2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 559,661 degrees were awarded to students with this major. 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.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The liberal arts / sciences & humanities school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi”.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi.

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

#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 list. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities students in 2019-2020.

Alcorn State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Alcorn State are $7,290, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Alcorn State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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.

Credits

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