2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

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Social Work is the 12th most popular major in the country with 57,618 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, social work graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $36,459 and had an average of $30,084 in loans still to pay off.

Across Mississippi, there were 580 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $26,963 and $26,044 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 100 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,447 and $43,355 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in social work. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great social work programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the social work 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 Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi (With Aid)

#1

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

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 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Miss, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,815 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi For Those Getting Aid list. This medium-sized school is located in Jackson, Mississippi, and it awarded 54 masters’s social work degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Jackson State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State University are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work (With Aid)

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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