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2023 Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$44,665 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Social Work Master's Degree School for You

Social Work is the #13 most popular major in Mississippi with 595 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Mississippi to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for social work students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Social Work Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Social Work Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Social Work

Our 2023 rankings named University of Southern Mississippi the best value school in Mississippi for social work students working on their master’s degree. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Southern Miss are $9,204 per year.

Read full report on Social Work at University of Southern Mississippi

The excellent master’s degree programs at Jackson State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value social work schools in Mississippi. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Jackson State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Jackson State are $8,445 a year.

Read full report on Social Work at Jackson State University

Best Value Social Work Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 753
Virginia 1,010
North Carolina 1,757
Florida 1,569
Tennessee 1,237
Kentucky 1,510
South Carolina 383
Louisiana 859
Arkansas 405
Alabama 1,173
West Virginia 316

Social Work is one of 5 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Public Administration 16,905
Human Services 13,238
Public Policy 6,430
Community Organization & Advocacy 3,096
Other Public Administration 588

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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 Army Medicine.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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