2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Mississippi

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In 2020-2021, 22,778 people earned their degree in general public health, making the major the 39th most popular in the United States.

Across Mississippi, there were 134 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 65 general public health graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general public health. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general public health.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi”.

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Public Health in Mississippi

1

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, Mississippi

#6 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbus, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s general public health degrees to 12 students in 2020-2021.

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2

Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi list. Jackson State University is a medium-sized school located in Jackson, Mississippi that handed out 17 masters’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on General Public Health Major in Mississippi. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 36 masters’s general public health degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about General Public Health at University of Southern Mississippi

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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