Editing University of Mississippi (section)

==Academics==
The University of Mississippi is the state's largest university by enrollment and is considered the state's flagship university.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/11/university-system-enrollment-continues-remain-steady |title=University system enrollment continues to remain steady |date=November 2, 2021 |access-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128213116/https://www.msstate.edu/newsroom/article/2021/11/university-system-enrollment-continues-remain-steady |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/record-breaking-enrollment-sets-um-apart-in-2023/#:~:text=Bolstered%20by%20this%20record%20incoming,%2C%20an%20increase%20of%207.7%25./ |title=Record-Breaking Enrollment Set UM Apart in 2023 |website=University of Mississippi News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 8, 2023 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203112/https://irep.olemiss.edu/fall-2017-2018-enrollment/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/tuition-fees-flagship-universities-over-time |title=Tuition and Fees at Flagship Universities over Time |publisher=The College Board |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 2, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402003859/https://trends.collegeboard.org/college-pricing/figures-tables/tuition-fees-flagship-universities-over-time |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/ |title=About UM: University of Mississippi |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 21, 2019 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203112/https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2015, the student-faculty ratio was 19:1. Of its classes, 47.4 percent have fewer than 20 students. The most popular subjects include marketing, education and teaching, accountancy, finance, pharmaceutical sciences, and administration.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2016/01/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2015-2016.pdf |title=The University of Mississippi 2015–2016 Fact Book |date=January 15, 2016 |website=Office of Institutional Research, Effectiveness, and Planning |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203126/https://irep.olemiss.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/98/2016/01/Mini-Fact-Book-in-Excel_2015-2016.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> To receive a bachelor's degree, students must have at least 120 semester hours with passing grades and a cumulative 2.0 GPA.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.olemiss.edu/academics/regulations/degree-requirements. |title=Academic Regulations |website=Academic Catalog |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709190747/https://catalog.olemiss.edu/academics/regulations/degree-requirements. |url-status=live }}</ref>

The university also offers graduate degrees such as PhDs and masters of art, science, and fine arts.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalog.olemiss.edu/graduate-school/programs |title=Graduate School |website=Academic Catalog |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 7, 2021 |archive-date=July 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709183534/https://catalog.olemiss.edu/graduate-school/programs |url-status=live }}</ref> The university maintains the [[Mississippi Teacher Corps]], a free graduate program that educates teachers for critical-needs public schools.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mtc.olemiss.edu/about-us |title=About Us |website=Mississippi Teacher Corps |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 22, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410195641/https://www.mtc.olemiss.edu/about-us |url-status=live }}</ref>

Taylor Medals, which were first awarded in 1905, are presented to exceptional students nominated by the faculty. The medals are named in honor of [[Marcus Elvis Taylor]], who graduated in 1871 and are given to less than one percent of each class.<ref name="sansing168">[[#Sansing|Sansing (1999)]], p. 168.</ref>

===Research===
[[File:Snow at the University of Mississippi Field Station 1.JPG|thumb|upright=2|alt=A series of shallow ponds arranged in a grid and surrounded by forest. There is light snow on the ground.|Research ponds at the University of Mississippi Field Station]]

