Jackson State University
Location
Jackson, MS
Student Size
6,921
College Type
Public University|Historically Black
Accceptance Rate
90%
Average Cost Per Year
$14,915
Student To Faculty Ratio
14:1
About Our College
Jackson State University developed from Natchez Seminary, founded October 23, 1877, in Natchez, Mississippi. The seminary was affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, who established it "for the moral, religious, and intellectual improvement of Christian leaders of the colored people of Mississippi and the neighboring states".[9][10] In 1883, the school changed its name to Jackson College and moved from Natchez to a site in Jackson, the capital. Today that site serves as the campus of Millsaps College.[11]