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2023 Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

8 Schools Ranked

It's not easy to decide which teaching program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best doctor's degree programs for teaching students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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Top Teaching Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi
$8,360 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Delta State University to be the best school for teaching students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Mississippi.

Delta State University does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi
$9,048 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Mississippi is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

Ole Miss does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
$12,235 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 8 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the # 3 spot on the list.

One thing to take note of is that William Carey University does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 58% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#4

Mississippi State University

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

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Mississippi State University is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

One thing to take note of is that Mississippi State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 65% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#5

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi
$12,796 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Mississippi College is a great place for teaching students working on their doctor’s degree.

MC does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. 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.

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#6

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi
$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

University of Southern Mississippi came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking.

One thing to take note of is that Southern Miss does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 86% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#7

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi
$10,980 Average Tuition & Fees

Belhaven University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree teaching programs.

Belhaven 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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#8

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi
$8,445 Average Tuition & Fees

Jackson State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Teaching Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking.

One thing to take note of is that Jackson State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 78% 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 8 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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