Ole Miss is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity".<ref>{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=176017 |publisher=Center for Postsecondary Education |website=Carnegie Classifications |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=September 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200924003441/https://carnegieclassifications.iu.edu/lookup/view_institution.php?unit_id=176017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Washington Post 2016">{{cite news |last=Anderson |first=Nick |date=February 4, 2016 |title=In new sorting of colleges, Dartmouth falls out of an exclusive group |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/04/in-new-sorting-of-colleges-dartmouth-falls-out-of-an-exclusive-group/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233049/https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/02/04/in-new-sorting-of-colleges-dartmouth-falls-out-of-an-exclusive-group/ |url-status=live }}</ref> According to the [[National Science Foundation]], the university spent $137 million on research and development in 2018, ranking it 142nd in the nation.<ref>{{cite web |title=Table 20. Higher education R&D expenditures, ranked by FY 2018 R&D expenditures: FYs 2009–18 |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |website=National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=July 25, 2020 |archive-date=September 30, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930141919/https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/herd/2018/html/herd18-dt-tab020.html |url-status=live }}</ref> It is one of the 33 colleges and universities participating in the [[National Sea Grant Program]] and participates in the [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program]].<ref name="NASA 2015">{{cite web |title=National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program |publisher=NASA |date=July 28, 2015 |url=http://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/spacegrant/home/index.html |access-date=June 9, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203113/https://www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/national/spacegrant/home/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1948, the university has been a member of the [[Oak Ridge Associated Universities]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.research.olemiss.edu/resources/ORAU |title=Oak Ridge Associated Universities |website=Research, Scholarship, Innovation and Creativity |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-date=August 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210803235803/https://www.research.olemiss.edu/resources/ORAU |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 1963, University of Mississippi Medical Center surgeons, led by [[James Hardy (surgeon)|James Hardy]], performed the world's first human lung transplant, and in 1964 the world's first animal-to-human heart transplant. Because Hardy researched transplantation, consisting of primate studies during the previous nine years, the heart of a [[Common chimpanzee|chimpanzee]] was used for the transplant.<ref name="emory">{{cite web |date=April 12, 2005 |url=http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/transplant-center/lung-transplant/history.html |title=History of Lung Transplantation |publisher=Emory University |access-date=September 8, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002121447/http://www.emoryhealthcare.org/transplant-center/lung-transplant/history.html |archive-date=October 2, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |date=January 31, 1964 |title=Surgery: First Heart Transplant |url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897112,00.html |magazine=Time |access-date=December 14, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111214015249/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,897112,00.html |archive-date=December 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1965, the university established its Medicinal Plant Garden, which the School of Pharmacy uses for drug research.