Most Affordable Colleges in Mississippi

25 schools ranked by lowest average net price after financial aid. Updated from the latest federal filings.

Includes two-year, technical and community colleges alongside four-year universities — the typeis shown under each name. Schools appear only where the underlying figures exist: a real undergraduate population and a published graduation rate. Satellite campuses that repeat a parent institution's numbers are collapsed into one entry.

#SchoolNet PriceGrad RateEarnings 10yrAcceptance
1Southwest Mississippi Community College

Summit · community

$2,52546.0%$33,227
2Mississippi Delta Community College

Moorhead · community

$3,71527.0%$28,421
3Copiah-Lincoln Community College

Wesson · community

$3,89445.1%$31,241
4Hinds Community College

Raymond · community

$4,06040.3%$30,774
5East Mississippi Community College

Scooba · community

$4,60838.3%$33,772
6Itawamba Community College

Fulton · community

$4,61642.8%$32,912
7East Central Community College

Decatur · community

$5,24043.8%$32,421
8Holmes Community College

Goodman · community

$5,64342.9%$32,922
9Jones County Junior College

Ellisville · community

$6,04832.7%$33,377
10Meridian Community College

Meridian · community

$6,35136.0%$31,002
11Pearl River Community College

Poplarville · community

$6,53237.7%$33,019
12Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston · community

$6,96236.5%$33,017
13Northwest Mississippi Community College

Senatobia · community

$7,91130.7%$36,396
14Blue Cliff College-Gulfport

Gulfport · private

$8,25270.0%$22,177
15Northeast Mississippi Community College

Booneville · community

$8,34342.1%$34,081
16Mississippi Valley State University

Itta Bena · public

$9,68635.5%$31,91992.4%
17Mississippi University for Women

Columbus · public

$12,41164.7%$46,12890.3%
18Rust College

Holly Springs · private

$12,58727.2%$32,27548.7%
19Alcorn State University

Alcorn State · public

$13,26548.6%$36,42145.3%
20University of Mississippi

University · public

$13,31468.5%$50,99496.6%
21Delta State University

Cleveland · public

$13,54052.1%$41,991100.0%
22William Carey University

Hattiesburg · private

$14,25851.7%$43,08760.3%
23Belhaven University

Jackson · private

$15,67645.8%$46,44049.8%
24Tougaloo College

Tougaloo · private

$17,04329.6%$34,72459.9%
25Mississippi State University

Mississippi State · public

$17,59562.7%$51,51377.6%

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Data from U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS, College Scorecard, Clery Act). Updated annually. Rankings reflect the data as reported — not editorial opinion.