New undergraduate student enrollment for Fall 2025 at Mississippi College has declined compared to fall 2024.
Michael Wright, MC’s dean of enrollment management, points to two major factors that affect the university’s student count: the “enrollment cliff” and changes to the Speed Scholarship Program.
The enrollment cliff refers to a predictable decline in university enrollment resulting from demographic shifts. There were fewer high school graduates to recruit due to low birth rates eighteen years ago. For MC, the decline in high school graduates is most clearly seen in Mississippi, Alabama, Louisiana and Tennessee…