The Wall Street Journal/College Pulse has named Mississippi College to its list of 2026 Best Colleges in the U.S.
It is the second year in a row that MC has been included on the prestigious list of the top universities in the country. Mississippi College is the only private university in the state of Mississippi to appear on the 2026 list.
“It’s especially meaningful to see Mississippi College named among America’s Best Universities by the Wall Street Journal once again,” said Michael J. Highfield, MC provost and executive vice president. “As a finance professor at heart, I’m especially delighted to see MC recognized in a publication I’ve long admired, read daily, and used in my own classroom. More importantly, this honor affirms the hard work and dedication of our faculty and staff and the determination of our students…