2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi

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In 2020-2021, 66,787 communication and media studies students received their degree, making the major the 10th most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, communication and media studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,115 and had an average of $25,414 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 307 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,821 and $28,496 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 communication and media studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in communication and media studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their communication and media studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Communication & Media Studies in Mississippi

1

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 #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi. Jackson State is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 3 masters’s communications degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jackson State Communication & Media Studies Report

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. University of Southern Mississippi is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Southern Miss

3

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Communications Major in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 163 masters’s communications degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about Communication & Media Studies at Mississippi State

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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

• *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.

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