by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
With 57,401 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, social work is the 9th most popular major in the United States.
Across Mississippi, there were 595 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 137 social work graduates with average earnings and debt of $48,248 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in social work. To top this list, a school must have a successful social work program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s”.
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 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s. Jackson State University is a public institution located in Jackson, Mississippi. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 77 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s list. Southern Miss is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 60 masters’s social work degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Social Work Major in Mississippi for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s social work degrees to 37 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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