College · Public · Itta Bena, MS · Rural
Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS
HBCU
Admit rate92%
6-yr median pay$26k
Net price / yr$10k
Undergrad size1,439
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $10k/yr for a shot at a $26k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of 92% means this is workable if your grades and essays are solid. Admitted students average SAT 870 · ACT 16.
If you get in
1,439 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Rural — true campus bubble, nature on the doorstep, plan for a car.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $21k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $10k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$85k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$39k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$46k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.5x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.7k
- Room & board
- $9.0k
- Books & supplies
- $2,000
How students pay for it.
Pell grants56%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans49%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$28k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $14k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention65%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr27%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$26k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$32k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Rural
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 1,439
- Location
- Itta Bena, MS
- Region
- Southeast (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV)
- Carnegie class
- Master's Colleges & Universities: Smaller Programs
- Size & setting
- Four-year · small · highly residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- Black91%
- White3%
- Unknown3%
- Hispanic2%
- Asian1%
First-gen students43%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time28%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$17k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 23
What you can study.