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FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

STATE-SUPPORTED ENROLLMENT Alcorn State University, Lorman...... 3,443 Delta State University, Cleveland ...... 3,990 Jackson State University, Jackson ...... 8,351 Mississippi State University, Starkville ...... 15,934 Mississippi University for Women, Columbus...... 2,231 Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena...... 3,621 University of Mississippi, Oxford...... 14,497 University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson ...... 2,003 University of Southern Mississippi, Hattiesburg...... 15,253 Total Four-Year State-Supported ...... 69,323

INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT Belhaven College, Jackson...... 2,493 Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain...... 388 Magnolia Bible College, Kosciusko...... 41 Millsaps College, Jackson...... 1,146 Mississippi College, Clinton...... 3,588 Rust College, Holly Springs...... 1,001 Tougaloo College, Jackson ...... 971 William Carey College, Hattiesburg...... 2,758 Total Four-Year Independent Non-Profit ...... 12,386

SECTARIAN Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson...... 135 Southeastern Baptist College, Laurel ...... 97 Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson ...... 135 Wesley College, Florence ...... 80 Total Four-Year Sectarian ...... 447

TOTAL FOUR-YEAR INSTITUTIONS...... 82,156

TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS

Vocational Academic/Technical STATE-SUPORTED Enrollment Enrollment Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale ...... 200 ...... 1,735 Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Wesson...... 178 ...... 2,678 East Central Community College, Decatur ...... 86 ...... 2,468 East Mississippi Community College, Scooba...... 180 ...... 4,054 Hinds Community College, Raymond...... 671 ...... 9,087 Holmes Community College, Goodman ...... 143 ...... 4,350 Itawamba Community College, Fulton...... 79 ...... 4,542 Jones County Community College, Ellisville...... 220 ...... 4,549 Meridian Community College, Meridian...... 162 ...... 3,410 Mississippi Delta Community College, Moorhead ...... 190 ...... 2,980 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Perkinston ...... 601 ...... 9,823 Northeast Mississippi Community College, Booneville...... 150 ...... 3,039 Northwest Mississippi Community College, Senatobia ...... 264 ...... 6,064 Pearl River Community College, Poplarville...... 195 ...... 3,571 Southwest Mississippi Community College, Summit...... 125 ...... 1,865 Total Two-Year State-Supported...... 3,444...... 64,215

TOTAL TWO-YEAR INSTITUTIONS (Academic/Technical Enrollment)...... 64,215

GRAND TOTAL ALL INSTITUTIONS ...... 146,371

Sources: Compiled by the Office of Research and Planning, Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, August 2005, using system data from Institutions of Higher Learning, State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, Mississippi Association for Independent Colleges and other individual campus representatives.

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FOUR-YEAR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS Dr. Richard A. Crofts, Commissioner of Higher Education Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning 3825 Ridgewood Road Jackson, Mississippi 39211 Phone: (601) 432-6623

FOUR-YEAR AND TWO-YEAR INDEPENDENT NON-PROFIT INSTITUTIONS Dr. David L. Beckley, President, Rust College - President MAIC Dr. Lee Royce, President, Mississippi College - Vice President MAIC Dr. E. Harold Fisher, Executive Director MAIC Mississippi Association of Independent Colleges Post Office Box 2933 Ridgeland, MS 39158-2933 Phone: (601) 206-5360

TWO-YEAR STATE-SUPPORTED INSTITUTIONS Dr. Wayne Stonecypher, Executive Director State Board for Community and Junior Colleges 3825 Ridgewood Road Jackson, Mississippi 39211 Phone: (601) 432-6518

~PURPOSE~ In 1921, the founding purpose of the Mississippi Association of Colleges was to provide opportunities for all sectors and levels of higher education to

meet together, to share concerns, and to discuss goals and issues.

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72nd Annual Conference Mississippi Association of Colleges and Universities

Jackson State University, Jackson, Mississippi October 2 - 4, 2005