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Common Data Set 2024-2025

University of Mississippi

MS · Public · ~21,600 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
96.6%

University of Mississippi's admit rate has risen 8.5 percentage points across the 7 reported years on file.

SAT · 50th
1090
Range 1000–1200
6-yr grad
72.0%
Retention 87.2%
Undergrads
21,585
18:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Mississippi's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set.
University of Mississippi Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate96.6% SAT (50th)1,090 ACT (50th)25 Undergraduates21,585 6-yr graduation72.0% Retention87.2% Tuition (FT)$30,150 Student–faculty ratio18:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-202596.6%5,97272.0%87.2%1,090
2023-202497.8%5,23768.0%88.0%—
2022-202397.4%4,46568.0%89.0%—
2021-202289.7%3,58068.4%88.3%—
2020-202188.0%3,02466.7%85.7%—

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Mississippi applicants also apply
Mississippi State UniversityMS · 77.6% admit · SAT 1200 · 18,567 UG University of AlabamaAL · 71.2% admit · SAT 1210 · 35,621 UG Auburn UniversityAL · 45.9% admit · SAT 1320 · 27,907 UG Louisiana State UniversityLA · 73.3% admit · SAT 1250 · 30,594 UG University of ArkansasAR · 73.9% admit · SAT 1110 · 29,252 UG University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleTN · 43.6% admit · SAT 1330 · 32,041 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Illinois State UniversityIL · 88.2% admit · SAT 1110 · 19,107 UG University of KansasKS · 92.6% admit · SAT 1170 · 22,544 UG East Carolina UniversityNC · 89.2% admit · SAT 1150 · 21,445 UG Washington State UniversityWA · 86.6% admit · SAT 1130 · 21,455 UG Appalachian State UniversityNC · 93.9% admit · SAT 1190 · 19,732 UG

What the data says about University of Mississippi

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Cross-admit cohort spans an unusually wide selectivity range.

The schools University of Mississippi applicants most commonly also apply to range from 43.6% admit to 77.6% admit — a 34.0 pp band. A reasonable read: applicants choose by region or program fit rather than selectivity tier alone.

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 16 percentage points.

University of Mississippi's 72.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 15.7 pp.

03

Broadly accessible — admit rate near the national norm.

University of Mississippi's 96.6% admit rate is in line with the national 4-year-institution median of 76.6% (per IPEDS, n=1437 institutions). Most U.S. four-year colleges admit between 61.2% and 88.3% of applicants.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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