2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 41,651 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 654 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,783 and $21,684 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 20 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in human development and family studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human development and family studies programs and 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 human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Mississippi State

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #2 spot on the list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 12 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Southern Miss

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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