Universities in Mississippi

Mississippi has 50 degree-granting institutions reporting to the U.S. Department of Education – 23 public, 9 private nonprofit, together enrolling about 124,156 undergraduates (2024-25 data). Each links to a full financial-health and student-outcomes profile. 6 are historically Black colleges or universities.

#	Institution	Sector	Undergrads
1	University of MississippiUniversity · R1: Doctoral, Very High Research	Public	21,473
2	Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State · R1: Doctoral, Very High Research	Public	18,397
3	University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg · R1: Doctoral, Very High Research	Public	10,075
4	Hinds Community CollegeRaymond · Associate's: High Career-Technical-Mixed	Public	6,397
5	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston · Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	6,353
6	Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	5,452
7	Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	4,903
8	Jackson State UniversityJackson · R2: Doctoral, High Research	Public	4,600
9	Itawamba Community CollegeFulton · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	4,167
10	Holmes Community CollegeGoodman · Associate's: High Career-Technical-Mixed	Public	3,958
11	Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	3,535
12	East Mississippi Community CollegeScooba · Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	2,838
13	Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	2,698
14	Mississippi CollegeClinton · Doctoral/Professional University	Private	2,518
15	Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn State · Master's, Small Programs	Public	2,363
16	Delta Technical College-MississippiHorn Lake · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	2,307
17	William Carey UniversityHattiesburg · Doctoral/Professional University	Private	2,201
18	Meridian Community CollegeMeridian · Associate's: High Career-Technical-Mixed	Public	2,156
19	Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWesson · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	1,922
20	Delta State UniversityCleveland · Master's, Larger Programs	Public	1,620
21	Mississippi University for WomenColumbus · Master's, Small Programs	Public	1,605
22	East Central Community CollegeDecatur · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	1,520
23	Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummit · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	1,474
24	Belhaven UniversityJackson · Doctoral/Professional University	Private	1,471
25	Mississippi Valley State UniversityItta Bena · Master's, Small Programs	Public	1,439
26	Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead · Associate's: Mixed Transfer/Career-Technical-Mixed	Public	1,413
27	Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale · Associate's: High Career-Technical-High Traditional	Public	1,144
28	Strayer University-MississippiJackson · Special Focus: Engineering	Private for-profit	882
29	Tougaloo CollegeTougaloo · Baccalaureate: Arts & Sciences	Private	639
30	Millsaps CollegeJackson · Baccalaureate: Arts & Sciences	Private	549
31	Blue Mountain Christian UniversityBlue Mountain · Baccalaureate: Diverse Fields	Private	498
32	Rust CollegeHolly Springs · Baccalaureate: Arts & Sciences	Private	467
33	Blue Cliff College-GulfportGulfport · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	200
34	Concorde Career College-SouthavenSouthaven · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	115
35	Southeastern Baptist CollegeLaurel · Baccalaureate/Associate's: Mixed	Private	93
36	Corinth Academy of CosmetologyCorinth · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	90
37	Mississippi Institute of Aesthetics Nails & CosmetologyClinton · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	77
38	Chris Beauty CollegeGulfport · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	73
39	Academy of Hair Design-JacksonJackson · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	71
40	Vaughn Beauty CollegeAberdeen · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	63
41	KC's School of Hair DesignPontotoc · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	58
42	Hatfield's Mississippi College of Beauty CultureLaurel · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	57
43	Academy of Hair Design-PearlPearl · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	43
44	The Academy of Hair Design SixHattiesburg · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	37
45	C N K Barber CollegeTupelo · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	31
46	Unlimited Cosmetology SchoolHattiesburg · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	29
47	Wesley Biblical SeminaryRidgeland · Baccalaureate/Associate's: Assoc. Dominant	Private	24
48	Fosters Cosmetology CollegeRipley · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	23
49	Academy of Hair Design-GrenadaGrenada · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	21
50	Upper Kutz Barber & Style CollegeGreenville · Other / Unclassified	Private for-profit	17

A directory, not a ranking, listed by undergraduate enrollment. Counts and figures come from the most recent College Scorecard & IPEDS release (2024-25), which lags the current academic year by 2–3 years. Open each institution’s profile for financial health, outcomes and peer benchmarks.

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard & IPEDS (most recent release, 2024-25). Compiled by Ibex Insights. See the methodology.