2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi

#1

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$33,815 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi. Jackson, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our mississippi master’s degree social work students list, Jackson State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Social Work 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 Jackson State University are $9,445.

Read full report on Social Work at Jackson State

#2

University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, Mississippi

#2 in overall quality

$10,896 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$37,856 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Master’s in Mississippi list. 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.

Southern Miss not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern Mississippi are $10,896, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Southern Mississippi Social Work Report

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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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