Postsecondary Institution
Mississippi University for Women
1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, 39701
IDSCU ID: PS-11857Type: UniversityStatus: ActiveData captured: 8 Sept 2026
Overview
Mississippi University for Women is a postsecondary education institution in Columbus, Mississippi.
Institution information
- Institution type
- University
- Operating status
- Active
- Ownership
- Public
- Founded
- 1884
- Founded information
- Founded in 1884 according to the institution's official website.
- Acronym
- MUW
- University system
- Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
Qualifications & fields
- Primary pathway
- Higher Education
- Education pathways
- Higher Education
- Qualification levels
- Associate
- Bachelor
- Graduate Certificate
- Master
- First Professional Degree
- Doctorate
- Fields of study
- Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies
- Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
- Personal and Culinary Services
- Education
- Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
- Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
- Legal Professions and Studies
- English Language and Literature/Letters
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies
- Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
- Physical Sciences
- Psychology
- Public Administration and Social Service Professions
- Social Sciences
- Visual and Performing Arts
- Health Professions and Related Programs
- Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
- History
- Academic divisions
- College of Arts & Sciences
- College of Business & Professional Studies
- College of Nursing & Health Sciences
- School of Education
- Delivery modes
- On-campus
- Online
- Study loads
- Full-time
- Part-time
- Awarding bodies
- Mississippi University for Women
Campuses & admissions
- Address
- 1100 College Street, Columbus, MS, 39701
- Latitude
- 33.493305
- Longitude
- -88.418601
- Campuses
- Name: Columbus location · City: Columbus · Relationship: Institution location reported to IPEDS
- Admissions
- Open official page
- Course catalogue
- Open official page
- Admission requirements
- Official admissions guidance identifies prior academic qualifications; programme-specific criteria may also apply.
- International admissions
- The official admissions website provides guidance for international applicants.
- Accommodation
- On-campus room and board costs are reported to IPEDS.
- Student support
- Financial aid information
- Disability support services
- Veteran and military student resources
- Career services
- Library services
- Facilities
- Library
Record information
- IDSCU record ID
- PS-11857
- Education sector
- Postsecondary Institution
- Country code
- US
- Data captured
- 8 Sept 2026
- Data release
- 20260908T071051Z
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