| University, Mississippi | |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | Mississippi#USA |
| Pushpin Label: | University |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Mississippi##Location in the United States |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Mississippi |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Lafayette |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 1.82 |
| Area Land Km2: | 1.82 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.00 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 0.70 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 0.70 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.00 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4696 |
| Population Density Km2: | 2574.13 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 6670.45 |
| Timezone: | Central (CST) |
| Utc Offset: | -6 |
| Timezone Dst: | CDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -5 |
| Elevation Ft: | 500 |
| Coordinates: | 34.3653°N -89.535°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP Code |
| Postal Code: | 38677 |
| Area Code: | 662 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 28-75520 |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2586613 |
University is a census-designated place (CDP) and the official name for an area covering a portion of the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) campus, in Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States.[2] The CDP is surrounded by the city of Oxford. Its official United States Postal Service designation is "University, Mississippi", with a ZIP Code of 38677.
The population at the 2010 census was 4,202,[3] while the 2014 enrollment for Ole Miss was 20,112 in 2014.[4]
The University CDP is an enclave surrounded by the city of Oxford, west of its downtown area. It has an area of 1.82sqkm, all of it recorded as land.[5]
The CDP is in the Oxford School District.[6] The district operates Oxford High School.
According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, university has a humid subtropical climate, abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. The hottest temperature recorded in University was 110F on September 5, 1925, while the coldest temperature recorded was -13F on January 21, 1985.