2024 Best Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in economics, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #15 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of economics. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 49 bachelor's degrees in economics during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

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 economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other economics students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• 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 much debt economics students go into to obtain their bachelor'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 economics related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Economics Schools

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

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Economics in Mississippi

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Bachelor's in Economics

1

University of Mississippi
University, MS

11 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Mississippi if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in economics. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in economics from University of Mississippi

2

Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS

19 Annual Graduates

Tougaloo College is a wonderful decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in economics. Located in the medium-sized city of Tougaloo, Tougaloo is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in economics from Tougaloo College

Best Economics Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	225	1,333
Georgia	224	519
Tennessee	220	365
North Carolina	213	1,058
Virginia	213	1,201
South Carolina	195	287
Kentucky	187	202
Alabama	184	69
Louisiana	171	189
Arkansas	167	89
West Virginia	147	34

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Rankings in Majors Related to Economics

Economics is one of 13 different types of Social Sciences programs to choose from.

Economics Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
General Economics	49

Majors Similar to Economics

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government	268
Sociology	94
International Relations & National Security	58
Anthropology	39
General Social Sciences	34
Geography & Cartography	11

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 pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.