2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Mississippi (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 6,342 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $18,973 and $12,704 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree liberal arts / sciences & humanities students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$7,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alcorn State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. Alcorn State is a small school located in Alcorn State, Mississippi that handed out 3 masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

Alcorn State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Alcorn State are $7,290.

Full Alcorn State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities (With Aid)

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.

Credits

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