+15%
In-state tuition
In-state tuition at Mississippi College rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($20.4k → $23.5k).
Mississippi · Private nonprofit · Predominantly bachelor's
Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi. 2,423 undergraduate students. 102 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Mississippi College
Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.
-100%
3-year cohort default rate
3-year cohort default rate at Mississippi College fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (1.0% → 0.0%).
+15%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at Mississippi College rose 15% between 2021 and 2024 ($20.4k → $23.5k).
+12%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at Mississippi College rose 12% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2k → 2.5k).
SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT
The numbers, vs. Mississippi
Each tile compares this institution to the Mississippi median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.
$47,485+13% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$42,011
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry62.8%+16% · '99→'24
Mississippi median 46.9%$17,759+200% · '97→'20
At program completion2,423+21% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS80.3%+10% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time48.9%-67% · '01→'24
latest cohort$21,698+130% · '00→'24
out-of-state $21,698SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS
How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry
Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS
What loans cost relative to earnings
Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.
Institution-wide
5.0%Median federal debt $17,759 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $47,485 (10y after entry).
SECTION 04 · LONG ARC
Ten-plus year arc
Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.
Undergraduate enrollment.
150%-time completion rate.
Median federal student debt at exit.
+57%
Mississippi College · completion · 100% rose
35.6% → 55.8%
+21%
Mississippi College · undergrad enrollment rose
2,079 → 2,518
+130%
Mississippi College · in-state tuition rose
$10,198 → $23,500
+130%
Mississippi College · out-of-state tuition rose
$10,198 → $23,500
+200%
Mississippi College · median debt rose
$7,500 → $22,500
-100%
Mississippi College · cohort default rate fell
7.1% → 0.0%
+24%
Mississippi College · earnings_median_8yr rose
$37,100 → $45,878
+26%
Mississippi College · earnings_median_6yr rose
$33,400 → $42,011
SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS
Ranked by 5-year earnings
Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$123,327Accounting and Related Services.$81,092Law.$76,475Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$72,491Business Administration, Management and Operations.$72,346Public Health.$70,098Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology.$69,693Business Administration, Management and Operations.$65,018Accounting and Related Services.$64,102Biology, General.$60,547Biology, General.$57,553Educational Administration and Supervision.$54,980Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$54,939Health and Physical Education/Fitness.$51,160Mental and Social Health Services and Allied Professions.$48,954Criminal Justice and Corrections.$48,643Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,575Psychology, General.$45,098Special Education and Teaching.$44,821Legal Support Services.$42,785Social Work.$42,640Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$42,434Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$40,530Sociology.$39,699
Showing top 24 of 25 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
25 programs with earnings, grouped
Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.
EDUCATION · CIP 13
Educational Administration and Supervision.$54,980Special Education and Teaching.$44,821Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$40,530Student Counseling and Personnel Services.$54,939Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.$45,575Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.$42,434
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
HISTORY · CIP 54
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Mississippi College
Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.
Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.
NET PRESENT VALUE
$360,220
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 14
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $22,204
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- Years to complete
- 6
- CIP family
- 26
Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.
SECTION 07 · SIMILAR INSTITUTIONS
Same sector and degree mix in Mississippi
Picked by Carnegie sector × predominant credential level. These are not rankings — just nearest-neighbour surfaces for comparison.
CAUSAL DISCIPLINE
“Mississippi College graduates earn $X” — not “Mississippi College makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Mississippi College caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.