University Of Mississippi Main Campus

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a rural site not far from an urban area.

Overview

The University of Mississippi, or UM, is the flagship university of the state. Established in 1848, it was chartered as the first public university in Mississippi.

The university developed the state's first and only Teacher Corps.

The school is also known as Ole Miss, a name adopted in 1897 through a contest.

The main Ole Miss campus covers more than 1,000 acres in Oxford, Mississippi. In addition, the university has three branch campuses in Tupelo/Booneville, Jackson, and Southaven.

Ole Miss offers a number of academic and vocational degree programs and has produced approximately 25 Rhode Scholars.

The J.D. Williams (main) Library boasts several noteworthy features, including the Hall of Mississippi Writers, the James Meredith Papers and the world-renowned Music/Blues Archive.

The Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing, the only one of its kind in the state, has been recognized by The Atlantic Monthly as one of the nation's "up-and-coming programs." The programs in accountancy were ranked in the nation's Top 20 by Public Accounting Report (November 2008).

The academic units of the university are organized into the following schools and colleges:

• College of Liberal Arts
• Graduate School
• School of Accountancy
• School of Applied Sciences
• School of Business Administration
• School of Education
• School of Engineering
• School of Law
• School of Nursing
• School of Pharmacy

The Oxford campus is home to more than 30 research centers. The health sciences campus in Jackson houses schools of medicine, nursing, health-related professions, dentistry and graduate studies in the health sciences; the University Hospitals and Health System; and a medical library.

There is an active Greek life at Ole Miss. Some of the university-recognized fraternities and sororities are Alpha Delta Pi, Chi Omega, Zeta Tau Alpha, Alpha Tau Omega, Delta Tau Delta, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Phi Beta Sigma, Delta Sigma Theta, and Zeta Phi Beta.

The athletic teams of Ole Miss are known as the Rebels.

Best-selling legal thriller writer John Grisham received his law degree at Ole Miss. Other well-known alumni are actors Kate Jackson and Anthony Herrera; former New Orleans Saints quarterback Archie Manning and the current New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning, and three Miss Americas: Susan Akin, Mary Ann Mobley and Lynda Lee Mead.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in business and management, music, law, and real estate and construction management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• High faculty salary.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Mississippi participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 76% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 15,289 in 2009-2010 (15,174 full-time equivalent).

About 47% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 53% of the class.

Undergrads are 83% of enrolled students and graduate students are 17%.

Students under 25 years old represent 78% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Mississippi provides on-campus housing for 4,031 of its 15,174 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Southeastern Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 181 male students received the aid (men were 62% of those receiving aid) and 111 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 38% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Mississippi offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral (No Medical/Veterinary).

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

ART STUDIES (42 awarded)

• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (823 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance
• Insurance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Taxation

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (12 awarded)

• Computer and Information Sciences

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (24 awarded)

• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (530 awarded)

• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching

ENGINEERING (118 awarded)

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Science
• Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (184 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (8 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

HOSPITALITY (4 awarded)

• Hospitality Administration/Management

LAW (174 awarded)

• Court Reporting/Court Reporter
• Law (LLB, JD)
• Legal Assistant/Paralegal

LIBERAL ARTS (415 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Area Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Language and Literature
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Linguistics
• Political Science and Government
• Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS (30 awarded)

• Mathematics

MEDIA (158 awarded)

• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (11 awarded)

• Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (59 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist

MEDICINE (81 awarded)

• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])

MUSIC (45 awarded)

• Music

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (112 awarded)

• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (61 awarded)

• Real Estate

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (10 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (146 awarded)

• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Chemistry
• Geology/Earth Science
• Physics

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (108 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
• Forensic Science and Technology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (163 awarded)

• Psychology