Amid a nursing shortage that is worsening poor health outcomes in Mississippi, nursing programs at the state’s public universities are turning away hundreds of potential students every year because of insufficient faculty sizes.
Mississippi’s public universities saw an increase in fall enrollment in 2023 compared to numbers from the same period last year. Fall enrollment for 2023 is 77,074 students, a 1.8 percent increase, partially due to record-breaking freshman classes at Ole Miss and Mississippi State. In 2022, enrollment stood at 75,739 for.
JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) - Fall enrollment for 2023 has increased at Mississippi's public universities when compared to Fall 2022. According to the Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL), Fall enrollment for 2023 is 77,074 for the system, compared to 75,739 students enrolled in Fall 2022, representing a 1.8% increase. “Our students recognize that a university education [.]