Ole Miss tops in state for enrollment as all other institutions see drops. See where they rank
With the largest freshman class in the school's history, the University of Mississippi reports an enrollment of 22,967, a 5% increase from 2021.
Clarion rag really barking up mississippi having 318 more students than MSU....
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Proving What? That there's still a bunch of spoiled snot nosed out of state pricks who set aside 3 hours every day jerking to "Gone With the Wind"?
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Jackie Wayne Sherrill spoke regularly about how a winning football team increases enrollment.
Total Student Enrollment, Fall 2021 and Fall 2022
| Institution | Fall 2021 | Fall 2022 | Number Change | Percent Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| System Total | 76,510 | 75,755 | -755 | -1.0% |
| Alcorn State University | 3,074 | 2,933 | -141 | -4.6% |
| Delta State University | 2,727 | 2,556 | -171 | -6.3% |
| Jackson State University | 7,080 | 6,906 | -174 | -2.5% |
| Mississippi State University | 23,086 | 22,649 | -437 | -1.9% |
| Mississippi University for Women | 2,477 | 2,339 | -138 | -5.6% |
| Mississippi Valley State University | 2,064 | 1,879 | -185 | -9.0% |
| University of Mississippi | 21,856 | 22,967 | 1,111 | 5.1% |
| -- University of Mississippi | 18,800 | 19,869 | 1,069 | 5.7% |
| -- University of Mississippi Medical Center | 3,056 | 3,098 | 42 | 1.4% |
| University of Southern Mississippi | 14,146 | 13,526 | -620 | -4.4% |
Each college provided the results shown below. The fall 2020 preliminary enrollment numbers are in (parentheses).
2021 Total - 64,153
2020 Total - 67,582
- Coahoma Community College - 1,499 (1,615)
- Copiah-Lincoln Community College - 2,913 (2,950)
- East Central Community College - 2,252 (2,427)
- East Mississippi Community College - 3,532 (3,481)
- Hinds Community College - 10,088 (10,639)
- Holmes Community College - 4,942 (5,446)
- Itawamba Community College - 4,641 (5,035)
- Jones College - 4,592 (4,887)
- Meridian Community College - 2,558 (2,900)
- Mississippi Delta Community College - 2,128 (2,011)
- Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College - 8,478 (8,800)
- Northeast Mississippi Community College - 3,284 (3,243)
- Northwest Mississippi Community College - 6,521 (6,962)
- Pearl River Community College - 5,082 (5,298)
- Southwest Mississippi Community College - 1,643 (1,888)
2021 Total - 64,153
2020 Total - 67,582
Id like someone to offer an opinion. Mine is that OM has turned its focus back to MS students and that they have more money with auto scholarships at higher levels- that part is public bc I’ve compared the two online. I know someone from enrollment reads the board if they want to correct me.
They didn't used to count UMC. They got tired of being smaller than us. They still are many years even with that added in.
TLDR - State needs to be relentless.
My two cents: the longer version.
I don't know if OM has turned its focus back to in-state students so much as it is they are recruiting across the board. I suspect it's the latter given demographics.
More scholarship money plays a role.
I know several State alums with children attending Ole Miss and several of them have said that financial help is a factor.
I want to see what out of state enrollment looks like for Ole Miss & State and it doesn't look like that data is on the IHL site yet.
IHL needs to realize this is a bigger problem than they currently perceive. Higher education is getting crushed across the country and its time for some closures.
Some similar programs that compete. Not sure some of the delta folks would be on board if msu got the lead on it
I’d like to see comparison numbers on how many subscribers they lose annually to the sewers of Twitter and facebook
If I'm a university executive, I'm recruiting out-of-state propsectives like crazy and getting the premium tuition and *not* worrying about in-state because the marginal return is less for in-state students. This runs counterintuitive to the "let's have affordable education for 'lil Bubba and 'lil Susie" in Mississippi. Know that every university president looks at a student and sees a dollar number on that forehead (if they are paying attention).
Lets face it: The burn rate and captial to mainatin and sustain a university's infrastructure is going up. Unfortunately, the Mississippi legislature is not taking the steps to rectify the problem by either a) more funds for the universitites to operate; b) have closures; c) both a) and b).
There are economic development aspects to this that add to the challenges, but I'll leave that for those who are working on that Target for Starkville.
The war on intelligence and education is real.
And the cost is tough to justify compared to earnings for the first 10 decade after HS from 18 thru 27.
The gap quickly closes and those with college degrees then exponentially outpace those without, but it seems like many can't see 10 months ahead, much less 10 years.
In fairness, with how often people will change careers, it cod make sense for some to work and then go to college 10 years after HS once they know what they want to do.
They also have started a degree program in sandwich making. Nice new culinary arts facility.
That should draw the ladies.
