2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

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Public Administration is the 47th most popular major in the country with 17,269 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Mississippi, there were 83 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 64 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in public administration. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality public administration programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the public administration program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Mississippi

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi 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 masters’s public admin degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State are $23,950.

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#2

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Belhaven University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. Belhaven is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 masters’s public admin degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Belhaven, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Belhaven are $10,800.

Read full report on Public Administration at Belhaven

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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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