2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Mississippi

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With 107,165 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, general biology is the 5th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, general biology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $28,334 and had an average of $23,818 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 1,380 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,388 and $24,123 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 213 general biology graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general biology. That schools that top this list have a program in general biology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi”.

Top 7 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in Mississippi

1

Mississippi College
Clinton, Mississippi

#3 overall quality in Mississippi

$21,257 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi list. Mississippi College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 144 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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2

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, Mississippi

#22 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s biology students in 2020-2021.

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3

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#4 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend William Carey University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi list. William Carey University is a medium-sized school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 16 masters’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.

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4

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 13 masters’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jackson State General Biology Report

5

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

$49,179 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 20 masters’s biology degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mississippi State University General Biology Report

6

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi ranking. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s biology degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Southern Mississippi General Biology Report

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University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

University of Mississippi ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Biology Major in Mississippi list. Located in University, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s biology students in 2020-2021.

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

Read more about General Biology at Ole Miss

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology in the Southeast Region
• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Biology

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.