2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

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Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 21st most popular major in the country with 56,273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 767 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,225 and $23,035 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 53 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 10 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Mississippi is a large public school situated in University, Mississippi. It awarded 10 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 32 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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

• *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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