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Millsaps College Profile

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 including 32 states and 19 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 Collegiate Athletic Conference. The Millsaps Majors compete in 14 intercollegiate sports: baseball, basketball, cross-country, football, golf, soccer, and tennis for men; and basketball, cross-country, golf, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball for women.

School colors: Purple and White

School mascot: The Millsaps Major

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 Assocation 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.