Jackson State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 400,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 90 (14%) muggy
Sunshine Hours 2,683 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation 255 (68%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 4,378
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 26%
From Region 18%
Athletes 363 (8.8%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 94%
White 2%
International 2%
Native American 1%
Asian 0%
Hispanic 0%
Mixed 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
Jackson State University 826 33% 2% 0% 93% 0% 1% $55,812 3 -1.02 56 95% 13.2%
Biomedical Engineering 2 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $93,629 34 -0.44 95 — — — — —
Civil Engineering 15 — 73% 7% 0% 87% 7% 0% $102,194 94 +1.41 97 94% — — — —
Computer Engineering 13 — 69% 0% 0% 92% 0% 8% $112,769 50 -0.20 99 96% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 21 — 86% 0% 0% 86% 5% 5% $109,830 41 -0.34 98 — — — — —
Computer Science 27 — 70% 0% 0% 78% 0% 22% $87,252 8 -1.10 92 — — — — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology — — — — — — — — $55,680 13 -0.85 56 — — — — —
Chemistry 5 — 20% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $75,415 76 +0.37 84 100% — — — —
Geological/Earth Sciences 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $56,302 16 -0.79 57 — — — — —
Mathematics 4 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $63,851 17 -0.81 72 — — — — —
Physics 2 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $65,691 8 -1.29 74 — — — — —
Statistics 1 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $69,750 3 -1.23 79 — — — — —
Biology 69 — 25% 0% 0% 99% 0% 0% $47,899 2 -2.15 35 97% — — — —
Public Health 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $57,839 23 -0.68 61 — — — — —
Speech-Language Pathology 13 — 8% 8% 0% 92% 0% 0% $57,092 23 -0.65 59 95% — — — —
Accounting 22 — 45% 0% 0% 86% 0% 0% $60,949 2 -1.69 66 90% — — — —
Business Administration 75 — 41% 3% 1% 92% 0% 1% $58,478 7 -1.00 62 91% 13.2% — — —
Entrepreneurship 10 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $50,887 6 -1.11 43 89% — — — —
Finance 5 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $72,010 8 -0.93 81 94% — — — —
Health Administration 67 — 10% 3% 0% 88% 1% 0% $52,314 10 -0.72 47 92% 14.5% — — —
Logistics 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $58,478 1 -1.94 62 91% 13.2% — — —
Managerial Economics 2 — 100% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $65,349 4 -1.23 74 — — — — —
Marketing 18 — 50% 0% 0% 89% 0% 0% $56,408 2 -1.65 57 — — — — —
English 7 — 43% 14% 0% 86% 0% 0% $44,781 12 -0.93 27 — — — — —
Foreign Languages 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $45,911 10 -1.08 30 — — — — —
General Studies 17 — 12% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $47,050 8 -0.98 33 100% 8.4% — — —
History 4 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $45,741 6 -1.09 29 — — — — —
Interdisciplinary Studies 82 — 39% 5% 0% 93% 0% 1% $48,764 14 -0.82 37 — — — — —
Rhetoric and Composition 6 — 67% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $45,174 14 -0.88 28 — — — — —
Mass Communication 29 — 52% 0% 0% 93% 0% 3% $56,812 35 -0.47 58 97% — — — —
Political Science 19 — 26% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $62,164 22 -0.74 69 — — — — —
Psychology 28 — 11% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $47,831 12 -1.10 35 100% — — — —
Social Work 46 — 9% 0% 0% 98% 0% 0% $45,805 12 -0.88 29 97% — — — —
Sociology 11 — 27% 0% 0% 91% 0% 0% $46,631 6 -0.93 31 — — — — —
Education 39 — 3% 0% 0% 97% 0% 0% $35,911 1 -2.25 9 91% 16.5% — — —
Elementary Education 37 — 8% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $52,987 59 +0.10 49 94% 9.6% — — —
