Mississippi Valley State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Mississippi Valley State University

Mississippi Valley State University operates as a public institution located in Itta Bena, Mississippi (rural: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 1,439 students of which 2,613 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Mississippi Valley State University is categorized as “20” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 92.4%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 870 and an ACT midpoint of 16. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $9,686, with published in-state tuition of $7,692 and a Pell grant recipient share of 56.4%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $28,413, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 24.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 69.8%. Graduates earn a median of $31,919 ten years after enrolling, compared with $25,817 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 148500.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 37.4% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.