by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Nursing is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 3rd of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 322,592 degrees were awarded to students with this major. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 2,838 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $64,912 and $20,448 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 175 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree nursing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi University for Women. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 33 students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, William Carey University landed the #2 spot on the list. William Carey University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 24 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s nursing degrees to 45 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi list. This large school is located in University, Mississippi, and it awarded 62 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Alcorn State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi. Located in Alcorn State, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 6 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
Delta State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi ranking. Delta State University is a small public school situated in Cleveland, Mississippi. It awarded 5 masters’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Mississippi College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Mississippi ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Clinton, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 127 diplomas to qualified masters’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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