2024 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Public Health is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #28 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for public health students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 116 bachelor's degrees in public health during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to public health students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of public health students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for public health to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized public health related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for public health students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Public Health Schools

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 Best Public Health Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

 

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Public Health in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in public health.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Public Health

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

59 Annual Graduates

$28,418 Median Starting Salary

$28,375 Median Student Debt

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in public health needs to look into University of Southern Mississippi. Southern Miss is a large public university located in the city of Hattiesburg.

Public Health bachelor's degree recipients from University of Southern Mississippi earn a boost of around $3,845 over the typical income of public health majors.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from University of Southern Mississippi

2

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS

55 Annual Graduates

$20,729 Median Starting Salary

$28,000 Median Student Debt

It's difficult to beat Mississippi University for Women if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in public health. Located in the remote town of Columbus, MUW is a public university with a small student population.

Soon after graduating, public health bachelor's recipients generally earn around $20,729 at the beginning of their careers.

More information about a bachelor’s in public health from Mississippi University for Women

Best Public Health Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Public Health Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1,032
Georgia	224	553
Tennessee	220	132
North Carolina	213	913
Virginia	213	355
South Carolina	195	778
Kentucky	187	243
Alabama	184	313
Louisiana	171	154
Arkansas	167	174
West Virginia	147	186

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Rankings in Majors Related to Public Health

One of 34 majors within the Health Professions area of study, Public Health has other similar majors worth exploring.

Public Health Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Public Health	59
Public Health Education and Promotion	55
Environmental Health	2

Majors Similar to Public Health

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Nursing	1,307
Communication Sciences	198
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	109
Health & Medical Administrative Services	108
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services	74
Health Sciences & Services	56
Allied Health Professions	51
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science	48
Dental Support Services	20
Other Health Professions	19

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Article 25 Flickr. More about our data sources and methodologies.