2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices
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.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Mississippi to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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Top Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi
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Our 2023 rankings named University of Mississippi the best value school in Mississippi for nursing students working on their graduate certificate. Located in University, Mississippi, the large public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualifed graduate certificate students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Ole Miss are $25,892 a year.
You may have the opportunity to take online graduate classes at Ole Miss. During the 2019-2020 year, about 24% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Ole Miss is ranked #1 for overall quality in Mississippi.
Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s value ranking, Delta State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in Cleveland, Mississippi, the small public school handed out 1 graduate certificate awards in 2020-2021.
Delta State University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in tuition and fees each year.
Online graduate courses are available at Delta State University, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 97% took at least some of their classes online.
Delta State University also took the #2 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.
A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Southern Mississippi is a great place for nursing students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out graduate certificates to 18 students in 2020-2021.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Southern Miss are $11,204 a year. On average, graduate certificate students take out $19,246 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online graduate classes at Southern Miss. Of all the graduate students enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 86% took at least some of their classes online.
Southern Miss also took the #3 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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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