by our College Data Analytics Team
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 538,925 liberal arts / sciences & humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In , liberal arts / sciences & humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $28,316 and had an average of $15,943 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 5,827 liberal arts / sciences & humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,244 and $15,448 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 liberal arts / sciences & humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $46,701 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts / sciences & humanities. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in liberal arts / sciences & humanities.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi”.
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Alcorn State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi. This small school is located in Cleveland, Mississippi, and it awarded 5 masters’s liberal arts / sciences & humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi list. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s liberal arts / sciences & humanities degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Mississippi College Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 58 masters’s liberal arts / sciences & humanities degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Mississippi State Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report
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