2023 Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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.
The Best Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Healthcare Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Mississippi to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for healthcare students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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Top Value Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi
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Our analysis found Mississippi University for Women to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Mississippi. MUW is a public institution located in Columbus, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 63 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MUW are $7,756 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at MUW. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 80% took at least some of their classes online.
MUW did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Mississippi is a great place for healthcare students working on their master’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 152 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 a 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.
Ole Miss also made our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #2.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Delta State University is located in Cleveland, Mississippi and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Delta State University does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. 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 #4 on our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
Out of the 9 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s value ranking, Mississippi College landed the # 4 spot on the list. MC is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Clinton, Mississippi. It awarded 57 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at MC are $12,796 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at MC. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 43% took at least some of their classes online.
MC also made our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #1.
The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value healthcare schools in Mississippi. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 121 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Southern Miss graduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Southern Miss. In fact, around 86% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.
Alcorn State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 6 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Alcorn State graduate students pay an average of $8,395 in tuition and fees each year.
One thing to take note of is that Alcorn State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 92% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
William Carey University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for healthcare students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. William Carey University is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 24 master’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at William Carey University are $12,235 a year.
William Carey University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 58% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
William Carey University also made our Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #5.
Jackson State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Jackson State is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 37 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 a year.
Jackson State 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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 78% took at least some of their classes online.
Belhaven University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, the small private not-for-profit school handed out 50 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at Belhaven, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. During the 2019-2020 year, about 97% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 9 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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