JACKSON, Miss. — Two more Mississippi universities have stopped flying the state’s flag, which prominently features the Confederate battle emblem.

Mississippi State University and the Mississippi University for Women confirmed Tuesday that they had taken down the state’s flag from outdoor flagpoles over the summer.

The universities’ actions came after state lawmakers failed to act on changing the flag this year.

‘‘The university community supports a flag that unites everyone in the state behind it,’’ said Jim Borsig, president of the Mississippi University for Women.

Delta State University is the only public Mississippi university still flying the flag. A statement from that school Tuesday opened the door to removing it if the university cabinet votes to do so.

The changes at both schools came quietly while many students and faculty were away.

MSU spokesman Sid Salter said Tuesday that president Mark Keenum approved campus leaders’ plans to remove the flag from four locations on the Starkville campus in June and July.

Borsig said 2,700-student MUW was expanding a driveway near an auditorium where the only state flag stood. Borsig said he acted after campus groups discussed the flag last year and he encouraged them to lobby elected officials. He also cited the 50th anniversary of the university’s integration and Mississippi’s 2017 bicentennial.

Associated Press