State universities see enrollment growth

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning released 2025 student fall enrollment numbers for Mississippi’s public universities.

Across the ten schools showed a continued increase in enrollment with a nearly three percent increase compared to this time last year.

That means total student enrollment is now at 81,961 students.

Southern Miss experienced a 0.2 percent growth in its enrollment year.

Mississippi State grew its enrollment by 1.8 percent.

Ole Miss had a big jump with the school’s enrollment jumped 5.2 percent compared to last year.