Ole Miss is the only state university in Mississippi seeing an increase in enrollment this fall. The College Board says the Oxford campus has had a five per cent jump in the number of students with a similar increase at the Medical Center in Jackson. All other schools are down compared to last fall with a drop of about two per cent at Mississippi State, two and a half per cent at Jackson State, about four and a half per cent at Southern Miss and Alcorn State, about five and a half per cent at MUW, more than six per cent at Delta State and nine per cent at Mississippi Valley. Overall, there are 755 fewer students enrolled, a system-wide decrease of one per cent.
