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LORMAN – Alcorn State University is among the Mississippi universities with increased enrollment this fall semester.

The state Institutions of Higher Learning on Monday said overall enrollment at the state’s public universities increased by 3.56% from Fall 2023 – a total of 79,817 students this year compared to 77,.074 last year.

Alcorn State University reported the state’s second largest increase, going form 2,894 students in 2023 to 2,995 – a growth of 3.5%.

The University of Mississippi, which reported its largest freshman class in school history, saw an 11% increase in enrollment, from 21,596 in 2023 to 23,981 in 2024. The freshman class includes 5,973 students.

Other schools are as follows:

• Mississippi State University had a 2.2% increase, going from 22,657 to 23,150.
• The University of Mississippi Medical Center had a 0.9% increase, going from 3,114 to 3,143.
• The University of Southern Mississippi had a 0.5% increase, going from 13,110 to 13,170.
• Mississippi Valley State University had a 0.4% increase, going from 2,196 to 2,205.
• Jackson State University had the largest decrease of 3.6%, going from 6,564 to 6,326.
• Delta State University had a 2.3% decrease, going from 2,716 to 2,654.
• Mississippi University for Women had a 1.5% decrease, going from 2,227 to 2,193.