20 Best Colleges In Mississippi

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Millsaps College was founded in 1890 in Jackson, Mississippi by members of the Methodist Church. The college is named for Confederate Major Reuben Webster Millsaps, who worked his way through college to attend Harvard Law School. Today the campus has 110 acres and is just minutes from the international airport and interstate highways 55 20. Millsaps College has earned their rankings in the following organizations: Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Kiplingers Personal Finance Magazine, the John Templeton Foundation, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, and Insight Magazine.

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Millsaps College offers 33 majors for 910 undergraduate students 90% live on campus. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 9-to-1. Nearly 85% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to student organizations, volunteer opportunities and leadership development. Students look forward to cheering on their NCAA Division III sports teams. Top majors include:

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Millsaps College is the first college or university in Mississippi with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter. It has also achieved accredidation at the undergraduate and graduate level by the AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business). Millsaps continues it long-standing local and international partnerships that create internships, co-ops and study abroad opportunities for their students.

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Mississippi Valley State University (MVSU) was founded as a vocational college by the Mississippi Legislature in 1946 in Itta Bena, Mississippi. Their primary goal was to provide training for teacher and local vocations for the area. By 1974, the governor grants university status to the institution. The first masters degree was offered in 1976. The Mississippi Valley State University campus has 450 acres.

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Mississippi Valley State University offers over 30 majors for 1,948 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 16-to-1. Nearly 62% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to student organizations, honors programs and unique cultural opportunities in the Mississippi Delta area. Students look forward to cheering on their NCAA Division I sports teams. Top majors include:

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MVSU is the educational jewel of the Mississippi Delta region. The institution attracts diverse students with its innovative programs, development of entrepreneurs and global focus while positively impacting the quality of life of all. Mississippi Valley State University looks to be the catalyst for increasing the impact of the new revitalized Mississippi Delta.

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Mississippi State University was founded in 1880 in Starkville, Mississippi, as the result of the 1862 Morrill Act as a national land-grant entity and an Agricultural and Mechanical College. Today, it is classified as an R2: Doctoral Universities institution by the Carnegie foundation with campuses in Starkville, Meridian, Biloxi, and Vicksburg, Mississippi. The university has over 4,200 acres and is 125 miles northeast of Jackson and 23 miles west of Columbus. It is served by U.S. and state highways 82,12 and 25, along with feeder air service through the Golden Triangle Regional Airport 14 miles to the east.

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Mississippi State University offers over 100 majors for 17,421 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 19-to-1. Nearly 40% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 300 student organizations including 30 Greek Life chapters. Athletes participate in NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference. Top majors include:

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A Few things to know about Mississippi State it has a highly renked Veterinary Medicine program. If you want to listen to Mississippi State University Bulldog sporting events, you can listen in on XM satellite radio. Students are not confined to the dining hall many downtown restaurants accept MoneyMate as payment.

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The University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) was founded in 1844 Oxford, Mississippi, by the Mississippi Legislation. Ole Miss was the first institution in the South to admit female students (1882) and the first to hire a female faculty member (1885) Today, Ole Miss is the largest Mississippi university with a 3902-acre, R1 doctoral degree-granting university with 15 academic divisions.

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University of Mississippi offers over 100 majors for 18,785 undergraduate students. All freshmen must live on campus. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 18-to-1. Nearly 44% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to a large number of Greek life chapters and hundreds of student organizations. Athletic teams in the NCAA Division I Southeastern Conference. Top majors include:

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Ole Miss is home to the William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation. The goal of the institute is to build more inclusive communities that solve local challenges. Inside more than 20 research departments, Ole Miss has been solving challenges. The university holds more than 40 patents on inventions including: a fire ant trap, an algal herbicide, novel drug-delivery systems, a thermoacoustic refrigeration device, and immune system stimulators.

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Rust College is a historically Black, co-educational, senior liberal arts college founded in 1866 in Holly Springs, Mississippi, by the Freedmans Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church. The college was originally named Shaw, but it was changed to avoid confusion with another Shaw institution. So, today, Rust University is named after Richard, S. Rust of Cincinnati, Ohio, who was a secretary in the Freedmans Aid Society. The main campus has 126 acres.

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Rust offers over 20 majors for 856 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 18-to-1. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 25 student organizations. Rust participates in NCAA Division III athletic events. Top majors include:

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Rust College is the oldest of the 11 historically black colleges and universities associated with The United Methodist Church, the second oldest private college in Mississippi.

