University of Southern Mississippi Historical Acceptance Rate

Historical Acceptance Rates

The University of Southern Mississippi's overall acceptance rate has remained exceptionally high in recent years, reporting 99.1% for the application year 2024 with 7,048 applicants and 6,986 accepted. This trend of high acceptance rates continues from 2023 with 99.38% (8,818 applicants, 8,763 accepted) and 2022 at 98.92% (9,043 applicants, 8,945 accepted). Notably, there has been a significant improvement since the acceptance rates dipped to 60.17% in 2016 and 58.05% in 2015, indicating a dramatic increase in acceptance as application numbers have surged in the last few years.