The University of Mississippi is the most popular choice for higher education for the 2023 graduates of nine high schools in Jackson, Madison, Ridgeland and Gluckstadt.
Two hundred seventy-four students indicated to their high schools that they plan to attend the University of Mississippi; 237 students indicated they plan to attend Mississippi State University; and 113 students, the University of Southern Mississippi.
Holmes Community College is also a popular community college choice with 177 students from the local area indicating they plan to attend classes there. One hundred thirteen students named Hinds Community College as their choice.
Eighty-nine graduates indicated their choices are colleges and universities in the metro area. Sixty-one local graduates plan to attend Jackson State University; 52, Mississippi College; 11, Tougaloo College; 10, Belhaven University; and eight, Millsaps College.
Two local graduates have earned entrance into the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, one in the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, and one in the U.S. Naval Academy Prep School. Twenty-eight students plan to join the military.
The northeast Jackson and south Madison County area will be represented at many colleges and universities across the U.S., including elite institutions such as Harvard University, Georgetown University, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Virginia.
Germantown High School’s Class of 2023 has 80 graduates who plan to attend Holmes Community College; 50, Mississippi State University; 33, the University of Mississippi; 22, the University of Southern Mississippi; 18, Hinds Community College, 12, Mississippi College; 13, Jackson State University; five, Jones College; and six, Millsaps College.
Two Germantown graduates each will attend Belhaven University, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, East Central Community College, East Mississippi Community College, Meridian Community College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Northwest Community College and Pearl River Community College.
One Germantown graduate plans to attend each of these: Delta State University, Southwest Community College, Boston College, Catawba College, Elon University, Florida International University, Furman University, George Mason University, Hampden-Sydney College, Louisiana College, Morehouse College, North Central Texas, Palm Beach State University, Rice University, Southern University and A&M College, Tuskegee University, Western State University, Xavier University of Louisiana.
Six members of the Germantown Class of 2023 plan to go into the military; four to trade school; four to work. Four members of the class are undecided about their future pursuits.
Jackson Academy’s Class of 2023 will have 36 members attending the University of Mississippi; 21, Mississippi State University; five, the University of Alabama; and three each at the University of Southern Mississippi, Mississippi College and Holmes Community College; and two each at Louisiana State University and Holmes Community College.
JA will be represented by a graduate at each of these institutions: Samford University, Dallas Baptist University, Furman University, the University of Kentucky, Georgia Southern University, Texas Christian University, Penn State University, Auburn University, Wofford College and Pearl River Community College.
The Class of 2023 at Jackson Prep will have 50 members attend the University of Mississippi and 31 members attend Mississippi State. Four members will be at Mississippi College; three, the University of Alabama; and two each, Auburn University, Hinds Community College and Texas A&M University.
Jackson Prep will be represented by a single student at each of these institutions: Baylor University, Bocconi College, California Polytechnic University-San Luis Obispo, the College of Charleston, Furman University, High Point University, Itawamba Community College, Jones College, Louisiana State University, Meridian Community College, Middle Tennessee State University, Pace University, Rhodes College, Sam Ford University, Southeastern University, the University of California Los Angeles, the University of Central Florida, the University of South Alabama, the University of Southern Mississippi and the University of Chattanooga.
One member of Jackson Prep’s class will attend the United States Military Academy.
Madison Central High School will have 82 of its most recent graduates attend the University of Mississippi; 49, Mississippi State University; 42, University of Southern Mississippi; 38, Holmes Community College; and 27, Hinds Community College.
Fourteen Madison Central graduates plan to attend Jackson State University; 14, Mississippi College; East Mississippi Community College, 10; the University of Alabama, seven; Jones College, five; the NCAA Eligibility Center, four; Northwest Mississippi Community College, four; the University of Alabama at Birmingham, four; Alcorn State University, three; Bryan College, three; Spelman College, three; University of California at San Diego, three; and University of Texas at Dallas, three.
Two Madison Central graduates will attend each of these: Belhaven University, Belmont University, Blinn College, Columbia University, Copiah-Lincoln Community College, Grambling State University, Lanier Technical College, Lynn University, Millsaps College, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, Mississippi University for Women, New York University, Pearl River Community College, Stanford University, Strayer University, Tougaloo College, Tune University, the University of Georgia, the University of Miami, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the University of Southern California, the University of Texas at Austin, William Carey University and Xavier University of Louisiana.
