Alcorn State University
Alcorn State University admitted 45% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 670–998 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $14,791 a year. Within six years, 49% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 45%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Required
- SAT middle 50%
- 670–998
- ACT middle 50%
- 15–19
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $23,732 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $14,791 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $14,547 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $8,785 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 49%
- Students who return for a second year
- 77%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $40,721 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $27,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 2,363
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 75%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 16 to 1
- Campus setting
- Rural
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities
- 20%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 17%
- Health professions
- 14%
- Agriculture, animal and plant sciences
- 9%
- Business, management and marketing
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Delaware State University DE · 47% admitted
- Johnson C Smith University NC · 45% admitted
- Oakwood University AL · 45% admitted
- College of Saint Mary NE · 45% admitted
- California State University-Long Beach CA · 46% admitted
- Nossi College of Art and Design TN · 46% admitted
More colleges in Mississippi
- University of Mississippi MS · 97% admitted
- Mississippi State University MS · 78% admitted
- University of Southern Mississippi MS · 99% admitted
- Jackson State University MS · 93% admitted
- Mississippi Christian University MS · 29% admitted
- William Carey University MS · 60% admitted
- Delta State University MS · 100% admitted
- Mississippi University for Women MS · 90% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.