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cdfl.com/the-university-of-mississippi-insight-park-medicinal-plant-garden |title=The University of Mississippi Insight Park, Medicinal Plant Garden |publisher=CDFL |access-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-date=May 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210508210646/https://cdfl.com/the-university-of-mississippi-insight-park-medicinal-plant-garden |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1968, the school has operated the only legal [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] farm and production facility in the United States. The [[National Institute on Drug Abuse]] contracts to the university production of cannabis for use in approved research studies and for distribution to the seven surviving [[medical marijuana]] patients grandfathered into the [[Compassionate Investigational New Drug program]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahlers |first1=Mike |last2=Meserve |first2=Jeanne |date=May 18, 2009 |title=Government runs nation's only legal pot garden |url=http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html |publisher=CNN |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120930052933/http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/05/18/government.marijuana.garden/index.html |archive-date=September 30, 2012 |url-status=live }}</ref> The facility is the only source of marijuana medical researchers can use to conduct [[Food and Drug Administration]]-approved tests.<ref name="lat">{{cite news |last=Halper |first=Evan |date=May 28, 2014 |title=Mississippi, home to federal government's official stash of marijuana |url=https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-monopoly-20140529-story.html |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414143225/https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pot-monopoly-20140529-story.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Erickson |first=Britt E. |date=June 29, 2020 |title=Cannabis research stalled by federal inaction |url=https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-research-stalled-federal-inaction/98/i25 |work=Chemical and Engineering News |publisher=American Chemical Society |access-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414143227/https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/natural-products/Cannabis-research-stalled-federal-inaction/98/i25 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The National Center for Physics Acoustics (NCPA), which Congress established in 1986, is located on campus.<ref name="catalog.olemiss.edu"/><ref name="usnews"/><ref name="acoustics">{{cite web |url=https://ncpa.olemiss.edu |title=Welcome |website=National Center for Physics Acoustics |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419165756/https://ncpa.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to conducting research, the NCPA houses the [[Acoustical Society of America]]'s archives.<ref name="acoustics"/> The university also operates the University of Mississippi Field Station, which includes 223 research ponds and supports long-term ecological research,<ref>{{cite journal |title=The University of Mississippi Field Station |journal=Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America |date=2000 |volume=81 |page=82 |publisher=Ecological Society of America |doi=10.1890/0012-9623(2000)081[0082:FOFS]2.0.CO;2 |issn=0012-9623 |doi-access=free }}</ref> and hosts the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research and the Mississippi Law Research Institute.<ref name="usnews"/><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mcsr.olemiss.edu |title=Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414063836/https://mcsr.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156713&HistoricalAwards=false |title=REU Site: Ole Miss Physical Chemistry Summer Research Program |publisher=National Science Foundation |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511190653/https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1156713&HistoricalAwards=false |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://mlri.olemiss.edu |title=Mississippi Law Research Institute |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-date=April 30, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430025838/https://www.mlri.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, the university completed [[Insight Park]], a research park that "welcomes companies commercializing University of Mississippi research".<ref>{{cite news |date=April 15, 2012 |title=Research facility opens |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/186041207/?terms=%22insight%2Bpark%22 |work=The Clarion-Ledger |page=20 |via=Newspapers.com |access-date=July 22, 2021 |url-access=registration |archive-date=July 29, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729141610/https://www.newspapers.com/image/186041207/?terms=%22insight%2Bpark%22 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.insightparkum.com/internal_park_about.html |title=Insight Park |website=Insight Park |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 2, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410112242/http://www.insightparkum.com/internal_park_about.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Special programs===
[[File:Trent Lott Leadership Institute.jpg|thumb|left|upright=2|alt=Trent Lott Leadership Institute|Panoramic view of the Trent Lott Leadership Institute]]

