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Jackson
University
State
BERRY
BY:
CLARKE
Location: Jackson, Mississippi. Enrollment: Population: 8,256 Males: 2,951 Females: 5,305 Cost: In-state: $16,416 Out-of-state: $22,012 Annual Cost: $16,416 -Books: $1,850 -Room and Board: $5,250 Web Address: http://www.jsums.edu/ When it was founded/History of the school: Jackson State University was founded in 1877, becoming a college in 1899, and is a historically black institution. It was granted the status of a university in 1974. The University now awards bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees. It is a Carnegie Doctoral/Research-Intensive institution. The State of Mississippi gained control of the college in 1940 in order to train teachers. The University’s current name was adopted in 1979.
Athletics/Sports Played: Men's baseball, basketball, football, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, tennis, and cross country. Women's basketball, bowling, golf, indoor track, outdoor track, soccer, softball, tennis, vollyball, and cross country. Nickname/Mascot: Jackson State University's mascot is the tiger.
Greek Life: Fraternities: -Alpha Phi Alpha -Delta Chi -Iota Phi Theta -Kappa Alpha -Kappa Alpha Psi -Kappa Sigma -Omega Psi Phi -Phi Beta Sigma -Pi Kappa Phi -Sigma Nu -Sigma Phi Epsilon Sororities: -Alpha Kappa Alpha -Alpha Omicron Pi -Alpha Xi Delta -Delta Sigma Theta -Delta Zeta -Phi Mu -Sigma Gamma Rho -Zeta Phi Beta -Zeta Tau Alpha
Financial Aid: Federal Grants, State and Local Grants, Institutional Grants, and student loans. You must contact the school to request financial aid. Majors Offered: Majors range from accounting, atmospheric sciences, biology, and clinical psychology to teacher education, urban studies, visual and performing arts, and vocational rehabilitation counseling. Most Popular Majors: Basis for selection: Jackson State University looks at the secondary school GPA, class rank, record, college prep. Completion, admission test scores, and TOEFL.
High School Preparation: Students must have completed college prep courses in English, math, sciences, social sciences, electives, and computer science. Students who have less than a 3.2 GPA must also provide test scores. Deadline for enrollment: August 15 (fall) and December 15 (spring). Deadline for enrollment: August 15 (fall) and December 15 (spring)
Things to do: On campus you can always go to the JSU sports home games or events, there are also hundreds of events during the year put on by the Greek organizations and other organizations around campus. Off of campus in Jackson you can go to the Jackson Convention Center to see a show, you could shop in one of the many shopping centers in Jackson, of you can eat at one of the many amazing restaurants in Jackson.
