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2023 Best Value Engineering Master's Degree Schools in Mississippi

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,904 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$85,090 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Engineering Master's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, engineering students earned 178 degrees and certificates from a Mississippi school, making the subject the 7th in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Engineering Master's Degree 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 master's degree programs for engineering students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for engineering majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Engineering

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ole Miss are $9,048 a year.

Ole Miss did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list.

Full Engineering at University of Mississippi Report

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Mississippi State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Mississippi State.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mississippi State are $9,220 a year.

Mississippi State also made our Best Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Jackson State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi list. Jackson State is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Jackson.

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

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Best Value Engineering Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 2,629
North Carolina 1,668
Virginia 1,286
Tennessee 508
Georgia 1,617
West Virginia 158
Louisiana 293
South Carolina 617
Kentucky 281
Arkansas 193
Alabama 914

Engineering Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Electrical Engineering 11,021
Mechanical Engineering 9,007
Civil Engineering 6,042
Computer Engineering 5,557
Biomedical Engineering 4,252
General Engineering 3,548
Systems Engineering 3,068
Industrial Engineering 3,028
Chemical Engineering 2,662
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 2,375
Other Engineering 1,820
Materials Engineering 1,810
Operations Research 1,191
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 928
Environmental Engineering 919
Robotics Engineering 560
Engineering Science 451
Nuclear Engineering 437
Manufacturing Engineering 423
Petroleum Engineering 401
Agricultural Engineering 332
Construction Engineering 288
Engineering Physics 286
Architectural Engineering 243
Geoscience Engineering 173
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 167
Engineering Mechanics 144
Mining Engineering 132
Ocean Engineering 112
Textile Engineering 96
Biological Engineering 80
Energy Systems Engineering 79
Marine Engineering 44
Metallurgical Engineering 40
Biochemical Engineering 21
Ceramic Engineering 20
Electromechanical Engineering 16
Surveying Engineering 11
Paper Science & Engineering 7

Related Major Annual Graduates
Computer & Information Sciences 60,971
Biological & Biomedical Sciences 28,851
Mathematics & Statistics 15,127
Physical Sciences 12,705
Engineering Technologies 7,672

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 Petty Officer 3rd Class Declan Barnes.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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