William Carey University

Hattiesburg, MS — Private Baptist university, est. 1906; home of the Crusaders; affiliated with the Mississippi Baptist Convention; strong nursing (one of the largest nursing programs in Mississippi), education, and music programs; named for William Carey, the 18th-century English Baptist missionary considered the father of the modern missionary movement; serves the south Mississippi region from its main campus in Hattiesburg; an important institution for producing nurses, teachers, and health care professionals in the underserved communities of south Mississippi