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Millsaps College

Millsaps College is a private campus in Jackson proper — federal locale codes class it as urban. The school reports a United Methodist affiliation in its federal filings.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$20,651

family income
under $30k

$20,231

$30–48k

$26,671

$48–75k

$26,007

$75–110k

$32,686

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$26,0342023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at Millsaps College rose from $15,220 (2008) to $26,034 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$15,220
2009	$14,750
2010	$17,684
2011	$21,723
2012	$23,321
2013	$21,360
2014	$21,209
2015	$22,065
2016	$22,292
2017	$23,390
2018	$23,821
2019	$23,169
2020	$23,691
2021	$26,812
2022	$25,291
2023	$26,034

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$60,0612024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at Millsaps College rose from $36,054 (2009) to $60,061 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$36,054
2010	$38,292
2011	$40,205
2012	$42,509
2013	$44,435
2014	$46,491
2015	$48,576
2016	$50,357
2017	$52,839
2018	$54,663
2019	$56,331
2020	$57,996
2021	$57,505
2022	$59,877
2023	$61,025
2024	$60,061

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$15,814
2001	$16,546
2002	$17,372
2003	$18,414
2004	$19,518
2005	$20,690
2006	$22,032
2007	$23,352
2008	$24,754
2013	$32,520
2014	$33,982
2015	$35,510
2016	$37,110
2017	$38,930
2018	$39,910
2019	$41,314
2020	$41,314
2021	$42,960
2022	$43,815
2023	$43,815

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

Millsaps College reports published tuition of $44,680 in this record. Millsaps College's $44,680 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

Millsaps College reports 549 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

57.1% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at Millsaps College within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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57.1%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at Millsaps College has wandered from Fall 1991 to Fall 2018 entering cohorts — up to 71.6% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 57.1%.

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1991 cohort	63%
1992 cohort	69.7%
1993 cohort	65.2%
1994 cohort	62.7%
1995 cohort	69.7%
1996 cohort	69.5%
1997 cohort	69.6%
1998 cohort	68.5%
1999 cohort	70.8%
2000 cohort	65.4%
2001 cohort	69.1%
2002 cohort	67.7%
2003 cohort	65.6%
2004 cohort	68%
2005 cohort	65.5%
2006 cohort	71.6%
2007 cohort	63.2%
2008 cohort	64.3%
2009 cohort	66.2%
2010 cohort	71.6%
2011 cohort	66.5%
2012 cohort	63.8%
2013 cohort	71.5%
2014 cohort	68.1%
2015 cohort	61.5%
2016 cohort	56.8%
2017 cohort	55.5%
2018 cohort	57.1%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1991–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$17,077	$9,750
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$17,000	$10,750
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$17,085	$13,356
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$17,125	$9,750
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$17,125	$10,125
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	—	$12,818
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$17,125	$9,316
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$6,125
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	—	$8,997
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$14,966	$6,625
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$19,312	$7,001
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,864	$12,000
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,688	$17,500
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,355	$17,250
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$27,000	$15,000
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$27,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$26,842	$8,250
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$27,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$27,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$27,000	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$27,000	$6,125

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$46,137

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$54,296

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$53,848

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

Millsaps College admitted 1,009 of 2,340 applicants in Fall 2024. The 43.1% rate describes that application pool.

43.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $43,815 tuition · 2023–24 549 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1025–11501600

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Admissions

Millsaps College reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For Millsaps College’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 495–575 and Math was 530–575 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1025–1150 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	495	520	575
SAT Math	530	540	575
ACT Composite	21	24	28

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, Millsaps College received 2,340 applications and admitted 1,009 (43.1%), with 179 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

