2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Public Administration is the 58th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 83 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $64,837 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration 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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The public admin 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 Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

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

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$34,908 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration 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 Mississippi State University are $23,950.

Read full report on Public Administration at Mississippi State

#2

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,721 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 47 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Belhaven also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belhaven are $10,800, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at Belhaven

#3

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$31,133 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 5 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our mississippi master’s degree public admin students with aid list, Jackson State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Public Administration at Jackson State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration (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.

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