Mississippi State University MS in Physical Sciences

88 Master's Degrees Awarded

Physical Sciences is a program of study at Mississippi State University. The school offers a master’s degree in the area. Here, you’ll find out more about the major master’s degree program in physical sciences, including such details as the number of graduates, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.

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Graduate Cost
Online Learning
Student Diversity
Focus Areas
References

How Much Does a Master’s in Physical Sciences from Mississippi State Cost?

$8,910 Average Tuition and Fees

Mississippi State Graduate Tuition and Fees

During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time graduate students at Mississippi State paid an average of $1,331 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $495 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,800	$23,840
Fees	$110	$110

Does Mississippi State Offer an Online MS in Physical Sciences?

Online degrees for the Mississippi State physical sciences master’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Mississippi State Online Learning page.

Mississippi State Master’s Student Diversity for Physical Sciences

88 Master's Degrees Awarded

45.5% Women

10.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 88 master’s degrees in physical sciences awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 45.5% of the physical sciences students who took home a master’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 37.8%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Of those graduates who received a master’s degree in physical sciences at Mississippi State in 2019-2020, 10.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is lower than the nationwide number of 19%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	6
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	62
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

MS in Physical Sciences Focus Areas at Mississippi State

Physical Sciences students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Chemistry	8
Geological & Earth Sciences	74
Physics	6

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.