by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 266,651 registered nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country.
Across Mississippi, there were 2,590 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,307 registered nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,502 and $27,577 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in registered nursing. That schools that top this list have a program in registered nursing in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi” list to help you make the college decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi”.
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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, this small public school handed out 441 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Carey University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 145 degrees to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi list. Clinton, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to 127 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi list. Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 203 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees to qualified students.
Read more about Registered Nursing at University of Southern Mississippi
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Delta State University landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Cleveland, Mississippi, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
University of Mississippi ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 292 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Alcorn State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi list. Alcorn State University is a small school located in Alcorn State, Mississippi that handed out 29 bachelors’s registered nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, Belhaven University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Registered Nursing Major in Mississippi list. Located in Jackson, Mississippi, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 25 degrees to qualified bachelors’s registered nursing students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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