2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Italy

With all of the options international students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our Best Value Colleges for Italian Students in Mississippi ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 2 schools in Mississippi, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Italian students in Mississippi. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Value Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Italy

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

$11,204 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.2% International Students

Our analysis found University of Southern Mississippi to be the best affordable school for Italian students in Mississippi in this year’s ranking. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, the fairly large public school awarded 2,647 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 2.2% of the total student population at the school is international. The top three countries sending students to study at Southern Miss are India, Nepal, and China. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Southern Miss runs, on average, about $11,204. Graduate students pay around $11,204 a year in average tuition and fees.

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

$24,900 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.2% International Students

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4,575 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 3.2% are international. Students studying at Mississippi State come from such countries as India, China, and Nepal. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Mississippi State runs, on average, about $24,900. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $24,900 per year.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.