2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Mississippi

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 183,889 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, psychology is the 7th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,496 and had an average of $36,227 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 1,078 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,500 and $35,436 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in psychology. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great psychology programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Psychology in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s psychology degrees to qualified students.

Mississippi State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Psychology at Mississippi State University

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 23 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Psychology at Southern Miss

#3

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$11,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #3 spot on the list. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 16 masters’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at William Carey University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at William Carey University are $11,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Psychology at William Carey University

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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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