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2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

4 Schools Ranked
$14,109 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,246 Avg Student Debt*

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for healthcare students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi
28 Total Awards
$25,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mississippi the best value school in Mississippi for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Ole Miss graduate students pay an average of $25,892 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at Ole Miss, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 24% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ole Miss is ranked #1 for overall quality in Mississippi.

Full University of Mississippi Report

#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi
1 Total Awards
$8,360 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Delta State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Mississippi. Delta State University is a small public school situated in Cleveland, Mississippi. It awarded 1 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.

Delta State University does have options available for those who want to take online graduate classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Delta State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

Full Delta State University Report

#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
18 Total Awards
$11,204 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Southern Miss is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their graduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $19,246 in student loans.

One thing to take note of is that Southern Miss does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 86% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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#4

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi
3 Total Awards
$10,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s value ranking, Belhaven University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Belhaven University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Belhaven. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 97% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Belhaven did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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