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Rust College

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation.

Holly Springs, MS428 students
Acceptance Rate
50%
selective
Median SAT
Net Price After Aid
$8.8k
Sticker $13.8k
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Rust College is a private institution in Holly Springs, MS with an acceptance rate of 50% and 428 students. The average net price after financial aid is $8,751 per year.

About Rust College

A private 4-year town university in Holly Springs, MS.

Rust College is a college in Holly Springs, MS. It enrolls roughly 428 students. The most recent acceptance rate is 50%.

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Acceptance Rate
50%
Selective
Total Enrollment
428
Small
Retention
10%
First-years returning
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

Your chances at this school

A clear-eyed view of how your profile compares to admitted students — and the things that would move your odds the most.

Acceptance Rate
50%
50 of every 100 applicants admitted
Your Chances
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Admitted Student GPA

Selective — strong academics get you in the conversation. Here is what would make your application as competitive as possible.

Things that would move your odds the most

  1. Build a single deep extracurricular peak
    Depth beats breadth at selective schools — one nationally-visible accomplishment outperforms ten clubs.
  2. Strengthen one teacher recommendation
    A specific, personal letter from a teacher who knows your work moves the needle.

Probability is based on a model trained on historical admissions data. It is a guide, not a guarantee. Admissions decisions weigh essays, recommendations, and fit factors that aren't in the data.

Admissions

What it actually takes to get into Rust College. Test scores, GPA, application requirements, and deadlines.

Cost & financial aid

Published costs can be misleading. Here's what families actually pay at Rust College after grants and scholarships.

Sticker price
Tuition $13,840
Average net price after aid
$8,751
After grants and scholarships

Net price by family income

Average amount paid out of pocket — tuition, fees, and room & board minus all grant aid.

$0 – $30,000
$8,487
$30,001 – $48,000
$7,178
$48,001 – $75,000
$11,635
$75,001 – $110,000
N/A
$110,001 +
$7,027

Net price represents the average cost after grants and scholarships for students receiving federal financial aid.

Pell Grant Recipients
69%
Need-based federal grant
Take Federal Loans
63%
Avg loan $13,777 / year
Avg Grant Aid
Per receiving student / year

Academics & majors

Where students at Rust College concentrate, and how the classroom experience scales.

Student : Faculty
Class-size proxy
Primary Focus
Biological
28% of degrees awarded
Retention
10%
First-years returning
A breakdown of the top majors by share of degrees awarded ships once we finish backfilling per-school program data.

Student body

Who attends Rust College. Enrollment, diversity, and where students come from.

Race & ethnicity

  • Black96%
  • International4%

Gender

  • Female57%
  • Male43%
International
4%
Of total enrollment
Live on Campus
Undergraduate residential rate
Total Enrollment
428

Outcomes after graduation

What Rust College graduates do next — and what they earn.

Median Earnings
$32.3k
10 years after enrollment
Employed at 2 yrs
Working or in grad school
Pursue Grad School
Within 5 years
Graduation Rate
27%
6-year, full-time

What this means

$32k is below the national bachelor's-graduate median at the 10-year mark, and a 27% graduation rate is below the national average.

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