by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Mississippi University for Women was awarded 171 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked MUW as #974 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MUW held the #1,058 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
MUW is also ranked #6 out of 26 schools in Mississippi.
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With an acceptance rate of 99%, Mississippi University for Women is easier to get into than many other schools. But that doesn't mean you can slack off on your application. Make sure to treat this school like any other when submitting requested materials and documents.
About 4% of students accepted to MUW submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 440 and 610. Math scores were between 410 and 570.
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The student to faculty ratio at MUW is an impressive 11 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Mississippi University for Women is 67%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Mississippi University for Women has a freshmen retention rate of 75%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 24% for first-time, full-time students at MUW, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 2,418 undergraduates at MUW with 1,835 being full-time and 583 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $10,767 | $11,661 | $15,008 | $17,087 | $18,180 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MUW, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 MUW, approximately 43% of students took out student loans averaging $5,967 a year. That adds up to $23,868 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MUW is 5.1%. 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.
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Contact details for MUW are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS 39701 |
| Phone: | 662-329-4750 |
| Website: | https://www.muw.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/muwedu |
| Twitter: | http://www.twitter.com/muwedu |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 441 | $59,369 |
| Business Administration & Management | 109 | $30,925 |
| Public Health | 55 | $20,729 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 43 | $32,583 |
| Health & Physical Education | 25 | $21,221 |
| Communication Sciences | 23 | NA |
| General Biology | 22 | NA |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 18 | $23,645 |
| Culinary Arts | 15 | $22,587 |
| Legal Support Services | 14 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 1,872 students took at least one online class at Mississippi University for Women. This is a decrease from the 2,245 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,872 | 874 |
| 2019-2020 | 2,245 | 1,496 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,022 | 927 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,872 | 813 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,800 | 837 |
Learn more about online learning at Mississippi University for Women.
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Footnotes
*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.
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