You will not believe the number of alumni that still want to keep the name, University of women.
I don't get it. Being a finishing school died in the 70s. It's been coed for 35 years. They have mens sports.... It isn't the same school as 1972.
It needs to become MSU at Columbus and give us a nursing school.
MUW needs to be integrated completely into MSU. You could run a shuttle service between the campuses.
That is NOT MSU's mission and NEVER should be. We are the People's University in Mississippi.
The aviation and nursing programs would be great additions for State. Could also move all the ag faculty offices in Stoneville to Cleveland. I hope State or Ole Miss gets Delta State versus combining it with Valley. I feel like that is a real threat.
Actually he’s closer regarding MSU’s Mission than you are.
@Mr. Cook and I have chatted about State’s cluttered & unwieldy mission and vision statements in the not-too-distant past on this board.
From the President’s site (first of five paragraphs under Mission):
…access and opportunity… as well as other states.
Yeah, we’ll give you access and opportunity — thanks to Ayers— but we’re also going to grant that to folks from other states and countries too since our prospective student population is dropping throughout the state of Mississippi and we’re not allowed to be selective and truly shine.
Mississippi State hasn’t been The People’s University in ages. That’s been a nice catchphrase that’s lasted though.
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In public relations theory, sure MSU is the "People's University" -- great tagline, great marketing campaign schtick.
My point is that there are inescapable fiscal realities in higher education that @mstateglfr touched on, and @Maroon Eagle just showed Keenum's stance.
I believe in the land grant mission and MSU, but all I'm saying is IF *I* am the one who had to call the shots, I'm doing what I can as "CEO" of my university to be a good steward of its fiscal condition so the doors stay open for the "People" for the long haul. Pollyanna-ish behavior is great -- only when you have a bottomless cash reserve.
Thanks for posting that. I had not seen that article. Really interesting conversation
I would love the settlement to be revisited-- especially when it comes to scores required for admission to the IHLs.
Why keep those low at all IHLs when students with those scores could be better served by Mississippi's jucos?
Why not blame the IHL for allowing a dual system to exist that forced the Ayers case to be brought to courts in the first place?
ETA- The actual settlement is confusing to me. It didn't seem to hold anyone accountable for at least a couple of funding issues. And from what I've read, it hasn't paid out even 1/50th of what was promised, due to creative number juggling.
It does seem like the larger universities have had one hand tied as a result too.
We have historically always been the People's University. People who aren't of the elite also make above 17 on the ACT. I'm not arguing that we shouldn't do the stuff y'all are talking about, but we better not forget our primary mission is to educate the people of Mississippi. We will never be MIT or Georgia Tech, but we can and do give the people of this state a solid education in fields that are more needed and more relevant now than they ever have been.
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@mstateglfr — The settlement is extremely confusing.
It hurt Mississippi’s IHLs while simultaneously granting extra funds to HBCUs that had to meet some pretty ludicrous standards.
It hurt Mississippi’s IHLs while simultaneously granting extra funds to HBCUs that had to meet some pretty ludicrous standards.
If it were us, we would count the medical center too. Don't blame them for that. Not a big deal. Yes, winning football games helps enrollment.
I know there's a lot of consternation about out of state students, but would be interested in knowing of the out of state students enrolled at State and OM, how many of them are children of alumni? I live out of state - in the 1980's when my State wife and I graduated the job market was much better out of state and we took great jobs. We'll return to Starkville in a few years when we retire. All 3 of our "out of state" kids are graduates of State and one is currently employed in Mississippi. State was generous with scholarship funds that made it possible - all 3 were great students and did really well on their ACT. They all kept their grades up and kept their scholarships until graduation. They're all Bulldawgs through and through.
I know there's a lot of consternation about out of state students, but would be interested in knowing of the out of state students enrolled at State and OM, how many of them are children of alumni? I live out of state - in the 1980's when my State wife and I graduated the job market was much better out of state and we took great jobs. We'll return to Starkville in a few years when we retire. All 3 of our "out of state" kids are graduates of State and one is currently employed in Mississippi. State was generous with scholarship funds that made it possible - all 3 were great students and did really well on their ACT. They all kept their grades up and kept their scholarships until graduation. They're all Bulldawgs through and through.
In 2021, there were 7,589 total out-of-state students enrolled at MSU (this is total, including graduate students). (32.9% out of state)
(Link to MSU's Office of Institutional Research: https://ir.msstate.edu/)
In 2020-2021, there were ~8,000 out-of-state students enrolled at Ole Miss (45.1% out of state)
They have to enroll more to account for the death/attacked toll in Oxford. How many students have been killed this year and/or brutally attacled?
When people from out of state ask me about our 2 SEC schools, I always tell them we're about the same size. A few hundred students either way means nothing to me. However, the people are much different.