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2023 Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$9,398 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$89,269 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate School for You

Health Professions is one of the most popular subjects to study in Mississippi. With 1,223 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Mississippi to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for health professions 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. 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 Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for health professions majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Mississippi Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Health Professions

#1

University of Mississippi

University, MS

Our analysis found University of Mississippi to be the best value school for health professions students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Mississippi. Ole Miss is a fairly large public school located in the town of University.

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

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

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#2

Delta State University

Cleveland, MS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Delta State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value health professions schools in Mississippi. Located in the remote town of Cleveland, Delta State University is a public college with a small student population.

Delta State University graduate students pay an average of $8,360 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Delta State University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Southern Miss is a fairly large public school located in the city of Hattiesburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Southern Miss are $9,204 a year.

Southern Miss not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #5 on our Best Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list.

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#4

Belhaven University

Jackson, MS

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Belhaven University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Health Professions Graduate Certificate Schools in Mississippi list. Located in the midsize city of Jackson, Belhaven is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Belhaven are $10,980 a year.

Full Health Professions at Belhaven University Report

Best Value Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 11,386
North Carolina 5,768
Virginia 6,980
Tennessee 5,227
Georgia 5,701
West Virginia 1,503
Louisiana 2,725
South Carolina 2,216
Kentucky 4,192
Arkansas 1,559
Alabama 4,979

Health Professions Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Nursing 66,964
Medicine 28,629
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 24,774
Public Health 19,473
Health & Medical Administrative Services 17,335
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 16,952
Mental & Social Health Services 16,815
Allied Health Professions 12,950
Communication Sciences 10,547
Dentistry 6,770
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 4,684
Chiropractic 2,658
Alternative Medicine & Systems 2,582
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 2,481
Optometry 1,822
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 1,762
Medical Illustration & Informatics 1,747
Health Sciences & Services 1,746
Other Health Professions 1,261
Health/Medical Prep Programs 1,122
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 954
Medical Science 909
Allied Health & Medical Assisting Services 462
Dental Support Services 122
Alternative Medical Support Services 80
Movement & Mind-Body Therapies 55
Energy & Biologically Based Therapies 37
Ophthalmic & Optometric Support Services 11
Practical Nursing & Nursing Assistants 4

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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