Tougaloo College Business Programs

Located in Tougaloo, Mississippi, Tougaloo College is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Tougaloo makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

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
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/tougaloocollege
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/tougaloocollege

Admission Requirements for Tougaloo

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Tougaloo?

Tougaloo has an acceptance rate of 71%, which means that is not quite as selective as some other schools. Still, you'll need good grades and a solid application if you want to be admitted.

Approximately 26% of accepted students are men and 74% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 62%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 4% of students accepted to Tougaloo submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 380 and 500. Math scores were between 360 and 490.

Tougaloo received ACT scores from 96% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 13 and 22. Math scores were between 16 and 20. Composite scores were between 15 and 22.

Can I Afford Tougaloo College?

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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Tougaloo, approximately 70% of students took out student loans averaging $8,617 a year. That adds up to $34,468 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Tougaloo is 14.7%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Tougaloo College Undergraduate Student Diversity

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.

Online Learning at Tougaloo College

This is the #1,506 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Tougaloo regardless of major.

Tougaloo College Business Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	TOTAL
General Economics	19	19
TOTAL	19	19

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 MS Dept of Archives and History under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.