Mathematics Education 3 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $44,140 2 -1.30 25 97% — — — —
Physical Education 25 — 52% 0% 0% 92% 0% 0% $44,140 4 -1.68 25 97% — — — —
Social Studies Education 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $44,140 1 -1.89 25 97% — — — —
Special Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $45,710 4 -1.54 29 — — — — —
Music Education 6 — 83% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $44,140 39 -0.28 25 97% — — — —
Music Performance 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $38,166 11 -0.92 12 — — — — —
Visual and Performing Arts 13 — 69% 0% 0% 92% 0% 0% $44,832 66 +0.24 27 93% — — — —
Criminal Justice 61 — 25% 5% 0% 89% 0% 2% $49,793 5 -1.39 40 94% 13.7% — — —
Industrial Technology 11 — 45% 0% 0% 82% 9% 0% $67,635 3 -1.75 77 97% 10.0% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $9,419
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $12,729
Est. In-State Cost $12,184
Est. Out-of-State Cost $16,466
ROI Percentile 56th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 62%
4-Year Graduation Rate 34%
6-Year Graduation Rate 51%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 24.3% 201 35% 2% 0% 91% 0% 0% $56,536 2 -1.05 58 92% 13.8%
Social Sciences 16.1% 133 23% 0% 0% 97% 0% 1% $51,037 14 -0.82 44 98% —
Humanities 14.2% 117 37% 4% 0% 94% 0% 1% $47,965 12 -0.87 35 100% 8.4%
Education 13.0% 107 17% 0% 0% 97% 0% 0% $44,215 4 -1.26 25 94% 13.1%
Professional 8.7% 72 28% 4% 0% 88% 1% 1% $52,519 5 -1.45 47 94% 13.1%
Life & Natural Sciences 8.4% 69 25% 0% 0% 99% 0% 0% $47,899 1 -2.15 35 97% —
Engineering 6.2% 51 75% 2% 0% 88% 4% 4% $107,698 73 +0.21 98 95% —
Computer Science 3.3% 27 70% 0% 0% 78% 0% 22% $87,252 13 -1.10 92 — —
Arts 2.5% 21 71% 0% 0% 95% 0% 0% $43,999 16 -0.02 25 94% —
Health Sciences 1.8% 15 13% 7% 0% 93% 0% 0% $57,192 2 -0.65 59 95% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.6% 13 31% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $68,455 20 -0.46 78 100% —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Physical Sciences & Math $7.8M #192 90% $0 — — 17 —
Health Sciences $5.3M #159 91% $0 3 #201 58 —
Engineering $4.1M #224 89% $0 2 #209 24 —
Education $2.5M #163 55% $0 16 #251 — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.9M #255 63% $0 5 #275 36 —
Life & Natural Sciences $0.6M #376 82% $0 — — — —
Computer Science $0.5M #274 68% $0 1 #193 27 —
Business & Economics $0.2M #287 100% $0 — — — —
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 — $0 — — 10 —
Total $23.0M #248 83% $0 27 #343 172 —

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 136 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Track & Field (combined) 87 $468K $468K $0
Baseball 38 $622K $622K $0
Basketball 17 $936K $936K $0
Tennis 7 $138K $138K $0
Total 224 $5.5M $5.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 71 $405K $405K $0
Soccer 41 $470K $470K $0
Softball 26 $440K $440K $0
Basketball 17 $978K $978K $0
Volleyball 17 $485K $485K $0
Tennis 7 $179K $179K $0
Bowling 6 $155K $155K $0
Total 139 $3.1M $3.1M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 158 $873K $873K $0
Football 136 $3.3M $3.3M $0
Soccer 41 $470K $470K $0
Baseball 38 $622K $622K $0
Basketball 34 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Softball 26 $440K $440K $0
Volleyball 17 $485K $485K $0
Tennis 14 $317K $317K $0
Bowling 6 $155K $155K $0
Total 363 $12.4M $12.4M $0

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 62%
Yield (non-ED) 6%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 62% 62% 62%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 39%
SAT Range 820 – 1070
SAT Math Range 390 – 520
SAT RW Range 430 – 550