Mississippi College

Carnegie Foundation Classification

Master's Colleges and Universities (medium programs)

General Characteristics

Highest offering	Master's degree
Calendar System	Semester
Years of college work required	N/A
Variable Tuition

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force	— / /
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Mississippi College Academics

There’s never a reason to feel alone in your studies either, since there are academic support services like Extensive Undergraduate Evening or Early Morning Classes, Reduced Course Load, Remedial Instruction, Study Skills Assistance, Tutoring and Writing Center. Additionally, when any student is looking for some counseling or other types of support, Campus Ministries/Chaplain, Career Counseling, Employment Service, Financial Aid Counseling, Freshman Orientation Program, Health Services, Personal Counseling and Placement Service can help. In particular, the university has a Accelerated Program, Double Major, Dual Enrollment of High School Students, ESL, Honors Program, Independent Study, Internships, ROTC, Army, Study Abroad and Teacher Certification. The university has disability services as well, so be sure to inquire about them if needed. Mississippi College is unique in its study options.

The following are the types of degrees and majors offered at Mississippi College.

School of Visual and Performing Arts:

Art – General, Commercial/Advertising Art, Interior Design, Music – General, Music – General Performance, Music – Piano/Organ, Music – Voice/Opera, Music Theory/Composition

Social Sciences:

Political Science/Government, Social Sciences – General, Sociology

Foreign Language and Literature:

Foreign Language & Literature – General, French, Spanish

Public Administration and Service:

Social Work

Biological and Biomedical Sciences:

Biochemistry, Biology

English Language and Literature:

English

Health and Clinical Sciences:

Medicinal/Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Nursing (RN)

Security and Protective Services:

Law Enforcement Administration

Mathematics:

Mathematics – General

Psychology:

Psychology – General

History:

History – General

Business, Management, & Marketing:

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Business Communications, Marketing Management

Popular majors:

twenty-two percent biology, sixteen percent business per marketing, thirteen percent education, thirteen percent health professions, six percent psychology, five percent visual and performing arts

Philosphy and Religion:

Religion/Religious Studies

Education:

Art Teacher Education, Biology Teacher Education, Business Teacher Education, Chemistry Teacher Education, Computer Teacher Education, Elementary Education, English Teacher Education, French Teacher Education, History Teacher Education, Mathematics Education, Music Teacher Education, Physics Teacher Education, Science Teacher Education, Secondary Education, Social Science Teacher Education, Social Studies Teacher Education, Spanish Language Teacher Education, Special Education, Speech Teacher Education

Computer Science:

Computer Science, Computer/Information Sciences – General

Physical Sciences:

Atomic/Molecular Physics, Chemistry, Physics

Communications & Journalism:

Communications/Rhetoric, Journalism, Public Relations

The cost per credit hour (overall) was $365 Cost & Savings Calculator Financial Aid International students eligible for need-based aid last fall. Are you an international student? The Fall application deadline for international students is the 15th of August. Further, for international students, the application fee is 75.

Mississippi College Admissions

This school requires an application fee consisting of twenty-five dollars regular application fee, twenty-five dollars out-of-state application fee, Free online application fee and point zero . Transfer student are not ignored. An instance of this, there were nine hundred and seven total number of transfer students who applied and four hundred and seventy-eight total number of transfer students who were admitted. Admission policy is currently Percent applicants admitted: 57% and Percent of students who return for sophomore year: 73%. Remember that this can change at any time.

The regular application is due the 15th of August. SAT and ACT score reports are due the 15th of August and For all student applicants, the Fall application deadline is the 15th of August. Will you make it in time? Make sure to know when all the due dates and deadlines take place. If you wish to apply early, your application will be do no later than the 1st of December, of which you should hear back from the university no later than the 15th of December. For priority students, financial aid applications are due no later than the 1st of March. Similarly, if you wish to apply with priority status make sure you application is in by the 15th of January. Transfer students must apply no later than the 15th of August, with priority applications due on the 15th of February. It is also very important to submit financial aid applications as quickly as possible, make sure to check with the university about the specific date for this year. the SAT subject section score due date was not reported.

Mississippi College Financial Aid

Financial aid for students is readily accessible at this school. Similarly, need based financial aid distribution is determined through Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Religious Affiliation, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership. Financial aid forms are FAFSA and State aid form. Financial aid distribution is at sixty-four percent scholarships per grants and thirty-six percent loans per jobs. If you are not a need based student, non-need distribution for financial aid is determined by Academics, Art, Music/Drama, Religious Affiliation, Alumni Affiliation and Leadership.

Mississippi College Students

Mississippi College offers Bachelor’s, Master’s and First Professional degrees. The school’s size is approximately two thousand, five hundred and forty-three degree-seeking undergrads, three hundred and ninety-five first-time degree-seeking freshmen and eight hundred and fifty-seven graduate enrollment. The university is a Private, University, Four-year, Southern Baptist Convention, Coed, where 57 percent of the applicants were admitted and Regionally accredited. Additionally, the student body consists of sixty-four percent in-state students, thirty-six percent out-of-state students, four percent part-time students, fifty-two percent women, forty-eight percent men, one percent american indian per alaskan native, one percent asian per pacific islander, eighteen percent black per non-hispanic, one percent hispanic, seventy percent white per non-hispanic, seven percent non-resident alien, two percent race per ethnicity unreported, twenty-seven percent in top 10th of graduating class, fifty-six percent in top quarter of graduating class, eighty percent in top half of graduating class, thirty percent had h.s. gpa of 3.75 and higher, twenty percent had h.s. gpa between 3.5 and 3.74, nine percent had h.s. gpa between 3.25 and 3.49, fourteen percent had h.s. gpa between 3.0 and 3.24, sixteen percent had h.s. gpa between 2.5 and 2.99, nine percent had h.s. gpa between 2.0 and 2.49 and two percent had h.s. gpa between 1.0 and 1.99. Again, it is part of an Suburban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus.

Students should note the housing policies: ninety-three percent of first-year students live in college housing, sixty-one percent of all undergraduates live in college housing, Men’s Housing, Women’s Housing, Special Housing For Disabled Students, fifteen-JUL deadline for housing deposit, one hundred dollars amount of housing deposit, point zero , and First-time first-year students allowed to have car. For all that, the school is located 10 miles from Jackson.This school features the Suburban setting, Large city (250,000 – 499,999) and Residential campus.

Mississippi College Athletics

The Choctaws are a member of NCAA. The following sports can be found here:

• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Baseball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Basketball
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Cross_country
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Men’s Intercollegiate Football
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III and Women’s Club Golf
• Men’s NCAA Division III, Women’s NCAA Division III, Men’s Intercollegiate, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Soccer
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Softball
• Men’s Intercollegiate and Women’s Intercollegiate Track_and_field
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_indoor
• Men’s NCAA Division III and Women’s NCAA Division III Track_outdoor
• Women’s NCAA Division III, Women’s Intercollegiate, Men’s Intramural and Women’s Intramural Volleyball