Millsaps College provides an ideal atmosphere for learning, with one teacher for every 10 students and an average class size of 15. Associated with the United Methodist Church, and located on 100 beautiful acres in the heart of Mississippi's capital of Jackson - a progressive southern city of nearly half a million population -Millsaps is home to nearly 1,100 students from 27 states and24 countries. Our students have intellectual firepower, and know they will be taught by faculty who are as serious about learning as they are.
While you can't learn all there is to know about Millsaps on this website, we hope you can get a strong sense of who we are and what the College is about. Whether you want tolearn about the admissions process,review the history of our 120-year-old institutionorcheck out events on campus, you'll discover what more than 13,000 alumni already know: Millsaps is a great place to learn, to grow and to call home.
Millsaps is a privately supported national liberal arts college founded by members of the Methodist Church in 1890. Consistently ranked as one of the best values in higher education, Millsaps has been praised by Colleges That Change Lives, The Princeton Review, Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine, the John Templeton Foundation, The Fiske Guide to Colleges, and Insight Magazine.
Setting
Millsaps is a selective undergraduate institution located on 100 beautiful acres in the heart of Jackson, the capital of Mississippi - a progressive southern metropolitan city of nearly half a million population. The city of Jackson is served by an international airport with eight passenger airlines and Interstate highways 55 and 20.
Student Enrollment
1,118 total enrollment: 1,013 undergraduate students and 105 graduate students
More than 50% of undergraduates from outside Mississippi including27 states and 24 countries
60% from public secondary schools, 12% from parochial, and 27% from independent schools, totaling over 150 high schools per class
49% male; 51% female
Student Credentials
Middle 50% score 23 - 29 on the ACT, 1110 - 1305 on the SAT
40% of Millsaps students come from the top 10% of their high school classes; 89% from the top 50% of their classes
86% have above a 3.0 cumulative GPA in high school; 10% have a cumulative 4.0 high school GPA on a 4.0 scale
48% of graduates immediately enter graduate or professional school after graduation
100% of graduates surveyed reported having jobs or being in graduate school within 6 months of graduation
Faculty Credentials
Millsaps employs 97 full-time faculty members. Of those, 97 percent of Millsaps tenure-track faculty hold a Ph.D. or the final degree in their field. The faculty/student ratio at Millsaps is 1:11, and the average class size is 15.
Academic Excellence
34 majors, 40 minors including the option for a Self-Designed Major
Student-developed honor code (created in 1994)
First college or university in Mississippi with a Phi Beta Kappa chapter
Facilities and Activities
83% of students live on campus.
The Millsaps-Wilson Library's 219,000 unit multimedia collection is available seven days a week.
$17 million Campus Life Complex includes Physical Activities Center, renovated and expanded student center and new student plaza.
Computer labs with Internet and library access, e-mail, photography darkrooms, rehearsal halls, research and language labs, a writing center, and other amenities are provided.
Intercollegiate Athletics
Member of NCAA Division III, Southern Athletic Association. The Millsaps Majors compete in 16 intercollegiate sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track and field for men; and basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field, and volleyball for women.
School colors:Purple and White
Else School of Management
Millsaps offers the Master of Business Administration and Master of Accountancy through the Else School of Management. The management school is accredited by AACSB International (The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business).
Adult Programs
Millsaps began its adult continuing education program in 1972 with the Community Enrichment Series, a noncredit program offering more than 70 courses for an average of 600 adults per session. Millsaps also directs the Leadership Seminars in the Humanities for Mississippi's community and business leaders, organizes a regional training institute for teachers of high school Advanced Placement courses, and offers specialized counseling for its adult degree-seeking students.
President
Dr. Robert Pearigen became the 11th president of Millsaps College in 2010.
