by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 49,282 people earned their degree in political science and government, making the major the 20th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, political science and government graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,387 and had an average of $23,175 in loans still to pay off.
Across Mississippi, there were 294 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,528 and $24,750 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 12 political science and government graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in political science and government. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in political science and government.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree political science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 5 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Jackson State University is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Mississippi landed the #3 spot on the list. Ole Miss is a public institution located in University, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s 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.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s political science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Political Science Major in Mississippi list. This small school is located in Clinton, Mississippi, and it awarded 16 masters’s political science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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