Admissions Counselor I

🇺🇸 Starkville, Mississippi 🕑 Full-Time 💰 TBD 💻 Enrollment 🗓️ September 20th, 2026

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Edtech.com's Summary

Mississippi State University is hiring an Admissions Counselor I to represent the university to prospective freshmen, parents, alumni, and school officials in an assigned recruiting territory. The counselor travels extensively for school visits, college fairs, and student conferences, then follows up with individual counseling, correspondence, and phone outreach. This is a flex role, so the counselor also pitches in on campus visits, academic-college events, and the student call center when the team is short-staffed.

Highlights

Travel an assigned territory to visit high schools, community colleges, and college fairs
Counsel prospective students and parents individually throughout the recruitment cycle
Build and execute recruitment strategies for the assigned territory
Follow up with prospective students through correspondence, email, and phone
Represent the university at conferences, meetings, and alumni events
Assist with new-student Orientation programming
Partner with high school guidance counselors on recruiting outstanding juniors and seniors
Work with the Assistant Director to plan territory recruiting events
Fill in on campus visits, academic-college activities, and the student call center as needed
Requires a bachelor's degree and a valid driver's license