University, MS · Public · Every figure is for a student starting in fall 2027. We work each one out again whenever we update the site.
How to pay for University of Mississippi
What a year costs here, what brings it down, and what a SmartTuition plan could save a family like yours.
Paying for four years here
Four years here, after grants
$56,163
A SmartTuition plan could save a family like this about $6,300.
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester, using your own numbers.
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A family of four with good credit and $500 a month for college. How we worked these out ↓
A year at University of Mississippi
| Full price, in state | $26,005 |
| Full price, out of state | $47,419 |
| After grants, at your income | $12,847 |
At this income, 2 of Mississippi's other 7 colleges cost less after grants, and 5 cost more. See them all →
What can bring it down
Merit scholarships. In state: $1,000 to $14,278 a year, from a 3.0 GPA (and 2 more below).
University of Mississippi's promise. Ole Miss Opportunity: the average cost of tuition, residence hall housing and an allowance for meals, for Mississippi residents with a family income of $40,000 or less and a Pell Grant. The conditions ↓
Pay less for college
A SmartTuition plan shows what to pay from where, each semester.
At University of Mississippi, our scenarios for Mississippi households with good parent credit show a SmartTuition plan saving a median of about $6,800 over four years. How we worked this out ↓
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What University of Mississippi says it awards for grades and test scores.
In state: $1,000 to $14,278 a year, from a 3.0 GPA
GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1130 or ACT 23 $1,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 23, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1130 or ACT 23 $3,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 23, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1160 or ACT 24 $1,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 24, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1160 or ACT 24 $3,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 24, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1200 or ACT 25 $1,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 25, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1200 or ACT 25 $3,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 25, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1230 or ACT 26 $1,900 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 26, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1230 or ACT 26 $3,900 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 26, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1260 or ACT 27 $2,250 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 27, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1260 or ACT 27 $4,250 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 27, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $3,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 28, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $5,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 28, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1330 or ACT 29 $3,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 29, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1330 or ACT 29 $7,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 29, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $4,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 30, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $8,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 30, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1390 or ACT 31 $5,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 31, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1390 or ACT 31 $9,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 31, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $7,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 32, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $11,500 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 32, GPA 3.5+) GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1450 or ACT 33 $10,278 a year Academic Merit Scholarship (ACT 33+, GPA 3.0+) GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1450 or ACT 33 $14,278 a year Academic Merit Scholarship with the 1848 Award (ACT 33+, GPA 3.5+) Apply for admission; the scholarship comes from your high school GPA and test scores. These are the 2026-27 amounts, fixed for up to four years if the student meets the terms. A student with a 3.5 GPA and a 23 ACT also gets the 1848 Award, shown in the larger amount. At a 33 ACT the award is set to the first year’s tuition and stays at that amount.
A National Merit Semifinalist or Finalist with a GPA of 3.0 or higher gets full tuition and a double room in a campus residence hall, for up to four years. It does not combine with the academic merit awards.
“Academic Excellence National Merit Semifinalist/Finalist Scholarship Award Amount: Includes full tuition scholarship and the standard cost of a double occupancy room in a campus residence hall. Please be advised that these awards are renewable for up to four years as long as all terms and conditions are met. These cannot be stacked with the Academic Merit awards.”
Out of state: $3,000 to $20,790 a year, from a 3.0 GPA
GPA 3.0 or higher $3,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1160 or ACT 24 $4,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1230 or ACT 26 $5,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $8,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $10,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.0 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $15,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher $5,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1160 or ACT 24 $7,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1230 or ACT 26 $8,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $10,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $15,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.5 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $20,790 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher $8,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher, and SAT 1160 or ACT 24 $9,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher, and SAT 1230 or ACT 26 $10,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher, and SAT 1300 or ACT 28 $12,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher, and SAT 1360 or ACT 30 $18,000 a year Academic Merit Scholarship GPA 3.75 or higher, and SAT 1420 or ACT 32 $20,790 a year Academic Merit Scholarship
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Published guarantees you may qualify for
We do not assume you qualify for any of these, and our plans never bank on them. Check each against your own situation with the aid office.
Ole Miss Opportunity: the average cost of tuition, residence hall housing and an allowance for meals, for Mississippi residents with a family income of $40,000 or less and a Pell Grant
Household income up to $40,000. Covers tuition, housing.
- For a Mississippi resident, U.S. citizen or permanent resident who is a first-time full-time freshman with a 3.0 high school GPA, is eligible for the Pell Grant and has a Student Aid Index of 6,655 or less. The award fills the gap after all federal, state, institutional and private aid. It lasts up to eight regular semesters.
“the University guarantees that eligible Mississippi resident students will receive financial aid support to cover the average cost of tuition, residence hall housing, and an allowance for meals. The family income listed on your FAFSA (from the federal tax return) must be at or below $40,000”
How we worked these out
The family
A family of four with good parent credit and $500 a month to put toward college, and the savings you pick. In state, the grants are what University of Mississippi reports families at that income got, on average. Your own will differ, and a family with no aid pays close to the full price. Out of state, there are no grants: the price is before any scholarship from the college.
What a SmartTuition plan saves
The difference, over four years, between a SmartTuition plan and the standard approach: savings first, then loans for the rest. It counts loan interest and the federal tax credit. For a family that lives in Mississippi, it also counts Mississippi's tax deduction for money you put through its 529 plan.
The $6,800 in the “Pay less for college” box near the top of this page is the median saving in University of Mississippi's own scenarios. Each scenario is a household that lives in Mississippi, with an income from $45,000 to $200,000 and savings of none, $40,000 or $100,000 in a 529. We price University of Mississippi at the aid it reports for that income.
Every scenario has parents with good credit and $500 a month toward college. The card above uses the same two. A scenario where the parents would borrow more than $65,000 is left out.
The prices by income
- They describe students who got aid.
- “Over $110,000” has no upper limit, so it averages families just over $110,000 with far wealthier ones. A family at $115,000 should expect to pay less than it shows.
- Each range is reported on its own, so the prices do not always rise with income.
Where the prices come from
Where the prices come from: University of Mississippi's own 2026-27 tuition, fees, housing, food and books, from its website, carried forward to 2027 at 3.0% a year. The grants are the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard (2025-26 figures), carried forward the same way. Each price after grants is the cost less those grants. The out-of-state figure uses the published out-of-state tuition instead. The average price after grants counts the students who get federal aid. Your own figure will be different.
University of Mississippi's own budget for 2026-27 is $32,148 in state and $52,938 out of state. It also counts costs the university doesn't bill for, such as travel and personal spending. We leave those out.
SmartTuition.ai is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by University of Mississippi. Aid policies change; check current terms with the college's aid office.
Nearby at your income
- Delta State University$7,487 a year
- Mississippi University for Women$11,046 a year
- University of Mississippi$12,847 a year
- Alcorn State University$15,269 a year
- Belhaven University$16,430 a year
What each college charges, less the average grant for your income. Every Mississippi college →