THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY, MS·Private
Dual enrollment in Mississippi
College credit earned while still in high school. It is the single largest lever on a college bill, and what it costs your family depends almost entirely on which state you are in.
There is no broad state subsidy, so dual-enrolment credits are billed at the college’s own rate. That is still far below university tuition, and it is the case where comparing colleges matters most.
Dual Enrollment / Dual Credit programs, incl. the Mississippi Works Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit Option Program (Miss. Code Ann. § 37-15-38)
Price set locally
Mississippi has NO statewide guarantee that dual enrollment is free. For the general dual enrollment program the statute expressly permits tuition and costs to be paid by the college, the local school district, the parents/legal guardians, or by grants — so families can legally be billed, and each community college sets its own discounted per-hour or per-course rate. Only under the separate Mississippi Works Dual Enrollment-Dual Credit Option Program does the statute say tuition and costs shall not be charged to the student or parents. A separate state Dual Enrollment/Dual Credit (DEDC) Scholarship exists but its award rate was not verified on this page, so no dollar figure is asserted.
Who can enroll. The statute leaves admission standards to the institutions: students may enroll in community/junior college dual enrollment courses if they meet that institution's stated dual enrollment admission requirements. The Mississippi Community College Board's statewide criteria (published separately at mccb.edu, not on this page) are juniors/seniors with a minimum 3.0 GPA for academic dual enrollment and sophomores or above with at least a 2.0 GPA for CTE dual credit, with a 2.0 college GPA required to continue. Applies to Mississippi public community/junior colleges and IHL universities.
Anchored on 15 public colleges in Mississippi · verified 2026-07-31.
Community colleges near THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI HIGH SCHOOL
Ordered by distance, because a student without a car cannot attend a college two hours away whatever its transfer agreement says. Open one to see what starting there and transferring would actually save.
Outside of class
Activities colleges actually read on an application - and where to find them near this school. Depth in one or two beats a list of ten.
Plan from here
Directory, enrollment and staffing from the NCES Private School Universe Survey. Dual-enrollment funding rules from state policy, verified on our last review. Figures change - confirm with the school before relying on one.