2022 Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

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 Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Community College Education is the 713th most popular major in the country with 309 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 108 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 80 community college education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in community college education. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality community college education programs that also have a lower cost than 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 community college education program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Community College Education in the Southeast Region

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s community college administration degrees to 56 students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Community College Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Community College Education at Mississippi State

#2

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$7,290 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Best Value Community College Administration Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 24 diplomas to qualified masters’s community college administration students in 2019-2020.

Alcorn State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Community College Education Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Alcorn State are $7,290.

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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.

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