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2023 Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,871 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$99,011 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Nursing Graduate Certificate School for You

Nursing is one of the most popular subjects to study in Mississippi. With 262 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 6th out of all the majors we track in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. 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.

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 Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Nursing Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Nursing

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Mississippi. Located in the remote town of University, Ole Miss is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ole Miss are $9,048 per year.

Ole Miss also took the #1 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.

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#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

Out of the 3 schools in Mississippi that were part of this year’s ranking, Delta State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Delta State University is a small public school located in the remote town of Cleveland.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Delta State University are $8,360 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Delta State University is ranked #2 for overall quality for nursing in Mississippi.

Read full report on Nursing at Delta State University

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Southern Mississippi helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Mississippi. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year. On average, nursing graduates from Southern Miss take out $19,246 in student loans while working on their Graduate Certificate.

Southern Miss also took the #5 spot in our Best Nursing Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi rankings.

Full Nursing at University of Southern Mississippi Report

Best Value Nursing Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 1,110
Florida 3,074
Georgia 1,685
North Carolina 1,399
Tennessee 1,589
Kentucky 2,017
Louisiana 520
Alabama 2,641
South Carolina 468
Arkansas 299
West Virginia 184

One of 29 majors within the area of study, nursing has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952

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 Aleksahgabrielle.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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