Rust College Campus Life
Campus life
The campus as a place: setting, size, calendar and who studies here.
Campus at a glance
Distant town
In a smaller urban cluster away from a large metro area.
- City
- Suburb
- Town (this campus)
- Rural
467 students
Smaller than 80% of colleges
National median 1,603 students
Undergraduates with Pell Grants
- Receive a Pell Grant
- 76.3%
- TypePrivate nonprofit
- ClassLiberal arts college
- CalendarSemester
Nearby college towns
- Blue Mountain24.8 mi
- University28.9 mi
- Senatobia31.5 mi
- Booneville50.8 mi
Verified data from IPEDS and the College Scorecard. Distances are straight-line miles.
Race/ethnicity
Source: U.S. College Scorecard · 2025
Among undergraduates at Rust College, the largest reported group is Black (91.7%), followed by Non-resident (3.6%).
| Group | Undergraduates | Full-time instructional staff |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian/Alaska Native | 0% | 0% |
| Asian | 0.4% | 7.1% |
| Black | 91.7% | 76.2% |
| Hispanic | 1.9% | 0% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0% |
| White | 0.6% | 16.7% |
| Two or more races | 0% | 0% |
| Non-resident | 3.6% | 0% |
| Unknown | 1.5% | 0% |
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- 48.7%Rust College admitted 981 of 2,609 applicants.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- 12.7%of admitted students chose to enroll (the yield rate): 125 of 981.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
- $35,151median annual earnings of former students who received federal aid.Source: U.S. College Scorecard, 2025
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