Private company

University Press of Mississippi

Logo: University Press of Mississippi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Academic publisher

The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi), making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university.2 Its revenue was $3.2 million in 2023.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

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The University Press of Mississippi (UPM), founded in 1970, is a university press that is sponsored by the eight state universities in Mississippi (i.e., Alcorn State University, Delta State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi State University, Mississippi University for Women, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, and the University of Southern Mississippi), making it one of the few university presses in the United States to have more than one affiliate university. A member of the Association of University Presses since 1976, the University Press of Mis2

Subsidiaries and ownership

Owners

  • Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning

From Wikidata.1

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

University Press of Mississippi revenue by year1$3.2M in 2023+47% since 2014
0$2.0M$4.0M$6.0M2014: $2.2M$2.2M20142015: $2.1M$2.1M2015−1%2016: $2.1M$2.1M2016−3%2017: $2.2M$2.2M2017+6%2018: $2.1M$2.1M2018−2%2019: $2.7M$2.7M2019+25%2020: $2.3M$2.3M2020−15%2021: $4.0M$4.0M2021+76%2022: $2.3M$2.3M2022−44%2023: $3.2M$3.2M2023+41%
  • 2023$3.2M1
  • 2022$2.3M1
  • 2021$4.0M1
  • 2020$2.3M1
  • 2019$2.7M1
  • 2018$2.1M1

Timeline

  1. 1970Founded Founded1

Sources

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