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Mississippi: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 31	2,967,297	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.1%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.7%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.8%	26.4%
65 and older	12.8%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 31	2,967,297	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.9%	13.3%
15 to 19	7.6%	7.1%
20 to 24	7.1%	7.0%
25 to 44	25.7%	26.6%
45 to 64	25.8%	26.4%
65 and older	12.8%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.9%	4.8%
Black	37.0%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
White	59.1%	72.4%
More than one race	1.1%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	2.7%	16.3%
Other	1.3%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	7.2%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	13.1%	8.7%
High-school diploma	30.8%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	21.7%	20.6%
Associate degree	7.6%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	12.7%	17.6%
Master’s degree	4.8%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	0.8%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.3%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	3.7%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 51	$32,176	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	22.4%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	25,430	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	1.4%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	7,530	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$5,301	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$2,141	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$14,098	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$954,183,795	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-6.3%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$3,229,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$18,988,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$6,223,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$28,440,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$443,625,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	1.9%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	60.4%	61.2%
State and local governments	17.1%	6.3%
Industry	2.6%	5.2%
Nonprofit	1.4%	6.1%
Institution itself	17.4%	19.4%
Other	1.1%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	16.7%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	6.4%	4.9%
Life sciences	45.5%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.2%	3.7%
Physical sciences	11.6%	7.6%
Psychology	0.7%	1.8%
Social sciences	5.2%	3.3%
Other sciences	5.0%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.7%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Mississippi Foundation	$469,006,324
Top fund raisers:
University of Mississippi main campus	$57,976,042
Mississippi State University	$43,196,569
Millsaps College	$6,944,704

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$89,626	$112,647
Associate professor	$67,849	$78,804
Assistant professor	$58,905	$67,236
All	$62,255	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$63,285	$87,677
Associate professor	$54,599	$70,215
Assistant professor	$49,801	$59,511
All	$51,086	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$82,021	$133,973
Associate professor	$61,929	$86,108
Assistant professor	$58,152	$72,242
All	$65,158	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$68,871	$82,002
Associate professor	$52,944	$66,466
Assistant professor	$48,189	$55,352
All	$53,630	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	n/a	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$39,831	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$48,341	$62,301
Private nonprofit	n/a	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	157,464	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	20,733	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	76,878	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	82,817	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	15,398	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	447	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2,657	430,177
Total	178,197	21,016,126
Public institutions	90%	72%
4-year institutions	52%	63%
2-year institutions	48%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	9,824	849,452
Bachelor’s	12,953	1,650,014
Master’s	4,203	693,025
Doctorate	1,154	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 82% of all freshmen enrolled in Mississippi in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 93% of all Mississippi residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	49.9%	56.0%
Men	45.6%	53.0%
Women	53.5%	58.5%
American Indian	27.3%	37.0%
Asian	49.5%	66.3%
Black	38.4%	38.3%
Hispanic	48.6%	47.8%
White	58.4%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	753	196,374
Asian	1,770	1,218,118
Black	71,865	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	184	64,046
Hispanic	2,416	2,741,448
White	97,918	12,722,549
Foreign	2,445	709,565
Two or more races	846	325,275
Total	178,197	21,016,126
Women	61.1%	57.0%
Minority	43.7%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	42.1%	28.4%
Foreign	1.4%	3.4%
Full-time	78.2%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 18.7 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 100% of Mississippi’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	9	678
Public 2-year institutions	15	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	9	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	0	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	2	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5	664
Total	40	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None