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Rating

Private

Type

919

Students

$9,900

Tuition

50%

Acceptance

#2734

Ranking

Distant Town

Campus Setting

Holly Springs, MS

150 Rust Avenue, Holly Springs, MS 38635

Rust College is a very small historically black private college located in Holly Springs, MS ranked 19th in Mississippi. It has a total of 919 full-time undergraduate students and is not very competitive, accepting 50.25% of applicants. Rust College offers 18 different majors and is best known for its Preschool Education and Teaching and Broadcast Journalism programs, which are respectively ranked 14th and 19th in the US. With an annual tuition of $9,900 per year, Rust College is relatively inexpensive. 28.09% of students graduate moving on to the next phase of their lives, joining the labor force. Open graduating, alumni go on to make roughly $24,100 per year, which is 42% below the national median.
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Cost

$9,900
Above Average

Rust College

$9,900

National Average

$18,347
Pay with Cash

$16,700

Total annual cost including tuition, books and living expenses; excluding any financial aid, grants or scholarships.

Pay with Financial Aid

$9,460

Average annual cost including tuition, books and living expenses after financial aid, grants or scholarships.

Getting In

50%Acceptance
Average

Rust College

50%

National

69%
Sat

0 - 0

% of students submit

Admissions Yield

9%

ACT

0 - 0

% of students submit

SAT & ACT

Recommended

Application Fee

$10

Students

919Undergrads
Very Small Student Population

Full-Time

93%

Part-Time

7%
Male

42%

In-state

83%

Female

58%

Out of state

15%

Undergrads Over 25

7%

International

1%

Majors/Degrees

Popular Majors
Graduates per Major
26% Biology/Biological Sciences, General19% Broadcast Journalism15% Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching40% Others

26% Biology/Biological Sciences, General

19% Broadcast Journalism

15% Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

40% Others

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

26%

22 Graduates

Broadcast Journalism

19%

16 Graduates

Kindergarten/Preschool Education and Teaching

15%

13 Graduates

Computer Science

9%

8 Graduates

Sociology

8%

7 Graduates

Business Administration and Management, General

7%

6 Graduates

Social Work

7%

6 Graduates

English Language and Literature/Letters, Other

4%

3 Graduates

Mathematics, General

2%

2 Graduates

Academics

C
Professors
StudentsProfessors12:112:1

Students

Professors

Student Faculty Ratio

12

Number of Library Books

127,855

Academic Spend per Student

$4,458

Total spend on salaries and wages to all employees, faculty, staff, per student.

Full-time Retention Rate

62%

High retention indicates students are generally satisfied with their experience.

Post-Graduation Salary

$18,400/Year

Rust College

$18,400

National

$26,900
Median Earnings

$18,400

2 Years After Graduation

Employed 2 Years after Graduation

1%

Median Earnings

$24,100

6 Years After Graduation

Graduation Rate

28%