One Madison Central graduate will attend each of these: Alabama A&M University, Amherst College, Arizona State University, Atlanta Technical College, Auburn University, Baylor University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Madison-Ridgeland Academy Class of 2023 graduates will attend Mississippi State University, 41; University of Mississippi, 24; Mississippi College, four; Holmes Community College, two; and Northwest Mississippi Community College, two.
One student each from MRA plans to enroll at Baylor University, Hinds Community College, Louisiana State University, Millsaps College, Mississippi Valley State University, Pearl River Community College, Samford University, Southern Methodist University, Southwest Mississippi Community College, University of Colorado-Boulder, University of Kentucky, University of North Florida, University of Southern Mississippi and William Carey University.
MRA will be represented by one graduate each at the United States Military Academy, the United States Naval Academy and United States Naval Academy Prep School.
Murrah High School Class of 2023 will be represented at both in-state and out-of-state colleges and universities, at community colleges and in the military. Two hundred of the 322 graduating seniors provided the information requested by May 25.
Fifty members of the Class of 2023 plan to attend Hinds Community College; 25, Jackson State University; 16, the University of Mississippi; 14, Mississippi State; 13, the University of Southern Mississippi; 10, Holmes Community College; and nine, Tougaloo College.
Five members of the class will attend one of these schools: Belhaven College, Mississippi College and Southern University. Additional choices and the number of graduates who have chosen them include: Delta Technical Institute, four; the University of Alabama, two; Copiah-Lincoln Community College, two; East Mississippi Community College, two; Jones College, two; Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, one; Coahoma Community College; one; Washington University, one; Howard University, one; and Universal Technical Institute, one.
Five members of the Murrah graduating class plan to join the U.S. Navy; four, the U.S. Army; three, the U.S. Army National Guard; three, the U.S. Air Force; two, the U.S. Space Force; and one, the U.S. Coast Guard.
The Ridgeland High School Class of 2023 will have 40 members attend Holmes Community College, 20 members attend the University of Southern Mississippi and 25 attend Hinds Community College. Ridgeland High School recent graduates also plan to attend Delta Technical, 13; Mississippi State University, 15; University of Mississippi, 12; Jackson State University, nine; Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College, four; Meridian Community College, two; Mississippi Delta Community College, two; Grambling University, two; and Spelman College, two.
The Ridgeland Class of 2023 will be represented by one student each at these institutions: Alcorn State University, Auguste Escoffier School of Culinary Arts, Belhaven University, Bossier Parish Community College, Delta State University, East Central Mississippi Community College, Florida A&M University, Louisiana Tech University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, Northwest Arkansas Community College, Rice University, Texas Christian University, Tulane University, Tyler Junior College, the University of Central Arkansas, the University of Memphis and the University of Texas.
Two Ridgeland High School graduates plan to join the Air Force and 16 plan to work full time. Three graduates are undecided about their future pursuits.
The St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Class of 2023 is headed to 18 states and will attend 37 different schools.
Eleven graduates plan to attend the University of Mississippi; five, the University of Southern Mississippi; two, Mississippi State University; and two, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
One graduate from St. Andrew’s will attend each of these choices: Auburn University, Baylor University, Belmont University, Colorado State University, Furman University, Georgia State University, Georgia Southern University, Georgetown University, Hampton University, Harvard University, Hendrix College, James Madison University, Louisiana State University, Loyola University New Orleans, McPherson College, Millsaps College, Northwestern State University, Rhodes College, Rice University, Sewanee: The University of the South, Texas Christian University, Tuskegee University, UC-San Diego, the University of Alabama at Birmingham, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the University of Louisiana–Monroe, the University of Michigan, the University of Notre Dame, the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Texas at Dallas, the University of Virginia, Western Kentucky University and Xavier University of Louisiana.
St. Joseph Catholic High School Class of 2023 will have 14 members attending Mississippi State University; 10, the University of Mississippi; six, the University of Southern Mississippi; four, Holmes Community College; four, Louisiana State University; four, Mississippi College; and three, East Central Community College.
One student from St. Joe will attend each of these: Belhaven University, Blue Mountain College, Iowa Central Community College, Louisiana Tech University, Montana State University, Pearl River Community College, Tennessee State University, Tuskegee University, Texas Tech University and Xavier University of Louisiana.
One student will attend the United States Military Academy and one student plans to join the U.S. Army. Three graduates at St Joe are undecided about their pursuits after high school and one plans to take a gap year.
