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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$9,048 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$53,732 Avg Salary

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

Social Sciences is the #13 most popular major in Mississippi with 722 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Social Sciences Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Social Sciences Master's Degree School

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our 2023 rankings named University of Mississippi the best value school in Mississippi for social sciences students working on their master’s degree. Ole Miss is a very large public school located in the town of University.

Ole Miss graduate students pay an average of $9,048 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Ole Miss also made our Best Social Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #1.

Read full report on Social Sciences at University of Mississippi

Best Value Social Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 5,208
West Virginia 788
Florida 8,162
Virginia 7,636
Arkansas 897
South Carolina 1,876
Tennessee 2,210
Louisiana 1,534
Alabama 1,640
Kentucky 1,344
Georgia 3,932

Social Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Political Science & Government 49,282
Economics 49,055
Sociology 38,475
General Social Sciences 18,997
International Relations & National Security 14,306
Anthropology 11,415
Criminology 11,039
Geography & Cartography 8,526
Other Social Sciences 2,414
Urban Studies 1,507
Sociology & Anthropology 541
Archeology 339
Demography & Population Studies 88

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school 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 AndrГ© KГјnzelmann.

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