2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

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 “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.

With 365,980 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts is the 2nd most popular major in the United States.

Across Mississippi, there were 1,675 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 179 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,851 and $25,430 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$14,923 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi list. Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, this fairly large public school awarded 105 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

Southern Miss also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for Mississippi Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Southern Miss

#2

Mississippi University for Women

Columbus, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$12,054 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi University for Women landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Columbus, Mississippi, this small public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified bachelors’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

MUW also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi University for Women is $12,054 for mississippi bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

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#3

Alcorn State University

Alcorn State, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$14,836 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Alcorn State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Mississippi list. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 62 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Alcorn State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Alcorn State University is $14,836 for mississippi bachelor’s degree liberal studies students.

Full Alcorn State University Liberal Arts Report

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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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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