Mississippi students paid $39,910 to attend the four-year private not-for-profit institution this year – $980 more than the $38,930 charged for 2017-18.
Data shows 100 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 229 students received grants or scholarships totaling $7 million and 175 students took out student loans totaling more than $1.2 million.
Including all undergraduates (865), 794 students used grants or scholarships totaling $22.6 million, and 499 students took out $3.4 million in federal student loans.
The cost of attending
Enrollment | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19 | |
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In-state | ~381 | $35,510 | $37,110 | $38,930 | $39,910 | 12.4% |
Undergraduate financial aid
The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at Millsaps College in 2015-16.Type of Aid | Number of students receiving aid | Percent receiving aid | Total amount of aid received | Average amount of aid per student |
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Federal grants | 79 | 34% | $478,965 | $6,063 |
State / local grant or scholarship | 66 | 29% | $112,876 | $1,710 |
Institutional grants or scholarships | 229 | 100% | $6,419,693 | $28,034 |
Grant or scholarship aid total | 229 | 100% | $7,011,534 | $30,618 |
Federal student loans | 174 | 76% | $965,000 | $5,546 |
Other student loans | 21 | 9% | $244,907 | $11,662 |
Student loan aid | 175 | 76% | $1,209,907 | $6,914 |
Total student aid | 229 | 100% | - | - |