2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Mexico

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 Mexican Students in Mississippi ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

After analyzing 3 schools in Mississippi, we came up with our list of those that offered the best educational experiences for Mexican students in Mississippi. Our ranking is based on several objective factors, including the school's overall value and the total number of international students at the school. We steer clear of subjective measures since they don't give a clear picture when determining how one school compares to another.

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Top Value Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Mexico

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 2021 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the best affordable school for Mexican students in Mississippi working on their bachelor’s degree. This fairly large public school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 2,647 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.2% are international. Students from as far away as India, Nepal, and China come to Southern Miss to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at Southern Miss is about $11,204 a year, on average. Graduate students pay around $11,204 a year in average tuition and fees.

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2

University of Mississippi
University, MS

$25,886 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.2% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at University of Mississippi helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Mexican students in Mississippi. University of Mississippi is a large public school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 4,480 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 3.2% are international. The top three countries sending students to study at Ole Miss are India, China, and Nepal. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at Ole Miss runs, on average, about $25,886. Graduate students pay around $25,892 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS

$24,900 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

3.2% International Students

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Mississippi State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best schools for Mexican students in Mississippi. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4,575 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.

Around 3.2% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Mississippi State come from such countries as India, China, and Nepal. International students at Mississippi State can expect to pay, on average, about $24,900 a year to attend the school. 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 3 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.