2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Social Work is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 9th of all the majors we analyze. In 2020-2021, 57,401 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Mississippi, there were 595 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 $73,513 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in social work. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their social work program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Social Work in Mississippi

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Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi

#14 overall quality in Mississippi

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Jackson State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Jackson State University is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Jackson State Social Work Report

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Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

#1 overall quality in Mississippi

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Social Work Major in Mississippi. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 37 doctorate’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read full report on Social Work at Mississippi 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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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