Honors education at the University of Mississippi, consisting of lectures by distinguished academics, began in 1953. In 1974, this program became the University Scholars Program, and in 1983, the University Honors Program was created and honors-core courses were offered.<ref name="smbhhistory">{{cite web |url=https://www.honors.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |title=History |website=Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233158/https://www.honors.olemiss.edu/about/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1997, [[Netscape]] CEO [[Jim Barksdale]] and wife Sally donated $5.4 million to establish the [[Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College]] (SMBHC),<ref>[[#Sansing|Sansing (1999)]], p. 347.</ref> which provides a capstone project—a senior thesis—and endowed scholarships.<ref name="smbhhistory"/>

In 1977, the university established its [[Center for the Study of Southern Culture]] with funding from the [[National Endowment for the Humanities]], which is housed in the College of Liberal Arts. The center provides for interdisciplinary studies of [[History of the Southern United States|Southern history]] and [[Culture of the Southern United States|culture]].<ref>[[#Sansing|Sansing (1999)]], p. 318.</ref> In 2000, the university established the Trent Lott Leadership Institute, which is named after alumnus and then-[[Party leaders of the United States Senate|US Senate majority leader]] [[Trent Lott]]. The institute was funded with large corporate donations from [[MCI Inc.]], [[Lockheed Martin]], and other companies.<ref name="lott">{{cite news |last=Bruni |first=Frank |date=May 8, 1999 |title=Donors Flock to University Center Linked to Senate Majority Leader |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/08/us/donors-flock-to-university-center-linked-to-senate-majority-leader.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 27, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227084012/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/05/08/us/donors-flock-to-university-center-linked-to-senate-majority-leader.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In addition to leadership initiatives, the institute offers a BA degree in Public Policy Leadership.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://lottinst.olemiss.edu/about/about-the-institute/ |title=About the Institute |website=Trent Lott Leadership Institute |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233015/https://lottinst.olemiss.edu/about-2/about-trent-lott/about-the-institute/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The [[Center for Intelligence and Security Studies]] (CISS) delivers academic programming on intelligence analysis and engages in applied research and consortium building with government, private, and academic partners.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ciss.olemiss.edu |title=Welcome to the Center for Intelligence and Security Studies (CISS) |website=Center for Intelligence and Security Studies |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501125444/https://ciss.olemiss.edu/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2012, the [[United States Director of National Intelligence]] designated CISS as an Intelligence Community Center of Academic Excellence (CAE), becoming one of 29 such college programs in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dni.gov/ |title=Home |publisher=Office of the Director of National Intelligence |access-date=May 29, 2015 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424233010/https://www.dni.gov/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> Other special programs include the Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence—established jointly by the university and [[Toyota]] in 2008— as well as the Arabic Language Flagship Program and the Chinese Language Flagship Program ({{zh|first=s|s=中文旗舰项目|t=中文旗艦項目|p=Zhōngwén Qíjiàn Xiàngmù}}).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cme.olemiss.edu/history/ |title=History |website=Haley Barbour Center for Manufacturing Excellence |date=January 31, 2020 |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210225131650/https://cme.olemiss.edu/history/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/chinese/about-program/introduction/ |title=Introduction |website=Chinese Language Flagship Program |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=July 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204149/https://chinese.olemiss.edu/about-introduction/ |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=About Arabic Language Flagship |url=https://olemiss.edu/modernlanguages/academics/undergraduate-programs/arabic-language-flagship-program/about/ |website=University of Mississippi |access-date=25 April 2025}}</ref> The [[Croft Institute for International Studies]], which was founded in 1998, provides the only international studies undergraduate program in Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web |title=2021 Best Mississippi Colleges for International Relations |url=https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/s/mississippi/ |access-date=July 22, 2021 |website=Niche |archive-date=July 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210723181959/https://www.niche.com/colleges/search/best-colleges-for-international-relations/s/mississippi/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

