2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Communication & Media Studies is the 74th most popular major in the country with 10,951 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Mississippi, there were 80 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great communication and media studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the communication and media studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Mississippi

#1

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$14,484 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 32 bachelors’s media studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. It costs about $14,484 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend Jackson State University.

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#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$17,186 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #2 spot on the list. MC is located in Clinton, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s media studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our mississippi bachelor’s degree media studies students list, MC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. It costs about $17,186 for mississippi bachelor’s degree media studies students per year to attend MC.

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#3

William Carey University

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$13,000 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Media Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s media studies students in 2019-2020.

William Carey University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. It costs about $13,000 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Media Studies students per year to attend William Carey University.

Read full report on Communication & Media Studies at William Carey University

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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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to UNU-WIDER from Helsinki, Finland.

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