This page offers college-planning resources unique to Mississippi, including higher education agencies, higher education institutions, savings plans, state financial aid programs, benefits for veterans, publications, and special programs.
Mississippi Higher Education Agencies
Mississippi higher education institutions
- Postsecondary institutions
- Four-year colleges and universities
- Community colleges
- Distance education
- Mississippi residents may qualify to attend an out-of-state college or university at a reduced tuition rate through the Academic Common Market (ACM) (pdf).
Use Sallie Mae’s School Search Tool to compare colleges and universities on your list.
Savings plans
College Savings Mississippi offers two ways to prepare financially for college:
- MPACT: a prepaid plan guaranteed by the State of Mississippi to cover college tuition and mandatory fees at Mississippi’s public or private colleges and out-of-state schools.
- MACS: an investment trust plan to save for your child's college tuition as well as related expenses such as books, supplies, fees, and certain room and board costs.
State financial aid programs
- Listing of Mississippi state grant and scholarship programs.
- Kids' Chance of Mississippi is a scholarship fund established by the Mississippi Bar Foundation to provide scholarships for children who have had a parent killed or permanently and totally disabled on the job.
To qualify for federal and other sources of financial aid and ensure priority consideration for Mississippi state scholarships and grants, you must file the FAFSA. Check with your school's financial aid administrator for school deadlines.
Benefits for veterans
Publications
Special programs
- Find information about vocational and technical education and career planning.
- Education Services Foundation College Planning Division provides free college planning services, including two resource centers.
- GEAR UP Mississippi helps students from lower-income families prepare for higher education.
- Mississippi Commission for Volunteer Service engages and supports Mississippians of all ages and backgrounds in service to their communities.
- Mississippi Electronic Campus is a higher education resource designed to assist adults, primarily, in accessing the higher education courses and programs in a convenient format.
- Mississippi Department of Employment Security is responsible for developing and delivering comprehensive career and labor market information.
- Mississippi's Job Bank where thousands of new jobs are posted daily by employers searching for someone like you.
