Federal data

Largest registered nursing programs in Mississippi

Mississippi registered nursing programs, ranked by awards conferred in 2024, the latest IPEDS completions year on file. At least 5 schools must offer the program for this list to exist.

RankSchoolCitySectorAwards conferred
1Mississippi University for WomenColumbusPublic, 4-year352
2University of MississippiUniversityPublic, 4-year281
3Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinstonPublic, 2-year236
4Hinds Community CollegeRaymondPublic, 2-year204
5University of Southern MississippiHattiesburgPublic, 4-year170
6Holmes Community CollegeGoodmanPublic, 2-year129
7Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobiaPublic, 2-year126
8Pearl River Community CollegePoplarvillePublic, 2-year124
9William Carey UniversityHattiesburgPrivate nonprofit, 4-year120
10Meridian Community CollegeMeridianPublic, 2-year119
11Mississippi CollegeClintonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year90
12Itawamba Community CollegeFultonPublic, 2-year87
13Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummitPublic, 2-year83
14Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBoonevillePublic, 2-year80
15Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn StatePublic, 4-year75
16Jones County Junior CollegeEllisvillePublic, 2-year61
17Delta State UniversityClevelandPublic, 4-year59
18East Mississippi Community CollegeScoobaPublic, 2-year45
19Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorheadPublic, 2-year41
20East Central Community CollegeDecaturPublic, 2-year35
21Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdalePublic, 2-year25
22Copiah-Lincoln Community CollegeWessonPublic, 2-year25
23Belhaven UniversityJacksonPrivate nonprofit, 4-year21

Completions counts total awards conferred, summed across every credential level, from IPEDS.

How to read this. A larger school naturally confers more awards in a common program; this counts total completions, not selectivity. A campus that is part of one multi-campus system is shown as a single row when more than two of its campuses would otherwise appear.