Mississippi Valley State University awards a higher percentage of four-year and graduate and professional degrees than the state’s public universities do overall.
The Education Achievement Council released annual report cards for public universities last week for the 2020-2021 academic year. The EAC reports show the progress that universities and community colleges have made toward educational goals.
MVSU scored slightly above the state average of four-year degrees awarded, with 75.5% of awarded degrees being four-year degrees. In the state, 74.8% of degrees awarded from public universities are four-year degrees.
MVSU also issued a significantly larger percentage of education-related degrees. Statewide, these degrees accounted for 7.8% of degrees awarded by public universities.
Out of degrees issued by MVSU, 16.1% were in the field of education.
However, MVSU has almost half the four-year graduation rate of public universities in the state. Only 19% of students at MVSU graduated in a four-year period, compared to 34.1% statewide.
