Oxford Reporter

In-state tuition and fees rose 4.3 percent for 2018-19 at the University of Mississippi, according to recent data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Mississippi residents paid $8,660 to attend the four-year public institution this year – $360 more than the $8,300 charged for 2017-18.

Non-residents paid 184.2 percent more than residents this year, or $24,614. Their price tag grew 4.5 percent from $23,564 in 2017-18.

About 43 percent of the school's undergraduate population are Mississippi residents. And about 56 percent are residents of other states.

Data shows 87 percent of full-time undergraduates who started school in 2015-16 received student financial aid in some form. In all, 2,838 students received grants or scholarships totaling $31.8 million and 1,510 students took out student loans totaling more than $13.1 million.

Including all undergraduates (22,456), 12,957 students used grants or scholarships totaling $132.9 million, and 7,572 students took out $52.8 million in federal student loans.

	Enrollment	2015-16	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19	Change in tuition and fees 2015-16 to 2018-19
In-state	~9,656	$7,444	$7,744	$8,300	$8,660	16.3%
Out-of-state	~12,575	$20,674	$22,012	$23,564	$24,614	19.1%

The following data includes only full-time students who began an undergraduate program at the University of Mississippi in 2015-16.

Type of Aid	Number of students receiving aid	Percent receiving aid	Total amount of aid received	Average amount of aid per student
Federal grants	877	24%	$4,485,032	$5,114
State / local grant or scholarship	1,040	29%	$2,649,196	$2,547
Institutional grants or scholarships	2,375	65%	$24,678,043	$10,391
Grant or scholarship aid total	2,838	78%	$31,812,271	$11,209
Federal student loans	1,424	39%	$7,902,905	$5,550
Other student loans	286	8%	$5,191,280	$18,151
Student loan aid	1,510	41%	$13,094,185	$8,672
Total student aid	3,160	87%	-	-