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2023 Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

5 Schools Ranked
$6,002 Avg Tuition & Fees*

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for nursing students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school or bootcamp to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Nursing Degree Search has created the Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 5 schools in Mississippi to see which ones offered the best value basic certificate programs for nursing 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.

Top Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi

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13 Total Awards
$6,080 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Southwest Mississippi Community College the best value school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their basic certificate. Southwest Mississippi Community College is a small public school located in Summit, Mississippi that handed out 13 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SMCC are $6,080 per year.

SMCC does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 64% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

SMCC not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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#2

Northwest Mississippi Community College

Senatobia, Mississippi
90 Total Awards
$5,830 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northwest Mississippi Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Senatobia, Mississippi is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out basic certificates to 90 students in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at NWCC are $5,830 a year.

Online courses are available at NWCC, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 40% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

NWCC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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#3

Meridian Community College

Meridian, Mississippi
23 Total Awards
$5,428 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at Meridian Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Mississippi. Located in Meridian, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 23 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.

MCC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,428 in tuition and fees each year.

Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at MCC. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 38% took at least some of their classes online.

MCC also took the #4 spot in our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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#3

Hinds Community College

Raymond, Mississippi
15 Total Awards
$6,800 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent basic certificate programs at Hinds Community College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Mississippi. Located in Raymond, Mississippi, the fairly large public school handed out 15 basic certificate awards in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Hinds Community College are $6,800 a year.

If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since Hinds Community College does offer online classes for certain majors. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 52% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Hinds Community College did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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#5

Jones County Junior College

Ellisville, Mississippi
45 Total Awards
$5,870 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Jones County Junior College is a great place for nursing students working on their basic certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Jones County Junior College is a public institution located in Ellisville, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 45 basic certificates in 2020-2021.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Jones County Junior College are $5,870 a year.

Online courses are available at Jones County Junior College, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 52% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Jones County Junior College also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Basic Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 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.

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