William Carey University
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Former names
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Pearl River Boarding School (Founded 1892 and until 1905 when it burned.) |
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| Motto |
"Expect Great Things From God; |
| Type | Private, non-profit |
| Established | 1892 |
| Affiliation | Mississippi Baptist Convention |
| President | Dr. Tommy King |
| Provost | Dr. Scott Hummel |
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Academic staff
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131 full-time 138 part-time |
| Students | 4,118 |
| Undergraduates | 2,327 |
| Location |
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (main campus);  United States31°18′22″N 89°17′28″W / 31.3062°N 89.29116°WCoordinates: 31°18′22″N 89°17′28″W / 31.3062°N 89.29116°W |
| Colors | Red, Black, and White |
| Mascot | Crusaders |
| Website | www |
Pearl River Boarding School (Founded 1892 and until 1905 when it burned.)
South Mississippi College (Opened 1906)
Mississippi Woman's College
(From 1911 until 1953.)
"Expect Great Things From God;
Hattiesburg, Mississippi (main campus);
Gulfport, Mississippi;,
William Carey University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi in the United States, affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention and the Mississippi Baptist Convention. The main campus is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, with a second campus located in the Tradition community near Gulfport, Mississippi and Biloxi, Mississippi.
In the 2017 edition of U.S. News & World Report’s America’s Best Colleges, William Carey University was ranked No. 2 Best Value among regional universities in the South for the second consecutive year. In 2015, William Carey University was ranked No. 1 Best Value among regional universities in the South.
William Carey University was founded by W. I. Thames in 1892 as Pearl River Boarding School in Poplarville, Mississippi. A disastrous fire destroyed the school in 1905, and in 1906, with the backing of a group of New Orleans businessmen, Thames re-opened the school in Hattiesburg as South Mississippi College. Another fire destroyed the young institution, forcing it to close. In 1911, W. S. F. Tatum acquired the property and offered it as a gift to the Baptists, and the school re-opened as Mississippi Woman's College. In 1953, the Mississippi Baptist Convention voted to move the college into coeducational status, which necessitated a new name for the institution. In 1954, the board of trustees selected the name of William Carey College in honor of William Carey, the eighteenth century English cobbler-linguist whose decades of missionary activity in India earned him international recognition as the “Father of Modern Missions.” The school changed to university status in 2006.
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