+11%
Out-of-state tuition
Out-of-state tuition at University of Mississippi rose 10% between 2021 and 2024 ($25.9k → $28.6k).
Mississippi · Public · Predominantly bachelor's
Ole Miss
University, Mississippi. 18,995 undergraduate students. 180 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.
ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS
What the data flags at Ole Miss
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 University of Mississippi fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (2.2% → 0.0%).
+34%
Undergraduate enrollment
Undergraduate enrollment at University of Mississippi rose 34% between 2021 and 2024 (16.0k → 21.5k).
+11%
100%-time completion
100%-time completion at University of Mississippi rose 11% between 2021 and 2024 (51.5% → 57.3%).
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.
$50,994+12% · 6→10y
Mississippi median $33,017$45,336
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry68.5%+46% · '97→'24
Mississippi median 46.9%$15,250+207% · '97→'20
At program completion18,995+161% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS87.9%+8% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time97.8%+39% · '01→'24
latest cohort$9,412+210% · '00→'24
out-of-state $26,980SECTION 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
4.0%Median federal debt $15,250 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $50,994 (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.
+46%
Ole Miss · completion · 150% rose
49.3% → 71.7%
+100%
Ole Miss · completion · 100% rose
28.6% → 57.3%
+161%
Ole Miss · undergrad enrollment rose
8,227 → 21,473
+210%
Ole Miss · in-state tuition rose
$3,153 → $9,772
+302%
Ole Miss · out-of-state tuition rose
$7,106 → $28,600
+207%
Ole Miss · median debt rose
$6,523 → $20,000
-100%
Ole Miss · cohort default rate fell
9.1% → 0.0%
+23%
Ole Miss · earnings_median_6yr rose
$37,000 → $45,336
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.
Medicine.$153,176Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,940Dentistry.$133,664Business Administration, Management and Operations.$129,904Accounting and Related Services.$107,015Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$106,703Mechanical Engineering.$85,311Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$83,846Law.$83,762Civil Engineering.$83,228Accounting and Related Services.$82,084Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,095Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$77,882Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other.$73,350Finance and Financial Management Services.$69,335Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$68,112Public Policy Analysis.$66,986Biology, General.$65,624Marketing.$63,970Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$62,798Management Information Systems and Services.$62,329Journalism.$61,775Hospitality Administration/Management.$61,488Radio, Television, and Digital Communication.$60,816
Showing top 24 of 42 ranked programs.
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY
42 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
ENGINEERING · CIP 14
LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23
LIBERAL ARTS & GENERAL STUDIES · CIP 24
BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26
PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31
PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42
HOMELAND SECURITY & PROTECTIVE SERVICES · CIP 43
PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44
SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45
VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50
HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$79,095Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.$138,940Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$54,924Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.$106,703Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.$60,754Communication Disorders Sciences and Services.$62,798Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$83,846Dental Support Services and Allied Professions.$60,013Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions.$59,113Dentistry.$133,664Medicine.$153,176Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.$68,112Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other.$77,882
BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52
Accounting and Related Services.$82,084Finance and Financial Management Services.$69,335Marketing.$63,970Accounting and Related Services.$107,015Business Administration, Management and Operations.$60,297Business Administration, Management and Operations.$129,904Management Information Systems and Services.$62,329Hospitality Administration/Management.$61,488
HISTORY · CIP 54
COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION
Estimate the financial outcome at Ole Miss
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
$520,233
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 8
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
- Cost per year
- $15,525
- HS-only baseline · MS
- $30,200
- Years to complete
- 4
- CIP family
- 09
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
“Ole Miss graduates earn $X” — not “Ole Miss makes you earn $X”
Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Ole Miss 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.