2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General History in Mississippi

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 31,397 people earned their degree in general history, making the major the 23rd most popular in the United States.

Across Mississippi, there were 231 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 general history graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,513 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in general history. To top this list, a school must have a successful general history program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate”.

Top 3 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General History in Mississippi

1

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s general history degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General History at Mississippi State

2

University of Mississippi
University, Mississippi

#2 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate list. Ole Miss is a large school located in University, Mississippi that handed out 1 doctorate’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about General History at Ole Miss

2

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#5 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended General History Major in Mississippi for a Doctorate list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school situated in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It awarded 1 doctorate’s general history degrees in 2020-2021.

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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.