Alcorn State University is harder to get into (45% vs 49% admitted), but students with aid paid less there on average (in-state): $13,314 vs $14,791 a year.
Highlighted = the better number: lower price or debt, higher rate or pay.
Sticker price per year (in-state at public colleges)
$23,559
$23,732
Average paid after grants (in-state at public colleges)
$13,314
$14,791
What in-state families with aid paid, by income
Measure
Rust College
Alcorn State University
Under $30,000
$12,143
$14,547
$30,000–$48,000
$13,526
$16,203
$48,000–$75,000
$13,937
$16,221
$75,000–$110,000
$13,449
$16,465
Over $110,000
$17,876
$18,464
After you start
Measure
Rust College
Alcorn State University
Undergrads
467
2,363
Graduate within 6 years
27%
46%
Come back for year two
84%
77%
Median earnings 10 years after starting
$35,151
$40,721
Median debt at graduation
$29,000
$27,500
Highlighted only when the gap is at least 5%. "Average paid" is what students who got federal aid paid per year after grants, not a price quote; at public colleges the income rows are in-state students. How we get our numbers
