2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 56,762 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, social work is the 8th most popular major in the United States.

Across Mississippi, there were 580 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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 $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social work. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality social work programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work 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 Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 46 masters’s social work degrees to qualified students.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k. Jackson State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Jackson, Mississippi. It awarded 54 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (Income $30-$48k)

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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