is under 5, for privacy.
Gender unknown: 0
First-year applicants of another gender, fall 2024
fewer than 10 applied · fewer than 10 admitted · 0 enrolled
Colleges record gender so differently that these counts can't be compared between colleges.
Sources:College Scorecard, Fall 2024;College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Fall 2023;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part C, residence of first-time students), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part A, enrollment by level), Fall 2024;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (distance education), Fall 2024;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26;IPEDS directory (Institutional Characteristics: HD), 2025–26;IPEDS Admissions survey, Fall 2024About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)