Tougaloo College
Tougaloo College admitted 60% of applicants. Its average net price after aid was $20,702 a year. Within six years, 58% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 60%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $27,020 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $20,702 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $20,340 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $12,628 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 58%
- Students who return for a second year
- 83%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $41,624 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,131
Students
- Undergraduates
- 639
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 36%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Social sciences
- 24%
- Psychology
- 14%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 13%
- Education
- 11%
- Communication and journalism
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
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- State University of New York at Cortland NY · 60% admitted
- Freed-Hardeman University TN · 60% admitted
- University of Akron Main Campus OH · 60% 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
- Alcorn State University MS · 45% admitted
- William Carey University MS · 60% admitted
- Delta State University MS · 100% 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.