The University of Mississippi is a public university in MS, founded in 1844, and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 16,179, and the graduate enrollment is 4,835. The University of Mississippi is a moderately selective school, receiving 16,383 applications and accepting 88.1% of applicants. Its athletics teams compete at the club, intramural, and varsity levels, and the university employs 1,111 full-time instructional staff (80% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has a 16:1 student-to-faculty ratio.
