| Screen last updated on: December 2024 |
| Total undergraduates: |
4,927 |
| Full-time undergraduates: |
4,316 |
| Part-time undergraduates: |
611 |
| Total graduate students: |
1,979 |
| Full-time graduate students: |
840 |
| Part-time graduate students: |
1,139 |
| Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown: |
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| 0.3% | American Indian or Alaskan Native |
| 0.2% | Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 95.0% | Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.4% | Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.2% | Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino | | 1.8% | White, non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 0.7% | Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino |
| 1.4% | Nonresident Alien |
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| Campus size: |
250 acres |
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| Institution offers housing: |
yes |
| Housing types (% in housing type, if given): |
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- coed dorms
- women's dorms
- men's dorms
- special housing for disabled students
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| Percent of freshmen who live in school housing: |
46% |
| Percent of students who live in school housing: |
23% |
| Percent of students who live off campus: |
77% |
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| Every student is required to lease or own a computer: |
no |
| Computer equipment is provided in: |
computer center/lab(s) |
| Total number of microcomputers available to students: |
2000 |
| School has a library on campus: |
yes |
| Additional library facilities/collections: |
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Other libraries on campus. |
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| Additional services offered: |
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placement service, health service |
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| Counseling services: |
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career, psychological |
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| Career placement services: |
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interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center. |
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| Student activities: |
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student newspaper |
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| Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees: |
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Student Government Association; Sonic Boom of the South; MADDRAMA; Interfaith; NAACP |
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| Athletic conference memberships: |
NCAA Division 1 |
| Sports offered |
Scholarships? |
Athletic Assoc. |
| Men's baseball | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's baseball | yes | |
| Men's basketball | yes | |
| Men's basketball | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's bowling | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's cheerleading | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's cross-country running | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's cross-country running | yes | |
| Men's football | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's football | yes | |
| Men's tennis | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's tennis | yes | |
| Men's track and field | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Men's track and field | yes | |
| Women's basketball | yes | |
| Women's basketball | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's bowling | yes | |
| Women's cheerleading | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's cross-country running | yes | |
| Women's cross-country running | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's soccer | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's soccer | yes | |
| Women's softball | yes | |
| Women's softball | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's tennis | yes | |
| Women's tennis | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's track and field | yes | |
| Women's track and field | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | | NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I |
| Women's volleyball | yes | |
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| Intramural/Recreational sports: |
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bowling; baseball; basketball; football; soccer; softball; tennis; volleyball; track and field; cross-country running |
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| Nearest international airport: |
Jackson-Evers International |
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