by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Elementary Education is the 17th most popular major in the country with 43,003 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Mississippi, there were 1,128 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 145 elementary education graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in elementary education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in elementary education.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Carey University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s. William Carey University is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 59 masters’s elementary teaching degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Delta State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Cleveland, Mississippi, and it awarded 54 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi College landed the #3 spot on the list. MC is a private not-for-profit institution located in Clinton, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 21 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. Mississippi State is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 7 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Elementary Education at Mississippi State
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Blue Mountain College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Blue Mountain, Mississippi, and it awarded 4 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Elementary Education at Blue Mountain College
With a ranking of #6, Belhaven University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. This small school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 4 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
With a ranking of #6, Jackson State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 52 masters’s elementary teaching degrees in 2020-2021.
Alcorn State University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified masters’s elementary teaching students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Elementary Education at Alcorn State University
Mississippi Valley State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Elementary Teaching Major in Mississippi for a Master’s ranking. Itta Bena, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s elementary teaching degrees to 16 students in 2020-2021.
Full Mississippi Valley State University Elementary Education Report
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