The University of Mississippi (colloquially known as
Ole Miss) is a
public,
coeducational research university in
Oxford, Mississippi, United States. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main
campus in Oxford, four branch campuses located in
Booneville,
Grenada,
Tupelo, and
Southaven, as well as the
University of Mississippi Medical Center in
Jackson. It also operates the
University of Mississippi Field Station in
Abbeville. It is both a
sea-grant and
space-grant institute. Sixty percent of undergraduates are from Mississippi and 23 percent of all students are minorities. International students come from 93 nations. Ole Miss is Mississippi's largest university with a total enrollment of 23,838 in fall 2015.