If you intend to purse a nursing degree in Mississippi, you should aim at the top nursing schools in Mississippi. Let’s show below, which schools have a standard curriculum for nursing education and are recognized by the market.
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List of Best Nursing Colleges in Mississippi
| Rankings | Nursing Universities | Nursing Colleges |
| 1 | University of Mississippi Medical Center Mailing Address: 3500 N. State Street, Jackson, MS 39216-4505 Phone Number: (601) 984-6200 Website Homepage: http://son.umc.edu/ |
School of Nursing |
| 2 | University of Southern Mississippi Mailing Address: 118 College Drive, PO Box 5095, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-5095 Phone Number: (601) 266-5457 E-mail: Rosalind.Hawthorn@usm.edu Website Homepage: http://www.usm.edu/nursing/ |
School of Nursing |
| 3 | Mississippi University for Women Mailing Address: 1100 College Street MUW-910, Columbus, MS 39701-5800 Phone Number: (662)329-7323 E-mail: psmyth@muw.edu Website Homepage: http://www.muw.edu/nursing/gradprog/ |
Department of Graduate Nursing |
| 4 | Alcorn State University Mailing Address: 15 Campus Drive, Natchez, MS 39122-8399 Phone Number: (601) 304-4304 E-mail: nursing@lorman.alcorn.edu Website Homepage: http://www.alcorn.edu/Academics/Schools/Nursing/Default.aspx?id=95 |
School of Nursing |
| 5 | Delta State University Mailing Address: PO Box 3343, Cleveland, MS 38733-3343 Phone Number: (662) 846-4255 Website Homepage: http://www.deltastate.edu/pages/252.asp |
School of Nursing |
Mississippi state symbols
- Tree – large-flowered magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora)
- flower – magnolia
- Animal – white-tailed (virgian) deer (Odocoileus virginianus) and common (red) fox (Vulpes vulpes)
- Marine mammal – large (bottle-nosed) dolphin (bottle dolphin, Tursiops truncatus)
- Bird – Carolina duck (Aix sponsa)
- Fish – largemouth bass (Micropterus salmoides)
- Reptile – American (Mississippi) alligator (Alligator mississippiensis)
- Clam – Eastern (Atlantic) oyster (Crassostrea virginica)
- Insect – honey bee (Apis mellifera)
- Butterfly – sailboat troilus (Papilio troilus)
- Dance – square dance
- Toy – teddy bear (“Teddy Bear”)
- Stone – petrified wood
- Fossil – Basilosaurus and Zygoriza
- Song – “Go, Mississippi” (Go, Mississippi, author of music and words – Houston Davis)
Mississippi Fifty States Quarter Dollar
The Mississippi Fifty States Quarter Dollar coin features two magnolia flowers (one of the state’s official symbols).
The inscription on the coin reads The Magnolia State (“Magnolia State”, the state’s official nickname).
America the Beautiful
One of the quarter dollar coins from the America the Beautiful series is dedicated to Vicksburg National Military Park, located in Mississippi.
The coin depicts one of the first battleships of the army of northerners USS Cairo on the Yazoo River in Mississippi.
The inscription on the coin reads Vicksburg (“Vicksburg”).