2024 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a doctor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for health professions students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 656 doctor's degrees in health professions during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of health professions for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality health professions program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health professions students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in Mississippi

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

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

413 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat University of Mississippi if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Ole Miss is a very large public university located in the town of University.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Mississippi

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a wonderful option for students interested in a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Southern Mississippi

3

Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in health professions needs to look into Mississippi University for Women. MUW is a small public university located in the town of Columbus.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Mississippi University for Women

4

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

3 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in health professions has to check out Delta State University. Delta State University is a small public university located in the remote town of Cleveland.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Delta State University

5

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

182 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Hattiesburg, William Carey University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from William Carey University

5

Jackson State University
Jackson, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Jackson State is a medium-sized public university located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Jackson State University

6

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

Alcorn State is a small public university located in the rural area of Alcorn State.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Alcorn State University

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	3,725
Virginia	29	2,730
Georgia	28	2,018
South Carolina	28	1,055
North Carolina	26	2,134
Kentucky	26	1,505
Alabama	25	1,504
Tennessee	25	2,261
Louisiana	25	1,094
Arkansas	23	779
West Virginia	20	776

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	228
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	184
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	113
Nursing	50
Dentistry	35
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	15
Communication Sciences	11
Health & Medical Administrative Services	10
Public Health	10

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.