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Pages in category "Universities and colleges in the Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Institution Location Type Founded Classification Alcorn State University: Lorman: Public: 1871 Master's university: Belhaven University: Jackson: Private
History Jackson College in 1889. Jackson State University developed from Natchez Seminary, founded October 23, 1877, in Natchez, Mississippi.The seminary was affiliated with the American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York, who established it "for the moral, religious, and intellectual improvement of Christian leaders of the colored people of Mississippi and the neighboring states".
Last year, the board asked the state legislature for a 6.4% increase in faculty salaries, but this year, the board plans to up their ask to 7%. The extra .6% will come out to a $64 million salary ...
Tougaloo College is a private historically black college in the Tougaloo area of Jackson, Mississippi, United States. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). It was established in 1869 by New York –based Christian missionaries for the education of freed slaves and their offspring.
Mississippi University for Women ( MUW or "The W") is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls [5] and later the Mississippi State College for Women. Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 [6] and as of 2022 made up 23 percent of the ...
Jackson, MS Metropolitan Statistical Area is a metropolitan statistical area (MSA) in the central region of the U.S. state of Mississippi that covers seven counties: Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Madison, Rankin, Simpson, and Yazoo. As of the 2010 census, the Jackson MSA had a population of 586,320. According to 2019 estimates, the population has ...
Coordinates: 32.3461°N 90.2049°W. Christ Missionary and Industrial College ( CM&I ), originally Christ's Holiness School, [1] is a parochial school in Jackson, Mississippi. It serves African American students. [2] A historical marker erected in 1992 commemorates the school's history. [3]