2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Jamaica

When pursuing a degree in today's world, international students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its Best Value Colleges for Jamaican Students in Mississippi ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for Jamaican students in Mississippi. To come up with this ranking, we look at a number of factors that are all objective measurements. These factors include the school's overall value as determined by our Best Colleges for the Money ranking and the percentage of international students on campus.

See what other factors we include in our ranking methodology.

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Top Value Colleges in Mississippi for Students from Jamaica

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS

$8,176 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

4.3% International Students

Our analysis found Alcorn State University to be the best affordable school for Jamaican students in Mississippi in this year’s ranking. Alcorn State is a public institution located in Alcorn State, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 565 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 4.3% of the total student population at the school is international. Students studying at Alcorn State come from such countries as India, Nigeria, and Jamaica. International students at Alcorn State can expect to pay, on average, about $8,176 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $8,395 per year.

Full Alcorn State University Report

2

Mississippi Valley State University
Itta Bena, MS

$7,068 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi Valley State University. The school came in at #2 in this year’s ranking. Mississippi Valley State University is a small public school located in Itta Bena, Mississippi that handed out 286 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students studying at Mississippi Valley State University come from such countries as Kazakhstan, Nigeria, and Jamaica. International students at Mississippi Valley State University can expect to pay, on average, about $7,068 a year to attend the school. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $7,902 per year.

Full Mississippi Valley State University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.