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About Mississippi

Mississippi’s West Coast, Hancock County is a pleasure seekers paradise, characterized by diversity. Serious sophistication in a rural setting, cultural arts in all disciplines, inspiring environment and a recreational Mecca for the sporting enthusiast and fabulous food are all on the Mississippi West Coast palette of pleasure.

Mississippi’s rich culture and heritage can be found in the state’s museums, historical homes, Civil War sites and landmarks. You can also see it reflected in the impact of the Mississippi River, in the unfolding of the Civil Rights Movement and in Mississippi’s contributions to literature and fine arts and crafts. This is your opportunity to explore every bit of it.

Four-year institutions
• Alcorn State University, Alcorn State/Lorman
• Delta State University, Cleveland
• Jackson State University, Jackson
• Mississippi State University
• Mississippi State/Starkville (main campus)
• Meridian campus, Meridian
• Mississippi University for Women, Columbus
• Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena
• University of Mississippi
• Oxford (main campus)
• University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson
• The University of Southern Mississippi
• Hattiesburg (main campus)
• Gulf Park campus, Long Beac

Private liberal arts colleges

• Blue Mountain College, Blue Mountain
• Millsaps College, Jackson
• Rust College, Holly Springs
• Tougaloo College, Tougaloo

Private colleges and Universities

• Belhaven College, Jackson
• Magnolia Bible College, Kosciusko
• Mississippi College, Clinton
• Mississippi College School of Law, Jackson
• Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson
• Southeastern Baptist College, Laurel
• Virginia College, Biloxi, Mississippi
• Virginia College, Jackson, Mississippi
• Wesley Biblical Seminary, Jackson
• Wesley College, Florence
• William Carey University, Hattiesburg

Two-year institutions
• Coahoma Community College, Clarksdale
• Copiah-Lincoln Community College
• Wesson (main campus)
• Natchez campus
• East Central Community College, Decatur
• East Mississippi Community College
• Scooba (main campus)
• Golden Triangle campus, Mayhew
• Hinds Community College, Raymond
• Holmes Community College, Goodman
• Itawamba Community College, Fulton
• Jones County Junior College, Ellisville
• Meridian Community College, Meridian
• Mississippi Delta Community College, Moorhead
• Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
• Perkinston (main campus)
• Applied Technology and Development Center, Gulfport
• George County Center, Lucedale
• Jackson County campus, Gautier
• Jefferson Davis campus, Gulfport
• Keesler Center, Keesler Air Force Base
• West Harrison County Center, Long Beach
• Northeast Mississippi Community College
• Northwest Mississippi Community College
• Senatobia (main campus)
• Benton–Marshall Center, Ashland
• DeSoto Center, Southaven
• DeSoto Center–Olive Branch campus, Olive Branch
• Lafayette–Yalobusha Technical Center, Oxford
• Pearl River Community College, Poplarville
• Southwest Mississippi Community College, Summit