Federal enrolment data · Fall 2023 · Mississippi
Online colleges in Mississippi
Across the 34 Mississippi colleges the federal government holds distance-education figures for, 36,640 students (23%) were enrolled entirely at a distance in Fall 2023, and 61% took at least one distance course. 16 of those colleges enrol at least a quarter of their students that way; they are listed below, largest online intake first.
Colleges with federal figures
34
In Mississippi
Students studying entirely online
36,640
23% of the 158,331 enrolled at those colleges
Took at least one distance course
61%
Fully online plus part-distance study
Colleges on the list below
16
At least 25% of students studying entirely online AND at least 50 of them. CampusPin thresholds, not federal categories.
Why your state still matters for online study
Distance study has no postcode, but the price and the paperwork do. Most public institutions charge residents less than non-residents, including for online courses at many of them, and states authorise which out-of-state institutions may enrol their residents at all. Starting from the colleges in Mississippi is therefore usually starting from the cheaper and simpler end, which is the only sense in which an online college is “in” a state.
Mississippi colleges where students actually study online
Every Mississippi college where at least 25% of students were enrolled entirely at a distance and at least 50students did so, ordered by how many. Share alone would let a twenty-student campus open the list ahead of a community college teaching thousands at a distance. It is a measurement of enrolment, not a ranking, and nobody paid to be on it.
3,872 of 13,110 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 6,275 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,618 in-state / $11,618 out-of-state.
2,542 of 6,564 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 3,319 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $9,090 in-state / $10,110 out-of-state.
2,374 of 9,332 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,662 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,825 in-state / $6,875 out-of-state.
2,121 of 3,616 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 299 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $29,195 in-state.
2,080 of 7,520 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,909 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,660 in-state / $6,060 out-of-state.
1,655 of 5,620 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,350 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,650 in-state / $5,650 out-of-state.
1,608 of 4,959 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,252 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,510 in-state / $6,210 out-of-state.
1,593 of 5,448 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,173 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $14,685 in-state.
1,393 of 4,937 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 2,081 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,420 in-state / $5,820 out-of-state.
1,339 of 3,642 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 1,175 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,950 in-state / $6,950 out-of-state.
859 of 2,716 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 975 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,605 in-state.
848 of 2,523 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 950 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,865 in-state / $5,965 out-of-state.
814 of 1,808 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 537 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $3,490 in-state.
723 of 2,227 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 958 more took at least one distance course · public · published tuition $8,092 in-state.
422 of 422 students enrolled entirely at a distance · private · published tuition $13,920 in-state.
150 of 163 students enrolled entirely at a distance, and 4 more took at least one distance course · private · published tuition $8,000 in-state.
Tuition shown is the published institution-wide rate, not the price of an online programme. Many colleges price online study on a separate schedule, and some charge a single rate regardless of where the student lives, so treat them as headline figures for the institution and confirm the online rate with the institution.
What this list is not
- It is not the complete set of your options. It counts students, not programmes. A college below the threshold may run an excellent online degree that few students happened to take exclusively that term, and residents of Mississippi can enrol with institutions anywhere.
- It is not a ranking. A high share describes how an institution enrols, not how good it is. Some of the largest shares belong to institutions worth reading carefully before applying, which is why every row links to the full profile with cost, debt and graduation figures.
- It is one term. These are Fall 2023 enrolments, on the federal reporting cycle.
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Source & methodology
Enrolment figures are from the U.S. Department of Education, IPEDS Fall Enrollment (distance education status), Fall 2023. Published tuition and control are from CampusPin's committed institution snapshot. Federal data is public domain; credit the U.S. Department of Education.
Distance-education figures count STUDENTS enrolled in Fall 2023, not programs on offer. "Exclusively at a distance" means a student took only distance courses that term. A college with few or no such students may still run online courses or an online degree, so a low figure is not evidence that online study is unavailable, and a high one is not a judgement of quality either way.
Suggested citation
CampusPin. (2026). Online study at Mississippi colleges. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/online-colleges-in/mississippi
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