University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

University of Mississippi (Oxford, MS)

Founded in 1848, the University of Mississippi (universally known as “Ole Miss”) is a public research university located in the small town of Oxford, in the north-west portion of the state. It is the oldest public higher-learning institution is the state, and was the only one for the first 73 years of its life. Originally, it was an all-men’s school, but it opened its doors to women in 1882.

Ole Miss has a rich history. During the Civil War, the entire student body enlisted in the Confederate Army and were placed into a single unit that suffered a near–100 percent casualty rate: Only one student returned when the campus reopened! It was also one of the first universities in the South to hire women as faculty members.

The Oxford campus is more than 2000 acres of small town, rural bliss. It is the main campus of the University of Mississippi system, with a current student enrollment of 17,142 individuals. The student-to-faculty ratio in 19-to-one. Forty-seven percent of classes have fewer than 20 students, giving Ole Miss a private liberal arts school feel, without the price tag.

The University of Mississippi is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

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