2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 57,618 people earned their degree in social work, making the major the 12th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 580 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,963 and $26,044 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the social work program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree social work students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 46 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896.

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#2

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,815 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $0-$30k list. Jackson State University is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 54 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also made our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $0-$30k)

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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