2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 40,481 people earned their degree in English, making the major the 19th most popular in the United States.

Across Mississippi, there were 278 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 English graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in English. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular English programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for English in Mississippi

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s English language degrees to qualified students.

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2

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Mississippi is located in University, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 doctorate’s English language degrees to qualified students.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended English Language Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 50 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s English language students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.