Mississippi State University offers 100% of incoming freshmen merit aid. The average merit aid award is $3,800. Mississippi State University is a public college located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. Its student population is 21,974. It is a four-year, large, primarily residential campus. It has an acceptance rate of 57%. Mississippi State University 4 year graduation rate is 30% .
FRESHMAN W/O NEED, RECEIVING MERIT AID
$3,800
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Colleges with Similar Merit Aid Award Percentages and Award Amounts
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Merit Match ![]() |
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Mississippi State University | $40,920 | 102% | $3,800 | 57% | |
Pennsylvania State University Penn State Altoona | $42,648 | 99% | $4,131 | 91% |
Colleges in Southeast Region with similar merit aid awards levels
Name | Cost ![]() | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() | Acceptance Rate ![]() | |
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Mississippi State University | $40,920 | 102% | $3,800 | 57% | |
Covenant College | $49,420 | 96% | $17,225 | 97% | |
Agnes Scott College | $56,360 | 100% | $29,405 | 70% | |
Oglethorpe University | $57,460 | 100% | $24,348 | 62% | |
Lipscomb University | $51,454 | 99% | $14,574 | 60% | |
Lenoir Rhyne University | $53,920 | 98% | $21,689 | 74% | |
Mercer University | $53,822 | 95% | $20,411 | 72% | |
Reinhardt University | $42,400 | 104% | $5,658 | 90% | |
Palm Beach Atlantic University | $51,086 | 98% | $13,237 | 95% | |
Hollins University | $56,940 | 100% | $35,233 | 64% | |
Bridgewater College | $53,000 | 97% | $24,025 | 66% | |
Queens University Of Charlotte | $48,968 | 97% | $14,110 | 79% | |
Eckerd College | $63,572 | 101% | $17,455 | 68% | |
Wheeling Jesuit University | $42,290 | 100% | $12,850 | 86% | |
Bellarmine University | $58,920 | 98% | $28,405 | 86% |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and median earnings of alumni after 10 years
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 10 Year Salary ![]() |
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Mississippi State University | 57 | $94,100 |
Chapman University | 54 | $99,400 |
Norwich University | 66 | $99,100 |
Cuny City College | 48 | $99,100 |
Lawrence University | 62 | $98,800 |
Furman | 61 | $98,800 |
Morehouse College | 58 | $98,700 |
Ohio State University Main Campus | 52 | $98,600 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and cost of attendance
College | Acceptance Rate ![]() | Attendance Cost ![]() |
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Mississippi State University | 57 | $40,920 |
Tennessee Wesleyan University | 60 | $36,850 |
University Of Illinois At Springfield | 53 | $36,898 |
Oakwood University | 66 | $37,254 |
Goldey Beacom College | 53 | $37,281 |
University Of Louisiana At Lafayette | 56 | $37,414 |
California State University Sacramento | 64 | $37,622 |
Belhaven University | 52 | $37,650 |
University Of Missouri Kansas City | 56 | $37,694 |
Southern Wesleyan University | 54 | $37,696 |
Charleston Southern University | 52 | $37,800 |
University Of South Carolina Upstate | 57 | $37,809 |
University Of North Carolina Wilmington | 61 | $37,951 |
Oklahoma Christian University | 65 | $38,100 |
Toccoa Falls College | 60 | $38,104 |
Montreat College | 55 | $38,235 |
Texas Southern University | 57 | $38,339 |
Trevecca Nazarene University | 64 | $38,382 |
University Of South Carolina Columbia | 63 | $38,432 |
William Penn University | 55 | $38,442 |
Marian University | 65 | $38,522 |
Colleges with similar acceptance rate and similar 4 year graduation rates
Name | Acceptance Rate ![]() | 4 year graduation ![]() |
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Mississippi State University | 57 | 30% |
Suny College At Potsdam | 64 | 34% |
Benedictine University | 63 | 34% |
Lake Superior State University | 63 | 34% |
Saint Leo University | 60 | 34% |
University Of Mount Olive | 53 | 34% |
Marian University | 61 | 34% |
Averett University | 61 | 34% |
University Of Valley Forge | 59 | 34% |
Southwestern College | 56 | 33% |
Tennessee Wesleyan University | 60 | 33% |
University Of Saint Mary | 61 | 33% |
Defiance College | 52 | 33% |
University Of Pittsburgh Bradford | 49 | 33% |
St Thomas University | 52 | 33% |
Andrews University | 66 | 33% |
University Of California Merced | 66 | 33% |
Eastern Illinois University | 55 | 33% |
University Of Bridgeport | 57 | 32% |
Louisiana Tech University | 63 | 32% |
Young Harris College | 63 | 32% |
Comparing merit aid in colleges with similar acceptance rates.
Name | Received Merit Aid ![]() | Avg Merit Aid ![]() |
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Mississippi State University | 102% | $3,800 |
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