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Ole Miss acceptance rate

University of Mississippi · University, Mississippi · Public · 21,473 undergraduates

96.6%
accepted, fall 2024
33,363
applications
32,223
offers of admission
5,972
enrolled (19% of those admitted)

Ole Miss expanded its offers faster than its applicant pool grew, so the rate climbed 15 points between 2014 and 2024, to 97%. Applications more than doubled between 2014 and 2024, reaching 33,363. Ole Miss admits more of its applicants than the typical four-year college, where the median rate is 77%.

Acceptance rate since 2001

0%25%50%75%100%2001200320052007200920112013201520172019202120242001 70%2002 67%2003 67%2004 81%2005 81%2006 73%2007 84%2008 83%2009 80%2010 78%2011 79%2012 61%2013 81%2014 81%2015 79%2016 78%2017 84%2018 88%2019 88%2020 88%2021 90%2022 97%2023 98%2024 97%
Share of first-time, first-year applicants offered admission, by fall term.
Show the numbers by year
FallAppliedAdmittedRateEnrolled
202433,36332,22396.6%5,972
202327,83727,21897.8%5,237
202222,31121,72797.4%4,465
202119,53117,51289.7%3,580
202016,38314,42188.0%3,024
201916,25314,32588.1%3,232
201815,37113,53588.1%3,421
201717,41614,61483.9%3,694
201617,91814,02978.3%3,964
201518,05914,21778.7%3,966
201416,10113,07781.2%3,809
201314,25811,48480.5%3,582
201213,9348,50761.1%3,373
201113,32110,52479.0%3,569
201010,9098,47977.7%3,088
20098,5956,83979.6%2,576
20087,9466,63083.4%2,473
20077,9216,64483.9%2,570
20066,7634,94273.1%2,192
20056,6625,41081.2%2,270
20046,4905,25180.9%2,427
20037,6035,11467.3%2,257
20027,6035,11467.3%2,257
20017,1765,00169.7%2,152

Applications and offers

010k20k30k40k20012004200720102013201620192024AppliedAdmitted2001 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2002 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2003 Applied: 8k Admitted: 5k2004 Applied: 6k Admitted: 5k2005 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2006 Applied: 7k Admitted: 5k2007 Applied: 8k Admitted: 7k2008 Applied: 8k Admitted: 7k2009 Applied: 9k Admitted: 7k2010 Applied: 11k Admitted: 8k2011 Applied: 13k Admitted: 11k2012 Applied: 14k Admitted: 9k2013 Applied: 14k Admitted: 11k2014 Applied: 16k Admitted: 13k2015 Applied: 18k Admitted: 14k2016 Applied: 18k Admitted: 14k2017 Applied: 17k Admitted: 15k2018 Applied: 15k Admitted: 14k2019 Applied: 16k Admitted: 14k2020 Applied: 16k Admitted: 14k2021 Applied: 20k Admitted: 18k2022 Applied: 22k Admitted: 22k2023 Applied: 28k Admitted: 27k2024 Applied: 33k Admitted: 32k
First-year applications received and offers made, by fall term.

Acceptance rate for women and men

Fall 2024AppliedAdmittedRate
Women20,20819,55596.8%
Men13,14712,66096.3%

SAT, ACT and test policy

Test scores in admission
Considered if submitted (test-optional)
SAT reading and writing
510 to 610 (middle 50% of enrolled students)
SAT math
490 to 590
ACT composite
21 to 29

Colleges similar to Ole Miss

The six public four-year colleges closest to Ole Miss in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Las Vegas, NV		96%24,622$11,062$62,536
Utah State University
Logan, UT		92%20,272$12,644$59,177
San Francisco State University
San Francisco, CA		96%18,639$9,803$73,299
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO		99%15,002$13,803$57,612
California State University, Sacramento
Sacramento, CA		94%28,350$11,186$69,014
University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS		93%21,217$20,004$67,963

Admissions counts are first-time, first-year applicants reported by Ole Miss to IPEDS for each fall term (2001 to 2024), read from the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Test score ranges and policy come from the College Scorecard. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Ole Miss on College Scorecard