2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 68,079 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 9th most popular in the country. In 2017-2018, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,728 and had an average of $24,931 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 334 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,400 and $23,935 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree communications students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Southern Miss

#2

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jackson State is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 5 masters’s communications degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Jackson State Communication & Media Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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