2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Mississippi (With Aid)

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Social Sciences is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 5th of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 205,726 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2017-2018, social sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $34,801 and had an average of $23,466 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 654 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,733 and $27,359 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 40 social sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social sciences 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 social sciences 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 Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Sciences in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social sciences degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Ole Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Ole Miss are $25,099, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 15 masters’s social sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Sciences 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 more about Social Sciences at Mississippi State

#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Social Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #0 spot in our “Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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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