2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Mississippi (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Business/Commerce is the 13th most popular major in the country with 55,749 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 465 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,633 and $20,271 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 303 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,964 and $13,187 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

Holmes Community College

Goodman, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$4,321 Average Net Price

$29,413 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Holmes Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Goodman, Mississippi, and it awarded 107 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Holmes Community College also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Holmes Community College is $4,321 for Mississippi Associate Degree General Business students with aid.

Full Holmes Community College General Business/Commerce Report

#2

Itawamba Community College

Fulton, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$5,107 Average Net Price

$26,933 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Itawamba Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. ICC is a small school located in Fulton, Mississippi that handed out 80 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

ICC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. It costs about $5,107 for Mississippi Associate Degree General Business students with aid per year to attend ICC.

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#3

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Perkinston, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$8,503 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Perkinston, Mississippi, and it awarded 32 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is $8,503 for mississippi associate degree general business students with aid.

Read full report on General Business/Commerce at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

#4

Strayer University - Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi

#4 in overall quality

$21,580 Average Net Price

$39,249 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Strayer University - Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s general business degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Strayer University - Mississippi also made our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Strayer University - Mississippi is $21,580 for Mississippi Associate Degree General Business students with aid.

Full Strayer University - Mississippi General Business/Commerce Report

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce (With Aid)

Notes and References

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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