43.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

Millsaps College's admission rate fell from 85.6% to 43.1%. The rate alone cannot explain the change. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	85.6%
Fall 2002	87.3%
Fall 2003	84.2%
Fall 2004	85.1%
Fall 2005	82.2%
Fall 2006	90.5%
Fall 2007	77.3%
Fall 2008	76.6%
Fall 2009	73.6%
Fall 2010	76.6%
Fall 2011	60.5%
Fall 2012	54.8%
Fall 2013	47.4%
Fall 2014	57.2%
Fall 2015	52.6%
Fall 2016	59.2%
Fall 2017	48.9%
Fall 2018	59.3%
Fall 2019	68.8%
Fall 2020	69.8%
Fall 2021	68.1%
Fall 2022	67.8%
Fall 2023	49%
Fall 2024	43.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1025–1150Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	1090	1300
Fall 2002	1080	1290
Fall 2003	1050	1270
Fall 2004	1060	1300
Fall 2005	1078	1333
Fall 2006	1025	1285
Fall 2007	1090	1320
Fall 2008	1060	1320
Fall 2009	1030	1280
Fall 2010	1060	1290
Fall 2011	1055	1300
Fall 2012	1010	1220
Fall 2013	1018	1250
Fall 2014	1030	1270
Fall 2015	1045	1260
Fall 2016	1046	1240
Fall 2017	1110	1320
Fall 2018	1080	1260
Fall 2019	1080	1290
Fall 2020	1083	1271
Fall 2021	1135	1354
Fall 2022	1135	1354
Fall 2024	1025	1150

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

21–28Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	23	29
Fall 2002	23	29
Fall 2003	23	28
Fall 2004	23	29
Fall 2005	23	30
Fall 2006	23	29
Fall 2007	23	29
Fall 2008	23	29
Fall 2009	23	29
Fall 2010	24	29
Fall 2011	23	29
Fall 2012	23	29
Fall 2013	23	28
Fall 2014	23	29
Fall 2015	23	28
Fall 2016	23	28
Fall 2017	22	28
Fall 2018	22	28
Fall 2019	21	26
Fall 2020	22	26
Fall 2021	21	28
Fall 2022	22	30
Fall 2024	21	28

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

549Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at Millsaps College rose from 307 (Fall 2002) to 549 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	307
Fall 2003	1,109
Fall 2004	1,071
Fall 2005	1,065
Fall 2006	985
Fall 2007	1,029
Fall 2008	999
Fall 2009	1,002
Fall 2010	948
Fall 2011	893
Fall 2012	831
Fall 2013	734
Fall 2014	762
Fall 2015	757
Fall 2016	792
Fall 2017	801
Fall 2018	793
Fall 2019	770
Fall 2020	668
Fall 2021	695
Fall 2022	622
Fall 2023	580
Fall 2024	549

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

58%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at Millsaps College fell from 83% (Fall 2002) to 58% (Fall 2023).

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	83%
Fall 2003 cohort	82%
Fall 2004 cohort	83%
Fall 2005 cohort	78%
Fall 2006 cohort	81%
Fall 2007 cohort	79%
Fall 2008 cohort	78%
Fall 2009 cohort	79%
Fall 2010 cohort	88%
Fall 2011 cohort	77%
Fall 2012 cohort	75%
Fall 2013 cohort	80%
Fall 2014 cohort	78%
Fall 2015 cohort	82%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	79%
Fall 2018 cohort	75%
Fall 2019 cohort	70%
Fall 2020 cohort	71%
Fall 2021 cohort	83%
Fall 2022 cohort	73%
Fall 2023 cohort	58%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about Millsaps College

Faculty pay at Millsaps College averages $99,072 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes Millsaps College as a primarily residential campus of 549 undergraduates — and 58% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

Millsaps College's SAT section-percentile sums are 1025–1150 — their midpoint is near the MS four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on Millsaps College's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How Millsaps College compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

Millsaps College43.1%

Mississippi median77.6%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

Millsaps College$44,680

Mississippi median$10,202

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

Millsaps College's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

Millsaps College$53,848

Mississippi median$42,539

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

Millsaps College, Mississippi and national reference values
Metric & basis	Millsaps College	Mississippi median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	43.1%	77.6%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$44,680	$10,202	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$53,848	$42,539	$53,781

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does Millsaps College report?

Millsaps College's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1025–1150 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is Millsaps College's acceptance rate?

43.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,009 admitted from 2,340 applicants.

How much does Millsaps College cost?

At Millsaps College, tuition is $44,680. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does Millsaps College report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $53,848. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Mississippi

Rust College — 48.7% admitted
Tougaloo College — 59.9% admitted
Belhaven University — 49.8% admitted
Alcorn State University — 45.3% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Read the date and population definitions.