2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Engineering is the 78th most popular major in the country with 11,925 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general engineering graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $66,152 and had an average of $20,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 195 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $10,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general engineering. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general engineering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general engineering program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 14 diplomas to qualified masters’s engineering students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950.

Read full report on General Engineering at Mississippi State University

#2

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jackson State is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 8 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

Jackson State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Jackson State General Engineering Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (Income $30-$48k)

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 Rémi Kaupp.

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