2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

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In 2019-2020, 38,020 people earned their degree in public health, making the major the 27th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public health graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,740 and had an average of $35,895 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 215 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,667 and $34,528 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 101 public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public health. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public health programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public health program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Public Health in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

$26,063 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s public health degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also made our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for mississippi bachelor’s degree public health students with aid.

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#2

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$12,054 Average Net Price

$19,227 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi University for Women. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Health Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 38 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s public health students in 2019-2020.

MUW also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi University for Women is $12,054 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Public Health students with aid.

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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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