Mississippi College

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151 E. Griffith Street
Jackson, MS 39201

Students
520
enrolled (full-time)
22
enrolled (part-time)
Tuition
$29,450
per year (full-time)
$965
per credit (part-time)

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#54 in Part-time Law

Law School Overview

The School of Law at Mississippi College has an application deadline of July 1. Its tuition is full-time: $29,450 per year and part-time: $965 per credit. The student-faculty ratio is 17.3:1. The School of Law at Mississippi College has 103 full- and part-time faculty on staff.

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Year founded 1975
Public/private Private
Law school designation Regional

Admissions

Application deadline July 1
Full-time program application fee $0
Part-time program application fee $0
Admissions Phone (601) 925-7151
Admissions E-mail hweaver@mc.edu
Web site http://www.law.mc.edu

Academics

Full- and part-time faculty 103
Student-faculty ratio 17.3:1
Total faculty 116

Student Body

Enrollment (full-time) 520
Gender distribution (full-time)
Gender distribution (full-time)
J.D. candidates graduating in 2011-2012 166

Cost

Tuition and fees

Full-time: $29,450 per year
Part-time: $965 per credit

Room and board $12,375

Careers

Employed at graduation 2 34.5%
Median private sector starting salary $60,000
Median public service starting salary $52,500

Library

Total volumes and volume equivalents 394,094

* Law School Overview details based on 2012 data

2. Represents the percentage of all 2011 graduates who had a full-time job lasting at least a year for which bar passage was required or a J.D. degree was an advantage. These employment rates are part of the data on placement success used to determine a school’s ranking.
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