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2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

7 Schools Ranked
$19,246 Avg Student Debt

A healthcare student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Healthcare Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Mississippi to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate programs for healthcare students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi
28 Total Awards
$9,048 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the most popular school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Mississippi. This large public school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 28 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

Ole Miss does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 24% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Full University of Mississippi Report

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
18 Total Awards
$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees
$19,246 Avg Student Debt

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Mississippi. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 18 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Graduate Certificate recipients from Southern Miss accumulate an average of $19,246 in student debt by the time they complete their degree. Around 83% of those degree recipients were women.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Southern Miss does offer online graduate classes for certain majors. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

Belhaven University

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

You’ll be in good company if you attend Belhaven University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Belhaven University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 3 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that Belhaven does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.

Full Belhaven University Report

#4

Delta State University

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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.

Around 100% of those degree recipients were women.

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.

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#5

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
$12,796 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mississippi College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Mississippi.

MC 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. In 2019-2020 about 43% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#5

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi
$7,756 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at MUW. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 80% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#5

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
$9,220 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Mississippi State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Mississippi.

Online graduate courses are available at Mississippi State, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 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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