Mississippi College Teaching Programs

Located in Clinton, Mississippi, Mississippi College is a private not-for-profit institution. Clinton is considered a suburb and offers tranquility and safety near the excitement of a city center.

Where Is Mississippi College?

Contact details for MC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	200 South Capitol Street, Clinton, MS 39058
Phone:	601-925-3000
Website:	www.mc.edu

How Do I Get Into MC?

You can apply to MC online at: apply.mc.edu/application

Admission Requirements for MC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into MC?

MC has a fairly low acceptance rate of 40%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 39%.

Average Test Scores

MC received ACT scores from 79% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 32. Math scores were between 19 and 0. Composite scores were between 21 and 28.

Can I Afford Mississippi College?

The overall average net price of MC is $24,562. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MC, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $5,918 a year. That adds up to $23,672 over four years for those students.

Mississippi College Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 2,523 undergraduate students at MC, with 2,082 being full-time and 441 being part-time.

There are also 1,727 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,082 full-time undergraduates at MC, 41% are male and 59% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Mississippi College students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	43
Black or African American	349
Hispanic or Latino	77
White	1,431
International Students	76
Other Races/Ethnicities	106

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at Mississippi College. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 47 countries are represented at MC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, China, and India.

Online Learning at Mississippi College

There are 3 bachelor’s degree and 15 master’s degree programs available online at MC. In 2022-2023, 1,795 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at MC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 13th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of MC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Educational Leadership & Administration	39%

Mississippi College Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	122	13	135
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	86	0	86
Online Educator/Online Teaching	0	59	0	0	59
Elementary Education	34	0	15	0	49
Education/Teaching of Individuals with Specific Learning Disabilities	0	0	35	0	35
General Special Education	0	0	31	0	31
Secondary Education	0	0	11	0	11
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	1	9	0	10
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	0	10	0	10
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	7	0	0	0	7
Art Education	3	0	3	0	6
English & Language Arts Education	2	0	3	0	5
Music Education	4	0	1	0	5
Social Studies Education	3	0	0	0	3
Biology Education	2	0	0	0	2
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	0	1	0	0	1
Social Science Teacher Education	0	0	1	0	1
Business and Innovation/Entrepreneurship Teacher Education	0	0	0	0	0
Chemistry Education	0	0	0	0	0
Early Childhood Education	0	0	0	0	0
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	55	61	327	13	456

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Robby Followell under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.