2022 Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Public Relations is the 136th most popular major in the country with 5,347 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Mississippi, there were 21 public relations graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in public relations. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent public relations programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the public relations program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Public Relations in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

$38,730 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best Public Relations Schools in Mississippi” ranking. It costs about $14,923 for mississippi pr students with aid per year to attend University of Southern Mississippi.

Read more about Public Relations at Southern Miss

#2

Mississippi College

Clinton, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$17,186 Average Net Price

$40,995 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value PR Schools in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. MC is a small school located in Clinton, Mississippi that handed out 4 ’s PR degrees in 2019-2020.

MC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Relations Schools in Mississippi” list. The yearly cost to attend MC is $17,186 for Mississippi PR students with aid.

Read full report on Public Relations at MC

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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 Bill Koplitz.

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