The University of Mississippi is a member of the SEC Academic Consortium, which has since been renamed [[Southeastern Conference#Formation of SECU and SEC academic network|SECU]]. The collaborative initiative was designed to promote research, scholarship, and achievement among the member universities in the [[Southeastern Conference]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SECU |url=http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php |publisher=SEC |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-date=January 24, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124074319/http://www.secsymposium.com/secu.php |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=SECU: The Academic Initiative of the SEC |url=http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |publisher=SEC Digital Network |access-date=February 13, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721055557/http://www.secdigitalnetwork.com/AcademicConsortium |archive-date=July 21, 2012 }}</ref> In 2013, the university participated in the SEC Symposium on renewable energy in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, which was organized and led by the [[University of Georgia]] and the [[University of Georgia#Bioenergy Systems Research Institute|UGA Bioenergy Systems Research Institute]].<ref>{{cite web |title=SEC Symposium to address role of Southeast in renewable energy |date=February 6, 2013 |url=http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sec-symposium-to-address-role-of-southeast-in-renewable-energy/ |publisher=University of Georgia |access-date=February 13, 2013 |archive-date=February 12, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130212211032/http://news.uga.edu/releases/article/sec-symposium-to-address-role-of-southeast-in-renewable-energy/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2021, actor [[Morgan Freeman]] and Professor Linda Keena donated $1 million to the University of Mississippi to create the Center for Evidence-Based Policing and Reform, which will provide law-enforcement training and seek to improve engagement between law enforcement and communities.<ref>{{Cite news |first1=Amir |last1=Vera |first2=Dave |last2=Alsup |first3=Jamiel |last3=Lynch |title=Morgan Freeman and a University of Mississippi professor donate $1M to college's policing program |url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/us/morgan-freeman-university-of-mississippi-policing/index.html |access-date=June 10, 2021 |publisher=CNN |archive-date=June 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610100714/https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/09/us/morgan-freeman-university-of-mississippi-policing/index.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Morgan Freeman, professor give $1M for police training center at University of Mississippi |url=https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/06/08/morgan-freeman-prof-donate-million-dollars-new-police-training-center-ole-miss/7611872002/ |access-date=June 10, 2021 |work=The Clarion Ledger |archive-date=June 25, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210625173008/https://www.clarionledger.com/story/news/local/2021/06/08/morgan-freeman-prof-donate-million-dollars-new-police-training-center-ole-miss/7611872002/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Rankings and accolades===
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 231
| THE_WSJ = 278
| USNWR_NU = 171 (tie)
| Wamo_NU = 304
| USNWR_W = 428 (tie)
}}In ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]''{{'}}s 2023 rankings, the University of Mississippi was tied for 163rd place among national universities and 88th among public universities.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440/overall-rankings |title=University of Mississippi Rankings |website=U.S. News & World Report |access-date=September 23, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511204528/https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-mississippi-2440/overall-rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, ''[[Bloomberg Businessweek]]'' ranked the professional MBA program at the School of Business Administration #72 nationally,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |title=Best B-Schools in US |date=September 14, 2023 |publisher=[[Bloomberg BusinessWeek]] |access-date=September 18, 2023 |archive-date=April 19, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200419175001/https://www.bloomberg.com/business-schools/regions/us/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and the online MBA program in the top 25.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/ole-miss-online-mba-program-ranks-u-s-news-top-25/ |title=Ole Miss Online MBA Program Ranks in U.S. News Top 25 |date=January 9, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204205/https://news.olemiss.edu/ole-miss-online-mba-program-ranks-u-s-news-top-25/ |url-status=live }}</ref> {{As of|2018}}, all three degree programs at the Patterson School of Accountancy were among the top 10 accounting programs according to the ''[[Public Accounting Report]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/accountancy-programs-maintain-top-10-standing/ |title=Accountancy Programs Maintain Top 10 Standing |date=October 1, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204206/https://news.olemiss.edu/accountancy-programs-maintain-top-10-standing/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Since 2012, the ''[[Chronicle of Higher Education]]'' has named the University of Mississippi as one of the "Great Colleges to Work For". In the 2018 results, released in the ''Chronicle''{{'}}s annual report on "The Academic Workplace", the university was among 84 institutions honored from the 253 colleges and universities surveyed.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/um-named-among-great-colleges-work/ |title=UM Again Named Among 'Great Colleges to Work For' |date=July 16, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204251/https://news.olemiss.edu/um-named-among-great-colleges-work/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2018, the university's campus was ranked the second-safest in the SEC and one of the safest in the U.S.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-robust-approach-campus-safety-lands-national-rankings/ |title=Robust Approach to Campus Safety Places UM in National Rankings |date=March 12, 2018 |website=Ole Miss News |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424204149/https://news.olemiss.edu/ums-robust-approach-campus-safety-lands-national-rankings/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

As of 2019, the university has had 27 [[Rhodes Scholars]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Jake |date=November 25, 2019 |title=Hudson named University of Mississippi's 27th Rhodes Scholar |url=https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/11/25/hudson-named-university-of-mississippis-27th-rhodes-scholar/ |work=The Oxford Eagle |access-date=April 5, 2021 |archive-date=April 10, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410004909/https://www.oxfordeagle.com/2019/11/25/hudson-named-university-of-mississippis-27th-rhodes-scholar/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Since 1998, it has 10 [[Goldwater Scholars]], seven [[Truman Scholar]]s, 18 [[Fulbright Scholar]]s, one [[Marshall Scholar]], three [[Udall Scholar]]s, two [[Gates Cambridge Scholar]]s, one [[Mitchell Scholar]], 19 [[Boren Scholar]]s, one [[Boren fellow]], and one [[German Chancellor Fellowship]].<ref name="his">{{Cite web |url=http://www.olemiss.edu/aboutum/history.html |title=History |website=About UM |publisher=University of Mississippi |access-date=November 27, 2018 |archive-date=April 24, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424203239/https://olemiss.edu/aboutum/history.html |url-status=live }}</ref>