The Mississippi College Mission
Mississippi College, is a private, co-educational, comprehensive university of liberal arts and sciences and professional studies dedicated to the pursuit of academic excellence. Founded in 1826, Mississippi College is the oldest institution of higher learning and the largest private university in the state of Mississippi. As a Christian institution, Mississippi College values the integration of faith and learning throughout the educational process.
Mississippi College provides a quality Christian education for its student population. Students select the university because of the quality of its academic programs, Christian environment, and location. The university strives to recruit students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship, leadership, and church/community involvement.
Mississippi College stimulates the intellectual development of its students through the liberal arts and sciences and concentrated study in specialized fields, including pre-professional and professional programs. Furthermore, the university environment promotes the spiritual, social, emotional, and physical development of its students and encourages them to utilize their skills, talents, and abilities as they pursue meaningful careers, life-long learning, and service to God and others.
- Mississippi's oldest institution of higher learning, established in 1826 as Hampstead Academy.
- With nearly 4,900 students, MC is the state's largest private university.
- MC is the nation's second oldest Baptist college.
- The first coeducational college in America to grant degrees to women, with two graduating in 1831.
- U.S. News and World Report's 2009 "America's Best Colleges" guide ranks MC 29th among Southern universities - master's level. It lists MC as a "Best Value" in the South. The university is 52nd nationwide in the percentage of students receiving merit-based aid.
- Forbes.com listing of "America's Best Colleges" ranked MC 129th among 569 undergraduate institutions surveyed. The survey accounts for student comments, the success of alumni, costs and academic quality.
- In recent years, about 73 percent of MC students who have applied to medical school have been accepted to exceed national averages.
- The School of Law's new executive law program allows working professionals to earn their degrees in five years instead of the traditional three.
- The M.B.A. program in the School of Business is the oldest and largest such program in metro Jackson. It offers a concentration in management information systems as well as finance and accounting.
- MC began its engineering/physics program in 2008.
- MC fielded an equestrian team for the first time in 2007 with senior Meredith Guider of Utica ranked as the fourth best collegiate rider in the nation.
- A new on-line nursing program allows students to work full-time while pursuing a nursing degree.
- Fifteen students are enrolled in the university's first doctorate in education leadership program.
- The United States Water Fitness Association has awarded MC's aquatic program its number one ranking among U.S. colleges for more than a decade.
