Mississippi University for Women is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls and later the Mississippi State College for Women. Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 and as of 2022 made up 23 percent of the student body. As a public liberal a…
Mississippi University for Women is a coeducational public university in Columbus, Mississippi. It was formerly named the Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls and later the Mississippi State College for Women. Men have been admitted to MUW since 1982 and as of 2022 made up 23 percent of the student body. As a public liberal arts college, MUW is one of 30 universities in the United States and Canada that comprise the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges.
Former names: Industrial Institute and College for the Education of White Girls of Mississippi (1884–1920) · Mississippi State College for Women (1920–1974)
Type: Public liberal arts college
Established: March 12, 1884
Parent institution: Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning
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