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What SAT score do you need for Mississippi State University? (Middle 50%: 1100–1340)

First-year students at Mississippi State University who sent an SAT scored 1100–1340, with a median of 1200 (Common Data Set 2024–25). Mississippi State University admits 78% of applicants.

Mississippi State University · Mississippi State, MS

Where your score lands at Mississippi State University

First-year students who sent an SAT: 1100–1340, median 1200

Middle 50% of admitted students Median

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Mississippi State University by the numbers

Admit rate
78%
Middle 50% SAT
1100–1340
Median SAT
1200
About on the ACT
22–29
Sent an SAT
6%

Test policy not confirmed for 2026–27 · SAT range from the Common Data Set, 2024–25; admit rate from it or IPEDS

Mississippi State University admit rate over 10 years

Applications rose 88%, from 12,446 in 2015 to 23,346 in 2024, and Mississippi State University's admit rate went from 65% to 78%.

  1. 65%
  10. 78%
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FallAppliedAdmittedAdmit rate
202423,34618,12578%
202320,87715,93476%
202218,83014,15875%
202117,70713,47876%
202016,12712,90880%
201918,3409,87854%
201817,3819,89357%
201713,9738,71962%
201614,0127,80156%
201512,4468,12065%

In fall 2024, 3,596 of the 18,125 admitted students enrolled. Applicants and admits from IPEDS, the federal college survey, by fall of entry.

What each SAT score means at Mississippi State University

Which tier your score puts them in, and whether it's worth sending.

Your SATTierSend it?*
  1. Under 1050Far reachHold
  2. 1050–1090ReachHold
  3. 1100–1190TargetHold
  4. 1200–1330TargetSend
  5. 1340 and upLikelySend

Tiers here use only your SAT and their admit rate. Essays, activities and recommendations still decide most admissions at selective colleges. *Send it? assumes they're test optional; we haven't confirmed their policy.

Mississippi State University SAT sections, ACT and GPA

Scores of enrolled first-year students who sent one, by percentile.

Test25thMedian75th
SAT Math540590680
SAT Reading and Writing560620670
SAT total110012001340
ACT composite212529

Of enrolled first-year students, 6% sent an SAT and 85% sent an ACT. Common Data Set 2024–25.

Average high school GPA
3.60
100% of new students reported one

Mississippi State University cost and outcomes

What students pay after grants, how many finish, and what they earn.

Average net price
$17,595
per year, after grants
Graduate in 6 years
67%
Median earnings
$51,513
10 years after starting
Undergraduates
20,101

College Scorecard, 2022–23, from the US Department of Education. Net price averages federal-aid students across family incomes.

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There's no cutoff. The middle 50% of first-year students who sent an SAT scored 1100–1340, and the median was 1200. At 1200 or higher you're above half of them. Mississippi State University admits 78% of applicants.

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