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PO Box 1848
University, Mississippi, 38677-1848
Phone: 662 915-7226
Fax: 662 915-5869
Email: admissions@olemiss.edu
www.olemiss.edu

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* Basics

Applicants offered admission: 73.07% Students who return for Soph year: 81%
Student to Faculty ratio: 19:1
Average high school GPA of frosh:3.3
Year school was established: 1844
Mascot: Ole Miss Rebels
School Colors: Cardinal Red, Navy

* Campus Setting

Campus Size: 2500 acres Location: In a small/medium city (pop. 75,000-299,999) or within its metropolitan area (approx. 15 to 25-mile radius). Population: 11,756 Location description: 2,500-acre campus in Oxford (population: 11,756), 70 miles from Memphis; branch campuses in Iuka, Southaven, and Tupelo. Served by bus; major airport serves Memphis; smaller airport serves Tupelo (50 miles); train serves Greenwood (70 miles).

* Test Scores

	25th - 75th Percentile
SAT Math	490 - 600
SAT Critical Reading	480 - 580
ACT Composite	20 - 26
ACT Math	18 - 25
ACT English	20 - 28

* The students

66% In-state students 34% Out-of-state students 39% American Indian/Alaskan Native 172% Asian/Pacific Islander 1647% Black/Non-Hispanic 124% Hispanic 10382% White/Non-Hispanic 181% Non-Resident Alien 37% in top 10th of graduating high school class 52% in top quarter of graduating high school class 86% in top half of graduating high school class

Men Undergrads: 6017 Women Undergrads: 6665

* Social Life

Most popular events "Groving," Ole Miss Sporting events,Double Decker Arts and Music Festival, BBQ Festival, Arts in the Park, concerts in the Grove and at the Ford Center for the Performing Arts Popular places on/off campus Uptown Coffee, City Grocery, The Library, Proud Larry's, Abner's, shopping and eating on the Oxford Square, Rowan Oak-Faulkner's Home

* Prominent Alumni/ae

Governor William F. Winter (BA '43; LLB '49) • Governor of Mississippi, 1980-84 Congressman Roger Wicker (BA '73; JD '75) • United States Representative for Mississippi, 1995-present • Deputy Minority Whip in the House Congressman Jamie Lloyd Whitten ('32) • United States Representative for Mississippi, 1941-95 Governor William Waller (LLB '50) • Governor of Mississippi, 1972-76 Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit (BA '97) • Prime minister of Dominica Governor Jeanne Shaheen (MSS '73) • Governor of New Hampshire, 1996-2002 • Director, Harvard University’s Institute of Politics Lenore Prather (JD '55) • First female Mississippi Supreme Court Justice • Former Chief Justice of the Mississippi Supreme Court Congressman Chip Pickering (BBA '86) • United States Representative for Mississippi, 1997-present Governor Ronnie Musgrove (BBA '78; JD '81) • Governor of Mississippi, 2000-04 James Meredith (BA '63) • First African-American student to attend The University of Mississippi • Pivotal figure in the American Civil Rights Movement Senator Trent Lott (BPA '63; JD '67) • United States Senator for Mississippi, 1988-2007 • Former Senate Majority Leader Governor Paul B. Johnson, Jr. (LLB '40) • Governor of Mississippi, 1964-68 Congressman Kenny Hulshof (JD '83) • United States Representative for Missouri, 1996-present Lt. Governor Evelyn Gandy (LLB '43) • Lt. Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 • First female elected to statewide office in Mississippi Governor Cliff Finch (LLB '58) • Governor of Mississippi, 1976-80 Senator James O. Eastland ('25) • United States Senator for Mississippi, 1943-79 Dr. Winfield Dunn (BBA '50) • Governor of Tennessee, 1971-75 Senator Thad Cochran (BA '59; JD '65) • United States Senator for Mississippi, 1978-present • Chair of Senate Agricultural Committee and Senate Appropriations Committee Congressman Ed Bryant (BA '70; JD '72) • United States Representative for Tennessee, 1995-2003 Governor Haley Barbour (JD '73) • Governor of Mississippi, 2004-present Judge Reuben Anderson (JD '67) • First African-American Mississippi Supreme Court Justice Governor William A. Allain (LLB '50) • Governor of Mississippi, 1984-88

* Academic Interests

Agriculture, 0% Architecture, 1% Area/Ethnic Studies, 4% Biological/Life Sciences, 4% Business/Marketing, 30% Communications, 4% Computer/Information Sciences, 1% Education, 9% Engineering, 4% English, 6% Foreign Languages, 1% Health Professions, 8% Home Economics, 4% Interdisciplinary Studies, 0% Law/Legal Studies, 0% Liberal Arts, 0% Library Science, 0% Mathematics, 1% Military Science/Technologies, 0% Natural Resources/Environmental Science, 0% Parks Recreation, 3% Personal/Miscellaneous Servies, 0% Philosophy/Religion/Theology, 1% Physical Science, 1% Protective Services/Public Administration, 3% Psychology, 4% Social Science/History, 8% Trade/Industry, 0% Visual/Performing Arts, 3%

* School type

Public Four-Year Graduate Coeducational College Calendar: Semester system

* Finances

Room and board: $ 6952 In-state tuition: $ 5106 Out-of-state tuition: $ 12468

* Greek life

Number of fraternities: 19 Men that join frats: 27% Number of sororities: 13 Women that join sororities: 33%

* Athletics

Students in varsity/club intercollegiate sports: 3% Students in intramural/recreational sports: 0%

* Student newspaper(s)

The Daily Mississippi - published daily Monday-Friday

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» W. R. Newman Scholarship ($10000)

» Robert M. Carrier Scholarship ($10000)

» Luckyday Scholarship ($7000)

» Academic Excellence Scholarships ($5000)

» Henry C. Brevard, Jr. Engineering Scholarship ($3500)

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Rockford C (Forest, Mississippi )
Oct 19, 2009 10:50AM

I absolutely love this school. Growing up, I have always been an Ole Miss fan. I have already been accepted here as a student in Pre-Pharmacy. I am so excited. Hotty Toddy!

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Middy C (Defuniak Springs, Florida )
Sep 18, 2009 4:18PM

i love this school! walking the campus & playing w/ the women's golf team would be the greatest thing :) plus, the law school is amazing

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Angelica K (Little Rock, Arkansas )
Sep 02, 2009 10:37PM

Is there a computer science program available?

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Jamarri G (Yazoo City, Mississippi )
Jul 31, 2009 10:08AM

Went to this campus and fell in love with it. I could go there now and show anyone where everything is.

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kindra b (Zolfo Springs, Florida )
Jul 30, 2009 3:23PM

Hey have family that is attending this school and they love it so i woul love to get to know more about it thanks so much kindra

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