What is needed to apply?
It is important to know what is required when applying for admission at the particular colleges and universities you are considering. All of this informaiton is widely available in college guides, university catalogs and publications, and on the schools' Web sites. By the time you get to the 12th grade, it is too late to start taking the right classes, so you need to learn this early. Click here to find out about Admissions Requirements for Mississippi public universities.
Our Application Checklist will help you stay on track throughout the process - print out a copy for your personal use for each school to which you are submitting an application.
Also, click on a link below to learn more about these topics which may be a part of your admission process:
Reduced tuition possible for some
degrees not available in Mississippi
Is the degree program you have chosen not available in Mississippi? Have you found your program at an out-of-state institution, but the higher tuition is a barrier?
The Academic Common Market allows Mississippians to apply for a waiver of out-of-state tuition to attend a cooperating public institution of higher education to pursue a program not available in Mississippi. ACM is a cooperative, tuition-reduction agreement among 16 Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) states.
More than 1,900 programs are available to eligible students at in-state tuition rates in Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, MIssissippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and West Viriginia. Graduate level programs only are available in Florida, North Carolina and Texas. For a listing of programs available to Mississippi residents, visit www.sreb.org, click on "Academic Common Market" and search for "Mississippi." Click here for the application for Academic Common Market programs.
