2023 Best Value Teaching Master'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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Teaching Degree Search has developed this Best Value Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in Mississippi to see which master'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 Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi
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Our 2023 rankings named Delta State University the best value school in Mississippi for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 194 master’s degree awards in 2020-2021.
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. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
Delta State University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
Out of the 9 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s value ranking, University of Mississippi landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 231 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Ole Miss graduate students pay an average of $25,892 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Ole Miss. 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.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ole Miss is ranked #2 for overall quality in Mississippi.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, the large public school awarded 215 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mississippi State are $24,900 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Mississippi State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. 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.
Mississippi State also made our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #3.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 92 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year.
Southern Miss 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 86% took at least some of their classes online.
Out of the 9 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s value ranking, Mississippi College landed the # 5 spot on the list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 267 master’s degrees to qualified students.
MC graduate students pay an average of $12,796 in tuition and fees each year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at MC. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 43% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
MC also took the #1 spot in our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi rankings.
William Carey University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking. William Carey University is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 458 master’s degrees to qualified students.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at William Carey University are $12,235 per year.
Online graduate courses are available at William Carey University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 58% took at least some of their classes online.
William Carey University not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.
With a ranking of #7, Alcorn State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Alcorn State University is a small public school located in Alcorn State, Mississippi that handed out 56 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Alcorn State graduate students pay an average of $8,395 in tuition and fees each year.
Alcorn State does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 92% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
With a ranking of #8, Jackson State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for teaching students working on their master’s degree. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 147 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Jackson State are $9,445 a year.
One thing to take note of is that Jackson State does offer online graduate classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 78% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.
Belhaven University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Belhaven is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 209 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Belhaven are $10,980 per year.
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. In 2019-2020 about 97% of the graduate 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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