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Tougaloo College Overview

Tougaloo College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is Tougaloo College Known For?

115 Undergraduate Awards

$13,648 Avg Cost After Aid

49% Acceptance Rate

Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Tougaloo since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Tougaloo.
During a recent academic cycle, 100% of the faculty were full-time.

Where Is Tougaloo College?

Contact details for Tougaloo are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	500 W County Line Rd, Tougaloo, MS 39174
Phone:	601-977-7700
Website:	www.tougaloo.edu

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Admission Requirements for Tougaloo

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	3
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Tougaloo?

49% Acceptance Rate

72% Of Accepted Are Women

Tougaloo has a fairly low acceptance rate of 49%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 27% of accepted students are men and 72% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 48%, and the acceptance rate for women is 58%.

Can I Afford Tougaloo College?

$13,648 Net Price

57% Take Out Loans

The overall average net price of Tougaloo is $13,648. 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

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Tougaloo, approximately 57% of students took out student loans averaging $6,909 a year. That adds up to $27,636 over four years for those students.

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Tougaloo College Undergraduate Student Diversity

655 Full-Time Undergraduates

67% Women

98% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There are 762 undergraduate students at Tougaloo, with 655 being full-time and 107 being part-time.

There are also 13 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 655 full-time undergraduates at Tougaloo, 33% are male and 67% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	0
Black or African American	631
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	2
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Tougaloo College. At this time, 15 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 4 countries are represented at Tougaloo. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Jamaica, Ghana, and Serbia.

Tougaloo College Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Biology	5	22	0	27
Sociology	0	13	0	13
Economics	6	5	0	11
Teacher Education Subject Specific	5	3	2	10
Health & Physical Education	0	10	0	10
General Psychology	0	8	0	8
Computer Science	4	3	0	7
Teacher Education Grade Specific	1	6	0	7
History	3	4	0	7
Political Science & Government	0	6	0	6
Music	0	4	0	4
Communication & Media Studies	0	3	0	3
Human Development & Family Studies	0	0	2	2
Mathematics	0	2	0	2
Chemistry	0	2	0	2
Business Administration & Management	0	0	0	0
Computer Programming	0	0	0	0
Special Education	0	0	0	0
General English Literature	0	0	0	0
Physics	0	0	0	0
Social Work	0	0	0	0
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	24	91	4	119

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
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