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Best Business Colleges in Mississippi

By David Krug, Co-Founder, CollegeRanker · Updated 2026-05-31 · 27 schools · Agent Insights
27
Schools Analyzed
$38,114
Avg. Earnings (10yr)
45%
Avg. Graduation Rate
$11,836
Avg. Net Price

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This ranking scores 27 institutions on graduation rates, graduate earnings, debt burdens, and social mobility data from Opportunity Insights. Every data point comes from federal sources. No surveys, no opinions.

Social mobility carries the heaviest weight in our algorithm. We use Raj Chetty's Mobility Report Card — built on 30 million anonymized tax records — to measure whether a college changes a family's economic trajectory across generations. Schools that take low-income students and launch them into higher earnings rank higher than schools that admit wealthy students and take credit for their success.

The transparency penalty matters here. Schools that don't report their data get scored lower than schools that do. If an institution won't show you its numbers, we think you should know that before you write them a tuition check.

Quick Numbers

Schools ranked 27
Avg. earnings at 10yr $38,114
Avg. graduation rate 45%
Avg. net price $11,836
Avg. median debt $16,280

How We Ranked

Business programs in Mississippi ranked by outcomes and program concentration

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Earnings vs. Cost

Each dot is a ranked school. Up = higher earnings. Right = higher cost. Top-left is the best value.

$15K$68K$120K$0$50KNET PRICEUniversity ofMillsaps CollegeMississippi StateMississippi UniversityUniversity of

Graduation Rates

Longer bars = higher graduation rate.

University of Mississippi70%Millsaps College56%Mississippi State Univer…65%Mississippi University f…42%University of Southern M…50%Belhaven University50%Delta State University47%Copiah-Lincoln Community…51%Mississippi Gulf Coast C…47%Mississippi College61%Northwest Mississippi Co…44%Itawamba Community Colle…48%Holmes Community College42%William Carey University51%Northeast Mississippi Co…35%East Mississippi Communi…44%East Central Community C…38%Meridian Community Colle…39%Pearl River Community Co…36%Jones County Junior Coll…38%

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Full Rankings

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS · 21,473 students · Public

97% accepted 70% graduate $50,994 earnings
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#2

Millsaps College

Jackson, MS · 549 students · Private nonprofit

43% accepted 56% graduate $53,848 earnings
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#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS · 18,397 students · Public

78% accepted 65% graduate $51,513 earnings
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#4

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, MS · 1,605 students · Public

90% accepted 42% graduate $46,128 earnings
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#5

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MS · 10,075 students · Public

99% accepted 50% graduate $44,140 earnings
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#6

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS · 1,471 students · Private nonprofit

50% accepted 50% graduate $46,440 earnings
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#7

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS · 1,620 students · Public

100% accepted 47% graduate $41,991 earnings
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#8

Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson, MS · 1,922 students · Public

51% graduate $31,241 earnings
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#9

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, MS · 6,353 students · Public

47% graduate $33,017 earnings
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#10

Mississippi College

Clinton, MS · 2,518 students · Private nonprofit

29% accepted 61% graduate $47,485 earnings
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#11

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Senatobia, MS · 5,452 students · Public

44% graduate $36,396 earnings
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#12

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, MS · 4,167 students · Public

48% graduate $32,912 earnings
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#13

Holmes Community College

Goodman, MS · 3,958 students · Public

42% graduate $32,922 earnings
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#14

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, MS · 2,201 students · Private nonprofit

60% accepted 51% graduate $43,087 earnings
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#15

Northeast Mississippi Community College

Booneville, MS · 2,698 students · Public

35% graduate $34,081 earnings
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#16

East Mississippi Community College

Scooba, MS · 2,838 students · Public

44% graduate $33,772 earnings
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#17

East Central Community College

Decatur, MS · 1,520 students · Public

38% graduate $32,421 earnings
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#18

Meridian Community College

Meridian, MS · 2,156 students · Public

39% graduate $31,002 earnings
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#19

Pearl River Community College

Poplarville, MS · 4,903 students · Public

36% graduate $33,019 earnings
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#20

Jones County Junior College

Ellisville, MS · 3,535 students · Public

38% graduate $33,377 earnings
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#21

Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena, MS · 1,439 students · Public

92% accepted 24% graduate $31,919 earnings
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#22

Hinds Community College

Raymond, MS · 6,397 students · Public

43% graduate $30,774 earnings
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#23

Rust College

Holly Springs, MS · 467 students · Private nonprofit

49% accepted 17% graduate $32,275 earnings
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#24

Jackson State University

Jackson, MS · 4,600 students · Public

93% accepted 41% graduate $39,060 earnings
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#25

Blue Mountain Christian University

Blue Mountain, MS · 498 students · Private nonprofit

89% accepted 53% graduate $40,421 earnings
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#26

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, MS · 2,363 students · Public

45% accepted 51% graduate $36,421 earnings
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#27

Mississippi Delta Community College

Moorhead, MS · 1,413 students · Public

31% graduate $28,421 earnings
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Sources & Citations

[1]

U.S. Department of Education. College Scorecard Data. Federal Student Aid, National Center for Education Statistics.

[2]

National Center for Education Statistics. Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS).

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David Krug

Co-Founder, CollegeRanker

David Krug is the co-founder of CollegeRanker and a data systems architect focused on making institutional research accessible to families. He builds the data pipelines and ranking algorithms that power CollegeRanker, drawing from federal datasets and Raj Chetty's Opportunity Insights research to measure what traditional rankings ignore: whether a college actually changes a family's economic trajectory.