2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
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. Also there are many trade schools and bootcamps that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Teaching Degree Search has created the Best Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Mississippi to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for teaching 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Teaching Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi
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Our analysis found Mississippi State University to be the best value school for teaching students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Mississippi. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, the large public school handed out 322 bachelor’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mississippi State are $24,900 per year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $23,781 in student loans.
Online 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. During the 2019-2020 year, about 93% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mississippi State is ranked #1 for overall quality in Mississippi.
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Delta State University is a great place for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Delta State University is a small public school located in Cleveland, Mississippi that handed out 172 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Delta State University undergraduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,494 in loans while pursuing their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Delta State University does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 70% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delta State University is ranked #5 for overall quality in Mississippi.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 204 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Ole Miss are $25,886 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $21,726 in loans while pursuing their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Ole Miss does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 59% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Ole Miss also made our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #3.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Southern Mississippi is a great place for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 188 students in 2020-2021.
Southern Miss undergraduate students pay an average of $11,204 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $28,578 in student loans.
Southern Miss does have options available for those who want to take online 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, 99% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 169 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $34,363 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Jackson State does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 84% took at least some of their classes online.
William Carey University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for teaching students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 106 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
William Carey University undergraduate students pay an average of $14,550 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,186 in student loans.
William Carey University does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. During the 2019-2020 year, about 47% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Blue Mountain College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Blue Mountain College is located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi and has a very small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 62 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
Blue Mountain College undergraduate students pay an average of $17,380 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,324 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online courses are available at Blue Mountain College, 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 38% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Blue Mountain College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
With a ranking of #8, Mississippi College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree. This small private not-for-profit school is located in Clinton, Mississippi, and it awarded 71 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MC are $20,364 per year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $24,469 in loans while pursuing their degree.
MC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In 2019-2020 about 42% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
MC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Teaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
With a ranking of #9, Belhaven University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their bachelor’s degree. Belhaven University is a small private not-for-profit school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 24 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Belhaven are $27,825 a year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $27,624 in student loans.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Belhaven. In 2019-2020 about 64% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
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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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