2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Public Administration in Mississippi

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 17,269 people earned their degree in public administration, making the major the 58th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, public administration graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $48,859 and had an average of $42,077 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 83 public administration graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,300 and $64,837 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.

This year’s “Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in public administration. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great public administration programs and cost less that 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for mississippi master’s degree public admin students.

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

$34,908 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Public Admin Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 10 masters’s public admin degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Public Administration at Mississippi State

#2

Belhaven University

Jackson, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,721 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 a private not-for-profit institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 47 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Belhaven not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Public Administration Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Belhaven are $10,800, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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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