2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 56,762 social work students received their degree, making the major the 8th most popular in the country.

Across Mississippi, there were 580 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 2 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $65,708 and $105,501 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent social work programs, but they also 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi

#1

Jackson State University

Jackson, Mississippi

#1 in overall quality

$9,445 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Jackson State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Social Work Schools for a Doctorate in Mississippi list. Jackson State University is located in Jackson, Mississippi and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s social work degrees to qualified students.

Jackson State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Social Work Doctor’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Jackson State are $9,445, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Social Work at Jackson State

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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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