2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Mississippi (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Education is the 35th most popular major in the country with 29,936 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $47,138 and had an average of $29,674 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 270 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $64,355 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 53 general education graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general education. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general education programs, but they also 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 general education program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. Ole Miss is located in University, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 doctorate’s education degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$8,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Delta State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. Cleveland, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s education degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delta State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Delta State University are $8,121.

Read more about General Education at Delta State University

#3

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$67,660 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Education Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 12 doctorate’s education degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Education Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Education (With Aid)

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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