Students
Who's on campus
A large campus of 18,397 undergrads, where 29% receive Pell Grants, a typical share compared to other colleges.
Race & ethnicity
Diversity index0.44
Economic access
Campus size
10% of undergraduates take every course online, and another 31% take some
Where first-years come from
3,596 first-time students
43% came from other states and 1.0% from abroad; 56% are from Mississippi. More from other states than at 73% of colleges.
- In-state (Mississippi)56%
- Other states43%
- Abroad1.0%
Top home states
- Mississippi(home state)56% 1,996
- Tennessee11% 410
- Alabama9.8% 353
- Georgia4.7% 170
- Louisiana3.7% 133
From 37 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
1,909
new transfer students, 35% of new undergraduates. A larger transfer share than at 67% of colleges.
1,707 full-time, 202 part-time.
Going on to another college
25%
of students who entered in fall 2016 had left without a degree and were enrolled at another college 8 years later (about 1,498 students).
Federal data doesn't count students leaving in a given year; this follows one entering class.
Who they are
8.3% of undergrads study part-time.
51% women
Another gender: Not collected by this college.
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 5,333 students.
Housing
Beds
5,333
About 29 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, Air Force
Study abroad
Offered
Undergraduate research
Not listed
Calendar
Semesters
Student services
- Academic and career counseling
- Help finding a job while enrolled
- Job placement after graduating
- On-campus child care for students' children
- 9% of undergrads registered with disability services· Disability services office
Religious life
Faith communities · 4
- Catholic 1
- Christian 2
- Nonreligious and secular 1
Christian
Nonreligious and secular
Freethinkers, Atheists, and Agnostics at Mississippi State University
Greek life
On the national organizations' own chapter lists.
Councils and chapters
5listedPanhellenic sororities (NPC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Epsilon Eta Chapter
Delta Omega
Kappa Alpha
Mississippi Gamma
5listedInterfraternity (NIC and IFC)Show chaptersHide
From each organization's own chapter list.
Delta-Chi
Epsilon-Chi (Mississippi State)
Iota Nu
Iota Gamma
LGBTQ+ life
Policies
- Nondiscrimination policy covers gender identity or expression
Listed by Trans Policy Clearinghouse, read October 2026; not confirmed by the college.
Undergraduates of another gender, fall 2024
Not collected by this college.
Gender unknown: 0
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)