2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 134,326 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, general psychology is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, general psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,999 and had an average of $26,247 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 925 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,733 and $30,812 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 29 general psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in Mississippi

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$71,486 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 17 doctorate’s psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our mississippi doctor’s degree psychology students list, Southern Miss has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Southern Miss are $10,896, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Psychology at University of Southern Mississippi

#2

University of Mississippi

University, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$25,099 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi list. University of Mississippi is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ole Miss, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Mississippi are $25,099, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Ole Miss General Psychology Report

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s psychology degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Psychology at Mississippi State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Psychology

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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