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William Carey University was founded in 1892 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi by W. I. Thames. Today it is affiliated with the Southern Baptist and Mississippi Baptist Conventions. The main campus has 140 acres and a second campus is in the Tradition community near Gulfport, Mississippi and Biloxi, Mississippi. The university is named William Carey after the eighteenth century English cobbler-linguist, missionary to India, and the Father of Modern Missions. The school changed to university status in 2006.

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William Carey University offers 2,487 undergraduate students educational degrees. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 15-to-1. Nearly 71% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 30 student organizations and watch NAIA athletic conference sports. Top majors include:

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William Carey University U.S. News World Reports 2017 Americas Best Colleges ranks William Carey University as No. 2 Best Value among regional universities in the South for the second consecutive year. In 2015, William Carey University was ranked No. 1 Best Value among regional universities in the South.

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Tougaloo College a private, coeducational, historically black four-year liberal arts founded in 1869 near Jackson, Mississippi by American Missionary Association of New York. The campus is located on the on the remains of the John Boddie Plantation. The main campus has 100 acres. Tougaloo ranks among the top twenty-five U.S. institutions whose graduates earn their Ph.D. degrees in the science and engineering disciplines. The Washington Monthly and the Educate to Career College Rankings lists Tougaloo as one of the Best Bang for the Buck colleges in the nation.

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Tougaloo College offers 29 majors for 863 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 13-to-1. Nearly 70% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 25 student organizations. The college participates in NAIA sports. Top majors include:

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Tougaloo College is one of the oldest historically black colleges and universities in the United States. Its origins can be traced to the Amistad. Amistad was a slave ship that turned into a famous court case. The results of that court case freed Africans who were accused of mutiny after killing part of the captor crew. The result of this court case win started the American Missionary Association who started Tougaloo College and five other sister organizations.

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The University of Southern Mississippi is a dual campus institution founded in 1910 in Hattiesburg, Mississippi by the Mississippi state legislature. The University of Southern Mississippi has 1-square-mile campus of historic oak trees, brick walkways and green spaces in Hattiesburg and a 52-acre beachfront Spanish Mission-style property in Gulf Park. Hattiesburg is located about 90 minutes from New Orleans, Jackson, Mobile and the Mississippi Gulf Coast.

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The University of Southern Mississippi offers 90 majors for 11,840 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 17-to-1. Nearly44% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 200 student organizations in addition to 26 different Greek Life chapters. University of Southern Mississippi plays NCAA Division I sports. Top majors include:

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First-year University of Southern Mississippi students live in the Freshman Quad a housing area next to the football stadium. The university offers plenty to do on campus and students can study abroad to more than 20 countries. The university has a nationally recognized program in the arts, polymer science, business and history as well as nursing, education and accounting.

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Mississippi College is a private, co-educational, Christian university founded in 1826 by Mississippi Baptist Convention. Today, the campus has 140 acres in Clinton, Mississippi. The College remains the oldest institution of higher learning in the Magnolia State and the 2^nd oldest Baptist-affiliated college in the United States. Mississippi College also made history in December 1831 as the first college in the nation to grant a degree to a woman. Gold medallions were presented to the first group of female graduates.

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Mississippi College offers 83 majors for 3,145 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 15-to-1. Nearly 58% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 50 student organizations. The college participates in NCAAII athletics. Top majors include:

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Mississippi College has many wonderful traditions. During welcome week, they feature a kick-off concert in the historical town of Clinton. Another tradition is the festival of lights that rings in the Christmas holidays. You will always here the Choctaw cheer-off leading to homecoming. So many more traditions worth exploring in person.

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Jackson State University is a historically Black college and university founded in 1877 by the American Baptist Home Mission Society. Today, Jackson State is the 4^th largest HBCU in the nation with a campus is in Jackson, Mississippi on 250 acres. The university is a member of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund and classified by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education as a research university with high research activity.

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Jackson State University offers over 50 majors for 7,475 undergraduate students. Inside the classroom, students have a student-faculty ratio of 18-to-1. Nearly 40% of the classes have less than 20 students. Outside the classroom, student have access to over 50 student organizations. Sports teams participate in NCAA Division I conferences. Top majors include:

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If you know anything about this university, you must know about the Sonic Boom of the South. This school is the Summa Cum Laude of Bands! Jackson State University is the #1 top halftime show of 2016. They are so well known, that their program was added to the Smithsonian.