H-1B sponsorMSFEIN 64-6001159Updated May 2026

University of Mississippi

US H-1B Labor Condition Application activity for University of Mississippi. Filed 148 disclosures between FY2020 and FY2025 from worksites with a MS headquarters indicator.

Total filings

148

Outside top-N

Certified

70.3%

unconditional approval

Withdrawn

0.7%

incl. cert-withdrawn

Denied

0.0%

rejection rate

Summary

University of Mississippi is a public research institution in Mississippi that has emerged as an active H-1B sponsor. Since 2020, the university has filed 148 H-1B Labor Condition Applications, with filing activity accelerating significantly in recent years—from 2 filings in 2020 to 66 in 2025.

The university's H-1B sponsorship centers on academic and research positions. Top roles include Medical Scientists (19 filings), Business Teachers and Biological Science Teachers at the postsecondary level (19 and 12 filings respectively), and Engineering and Foreign Language Teachers (8 filings each). This mix reflects the university's focus on faculty recruitment and research staff across STEM and humanities disciplines.

The university achieved a 70.27% certification rate on its filings, with 0.68% withdrawn and 0% denied. This record demonstrates consistent approval outcomes for its H-1B applications over the five-year period.

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Outcome breakdown

Share of University of Mississippi’s LCAs by DOL case status.

Certified70.3%

Cert-withdrawn29.0%

Withdrawn0.7%

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Top occupations sponsored

SOC codes filed most by University of Mississippi. Click any row to open the national salary guide.

#	SOC	Title	Filings
1	19-1042	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	19
2	25-1011	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	19
3	25-1042	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	12
4	25-1032	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	8
5	25-1124	Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary	8
6	19-2012	Physicists	8
7	25-1081	Education Teachers, Postsecondary	4
8	25-1054	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	4
9	15-1252	Software Developers	3
10	19-1021	Biochemists and Biophysicists	3

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists

Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary

Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary

Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary

Physicists

Education Teachers, Postsecondary

Physics Teachers, Postsecondary

Software Developers

Biochemists and Biophysicists

Filings by fiscal year

Year-over-year H-1B filing volume — a hiring-demand signal, not headcount.

Year	Filings
FY2020	2
FY2021	11
FY2022	1
FY2023	18
FY2024	50
FY2025	66

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