Mississippi College Business Programs

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.

Mississippi College Rankings

MC holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Mississippi ranking.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at MC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#10	Best Value Public Relations & Advertising Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards MC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Sports Communication	College Factual
#2	Best Sports Communication Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Value Colleges for Health Communication	College Factual
#5	Best Value Colleges for Accounting and Business/Management	College Factual
#9	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Public Relations & Advertising	College Factual
#153	Best Value Graduate Degree Colleges for Business, Management & Marketing	College Factual

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
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/mississippicollege
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/misscollege

How Do I Get Into MC?

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

Admission Requirements for MC

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

How Hard Is It To Get Into MC?

The acceptance rate at MC is 29%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 38% of accepted students are men and 62% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 33%, and the acceptance rate for women is 27%.

Average Test Scores

About 10% of students accepted to MC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 600 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 610.

MC received ACT scores from 91% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 32. Math scores were between 18 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 29.

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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $6,253 a year. That adds up to $25,012 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at MC is 3.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

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.

Online Learning at Mississippi College

In 2019-2020, 1,969 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 12th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of MC

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at Mississippi College was $19,308 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how MC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Accounting and Business/Management	#1	#1
Sports Communication	#1	#1
Health Communication	#4	#1
Finance	#21	#18
Finance & Financial Management	#30	#24
General Management Information Systems	#52	#31
Management Information Systems	#55	#34

Online Growth Rankings of MC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Mississippi College was 36.4%. This is the #692 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at MC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at MC ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at MC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Public Relations	#3
Public Relations & Advertising	#26

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

Mississippi College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Accounting	46	0	21	67
General Business Administration and Management	38	0	12	50
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	23	0	0	23
Finance	15	0	6	21
Accounting and Business/Management	0	0	8	8
Public Relations	3	0	3	6
Sports Communication	3	0	1	4
Other Accounting and Related Services	0	2	0	2
General Management Information Systems	2	0	0	2
Entrepreneurship	1	0	0	1
Health Communication	0	0	1	1
Political Communication	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	131	2	52	185

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.