Enrollment: MSU now over 23000 students...

[Maroon Eagle]

...still the largest university in the state.

It sounds good but it's only a 100 student increase from Fall 2020 for a 0.4 percent gain. Link: Here.

Biggest gains:
Jackson State up 2.9 percent. 159 more students brings them to over 7000.
Ole Miss up 0.8 percent. 180 additional students keeps them at the high 21K range.
Valley up 1.6 percent with 32 more students.

Biggest losers:
The other IHLs each lost at least over 150 students. Delta State's enrollment went down by over 9 percent. The W's went down by over 8 percent. Alcorn decreased by nearly 5 percent and Southern Miss is down by just over 3 percent.

 

[The Peeper]

When I left in '85 we were somewhere between 11K-12K so we've basically doubled in size w/ the same infrastructure other than the new road to the horse park so its no wonder there are delays in getting off campus and problems parking during the week

 

[thatsbaseball]

HWY's 82 and 25 being 4-laned were the biggest infrastructure improvements IMO

 

[Smoked Toag]

Need to start tapping into the out of state markets. There should be a lot of families now looking for a bargain education, considering the real estate prices.

And hopefully some of those graduates will stay in the state.

 

[Bill Shankly]

When I left in '85 we were somewhere between 11K-12K so we've basically doubled in size w/ the same infrastructure other than the new road to the horse park so its no wonder there are delays in getting off campus and problems parking during the week

There is LESS road infrastructure ON campus now. There is MORE parking, its just been pushed to the periphery of the campus. Both of those have been in the master plan for a long time. My understanding is the eventual plan is to have a car free central campus with almost all the roads and parking on the fringes.

 

[DAWG61]

Weird how we routinely sold out the Hump with 17k students.

 

[Leeshouldveflanked]

Weird how we routinely sold out the Hump with 17k students.

There are 3-4 times enough students, alumni and faculty within 30 mins of campus .

 

[Walter White.sixpack]

And 3000+ of OM's students are actually at UMMC in Jxn. Only 18,800 otherwise.

 

[RocketDawg]

When I left in '85 we were somewhere between 11K-12K so we've basically doubled in size w/ the same infrastructure other than the new road to the horse park so its no wonder there are delays in getting off campus and problems parking during the week

We were about the same size when I graduated in 1970. Did the school not grow much from '70 to '85?

 

[Bill Shankly]

And 3000+ of OM's students are actually at UMMC in Jxn. Only 18,800 otherwise.

And usually have as many or more of our graduates there than they do.

 

[KentuckyDawg13]

This! ^^

It amazes me every year here in Louisville, KY the number of high school graduates that when they do go to Mississippi for college, it's um. Not MSU. My daughter graduated two years ago from HS and she knew of at least 6 girls that were going to oxford. Only one going to MSU.

Somebody in student recruitment needs to step up.