2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 68,079 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, communication and media studies is the 9th most popular major in the United States. 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree communications students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k 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.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. 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

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Communications Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k list. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s communications degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best Communication & Media Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #0. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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