Mississippi College Overview

Mississippi College is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Clinton, Mississippi. Clinton is a good match for students who enjoy the safety and convenience of the suburbs.

What Is Mississippi College Known For?

• The highest award offered at MC is the doctor's degree.
• In a recent academic period53% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from MC makes roughly $47,485 a year. This is 16% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
• The average MC student graduates in 4.2 years. That's better than the national average of 4.4 years.

Where Is Mississippi College?

Contact details for MC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	200 South Capitol Street, Clinton, MS 39058
Phone:	601-925-3000
Website:	www.mc.edu

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How Do I Get Into MC?

You can apply to MC online at: go.mc.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for MC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into MC?

The acceptance rate of Mississippi College is 40%. While it may not be as selective as some schools, it does screen its applicants very carefully. Do what you can to stand out among others in the pool of applicants!

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 39%.

Average Test Scores

MC received ACT scores from 79% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 32. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Mississippi College?

The overall average net price of MC is $24,562. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At MC, approximately 39% of students took out student loans averaging $5,946 a year. That adds up to $23,784 over four years for those students.

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Mississippi College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,757 undergraduate students at MC, with 2,291 being full-time and 466 being part-time.

There are also 1,910 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,291 full-time undergraduates at MC, 40% are male and 60% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mississippi College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	49
Black or African American	356
Hispanic or Latino	95
White	1,674
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	50

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Mississippi College. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at MC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Mississippi College Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Biology	61	0	95	0	156
Law	0	0	0	116	116
Nursing	96	0	6	0	102
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	90	0	90
Teacher Education Grade Specific	28	13	45	0	86
Educational Administration	0	0	75	4	79
Special Education	0	0	56	0	56
Business Administration & Management	32	0	20	0	52
Health & Physical Education	37	0	7	0	44
Mental & Social Health Services	0	0	42	0	42
Accounting	17	1	20	0	38
Allied Health Professions	0	0	35	0	35
General Psychology	30	0	0	0	30
Finance & Financial Management	16	0	9	0	25
Communication & Media Studies	23	0	0	0	23
Design & Applied Arts	21	0	2	0	23
Criminal Justice & Corrections	16	0	6	0	22
Teacher Education Subject Specific	17	0	3	0	20
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	0	0	0	14	14
Student Counseling	0	0	13	0	13
History	12	0	0	0	12
Marketing	11	0	0	0	11
Computer Science	10	0	1	0	11
Social Work	11	0	0	0	11
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	0	10	0	10
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	10	0	0	0	10
Public Health	0	0	9	0	9
Mathematics	9	0	0	0	9
Writing Studies	8	0	0	0	8
Legal Support Services	5	3	0	0	8
Chemistry	8	0	0	0	8
Public Relations & Advertising	5	0	2	0	7
Electrical Engineering	7	0	0	0	7
General English Literature	0	0	7	0	7
Political Science & Government	7	0	0	0	7
Health/Medical Prep Programs	6	0	0	0	6
Religious Studies	6	0	0	0	6
Music	4	0	2	0	6
Fine & Studio Arts	3	0	2	0	5
Entrepreneurial Studies	4	0	0	0	4
Health Sciences & Services	0	4	0	0	4
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	3	0	0	0	3
Communication & Journalism (Other)	0	0	3	0	3
Literature	3	0	0	0	3
International Studies	3	0	0	0	3
Homeland Security	0	0	3	0	3
Sacred Music	3	0	0	0	3
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	2	0	0	0	2
Foreign Language, Literature & Linguistics (Other)	2	0	0	0	2
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	2	0	0	0	2
Romance Languages	2	0	0	0	2
Security Science and Technology	0	1	1	0	2
Management Information Systems	0	0	1	0	1
Computer Information Systems	1	0	0	0	1
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English or French	0	0	0	0	0
Other Engineering	0	0	0	0	0
Legal Research	0	0	0	0	0
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0	0
Public Policy	0	0	0	0	0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts	0	0	0	0	0
General Visual & Performing Arts	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	541	22	565	134	1,262

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Robby Followell under License

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