Jackson State University
Jackson, MS · Public university
11 minwalk to the closest stay
7stays inside a 20-min walk
21stays inside a 10-min drive
Campus visits, state by state
Hotels near colleges in Mississippi
8 campuses142 places to stay measured
8campusesin MS
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By the numbers
8 schools in Mississippi are on this site, with 142 places to stay measured around them. At 4 of them a place to stay is no more than about a 10-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge, and at 6 one is within about 20 minutes. The shortest walk we measured here is about 1 minute, at Millsaps College.
How to read these counts
A "10-minute walk" is our estimate from map distance to where the visit starts, or to the campus edge when we have not pinned that down; each school's page says which. Map dated November 2026. The full method
Every school we cover in Mississippi
8 schools in Mississippi, in A to Z order
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS · Liberal arts college
1 minwalk to the closest stay1stay inside a 20-min walk15stays inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Mississippi
University, MS · Public university
4 minwalk to the closest stay6stays inside a 20-min walk10stays inside a 10-min driveMississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS · Public university
4 minwalk to the closest stay5stays inside a 20-min walk13stays inside a 10-min driveRust College
Holly Springs, MS · Liberal arts college
9 mindrive to the closest stay1stay inside a 10-min driveUniversity of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS · Public university
1 minwalk to the closest stay16stays inside a 20-min walk30stays inside a 10-min driveTougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS · Liberal arts college
17 minwalk to the closest stay4stays inside a 20-min walk22stays inside a 10-min driveWilliam Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS · Private university
6 mindrive to the closest stay4stays inside a 10-min drive
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About these lists
Which colleges in Mississippi do you cover?
8 four-year schools in Mississippi: the larger public and private universities plus the liberal arts colleges families tour most. For-profit and online-only schools are left out.
Can you walk from a hotel to campus at schools in Mississippi?
At 6 of the 8, the map shows a place to stay no more than about a 20-minute walk from the tour start or the campus edge. Each school's page lists them closest first.
Do the pages cover graduation as well as tours?
Every page explains what its minutes run to, and the graduation guide covers when rooms sell out.
Where do the walking minutes come from?
From OpenStreetMap distances, turned into minutes by a fixed rule. Breakfast is listed for 8 schools' nearby hotels by brand standard. How the minutes are measured.