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2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,124 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,668 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Journalism School for You

With 125 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, journalism is the #57 most popular major in Mississippi.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Journalism Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value programs for journalism students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Journalism Schools in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Journalism Colleges.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality in Journalism

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS
$9,044 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the best value school for journalism students who want to pursue a degree in Mississippi. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Ole Miss undergraduate students pay an average of $9,044 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Journalism majors at Ole Miss take out an average of $26,499 in student loans while working on their egree.

Ole Miss also took the #1 spot in our Best Journalism Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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$9,204 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Southern Mississippi landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year.

Read full report on Journalism at University of Southern Mississippi

#3

Rust College

Holly Springs, MS
$9,900 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Rust College is a great value for journalism students. Located in the town of Holly Springs, Rust College is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

Rust College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,900 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Journalism majors at Rust College take out an average of $28,954 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full Journalism at Rust College Report

Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Journalism Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 676
Virginia 141
North Carolina 133
Florida 353
Tennessee 301
Kentucky 181
South Carolina 110
Louisiana 54
Arkansas 266
Alabama 236
West Virginia 211

Journalism is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Communication & Media Studies 66,787
Public Relations & Advertising 21,099
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 17,669
Communication & Journalism (Other) 1,128
Publishing 336

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jfurrer.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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