Mississippi Scholarships
Mississippi (/ˌmɪsɪˈsɪpi/ (listen)) is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. Mississippi is the 32nd most extensive and 34th most populous of the 50 United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico and Louisiana to the south, and Arkansas and Louisiana to the west. The state's western boundary is largely defined by the Mississippi River. Jackson, with a population of approximately 175,000 people, is both the state's capital and largest city.
The state is heavily forested outside the Mississippi Delta area, which is the area between the Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. Before the American Civil War, most development in the state was along riverfronts, as the waterways were critical for transportation. Large gangs of slaves were used to work on cotton plantations. After the war, freedmen began to clear the bottomlands to the interior, in the process selling off timber and buying property. By the end of the 19th century, African Americans made up two-thirds of the Delta's property owners, but timber and railroad companies acquired much of the land after the financial crisis, which occurred when blacks were facing increasing racial discrimination and disfranchisement in the state.
Clearing of the land for plantations altered the Delta's ecology, increasing the severity of flooding along the Mississippi by taking out trees and bushes that had absorbed excess waters. Much land is now held by agribusinesses. A largely rural state with agricultural areas dominated by industrial farms, Mississippi is ranked low or last among the states in such measures as health, educational attainment, and median household income. The state's catfish aquaculture farms produce the majority of farm-raised catfish consumed in the United States.
Since the 1930s and the Great Migration of African Americans to the North and West, the majority of Mississippi's population has been white, although the state still has the highest percentage of black residents of any U.S. state. From the early 19th century to the 1930s, its residents were majority black, and before the American Civil War that population was composed largely of African-American slaves. Democratic Party whites retained political power through disfranchisement and Jim Crow laws. In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 400,000 rural blacks left the state for work and opportunities in northern and midwestern cities, with another wave of migration around World War II to West Coast cities. In the early 1960s, Mississippi was the poorest state in the nation, with 86% of its non-whites living below the poverty level.
In 2010, 37% of Mississippians were African Americans, the highest percentage of African Americans in any U.S. state. Since regaining enforcement of their voting rights in the late 1960s, most African Americans have supported Democratic candidates in local, state and national elections. Conservative whites have shifted to the Republican Party. African Americans are a majority in many counties of the Mississippi-Yazoo Delta, an area of historic slave settlement during the plantation era.
Mississippi College Scholarships
Intel PhD Fellowship ProgramIntel Foundation |
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Judge John M. McNatt Memorial ScholarshipUniversity of Florida College of Law |
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Mississippi Colleges
Mississippi State University
Four or more years; Public; $24,790 average out-state tuition; $9,110 average in-state tuition |
University of Mississippi
Four or more years; Public; $25,776 average out-state tuition; $8,934 average in-state tuition |
University of Southern Mississippi
Four or more years; Public; $11,094 average out-state tuition; $9,094 average in-state tuition |
Jackson State University
Four or more years; Public; $8,270 average out-state tuition; $8,270 average in-state tuition |
Hinds Community College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $6,550 average out-state tuition; $3,500 average in-state tuition |
Alcorn State University
Four or more years; Public; $7,566 average out-state tuition; $7,566 average in-state tuition |
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
At least 2 but less than 4 years; Public; $6,600 average out-state tuition; $3,300 average in-state tuition |
Popular Majors in Mississippi
- Business Administration, Management and Operations
- Psychology
- Elementary Education and Teaching
- Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
- Business, Management, and Marketing
- Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
- Physical Therapy/Therapist
- Social Work
- Exercise Science and Kinesiology
- Business
- Early Childhood Education and Teaching
- Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Maternal/Child Health and Neonatal Nurse/Nursing
- Biology
- Political Science and Government
- Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement Administration
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse
- Biochemistry
- General Studies