Jackson State University
Jackson, Mississippi · Public
Graduate earnings
20of 21 assessed undergraduate programs
have graduates earning more than a typical Mississippi high-school graduate (about $30,928 a year). 1 falls short.
21 of 42 undergraduate programs could be assessed. The other 21: 20 with no earnings published and 1 with nothing reported. 1 verdict uses 1-year earnings, an earlier career stage. The 45 graduate programs are in the table.
Average net price, all families$23,836 a year By family income
What it would cost
Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, as reported for students who received federal aid.
Average for all families
$23,836 a year
About $95,344 over 4 years, if price and aid stay the same.
This multiplies the reported yearly net price by the years you choose. It is not a quote or a prediction: it leaves out interest, price rises and the chance of taking longer to finish.
Net price for every income band
| Family income | Net price per year |
|---|---|
| Under $30k | $22,869 |
| $30k to $48k | $22,516 |
| $48k to $75k | $26,236 |
| $75k to $110k | $26,388 |
| $110k and up | $27,576 |
| All families (average) | $23,836 |
College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Bands with no figure were not reported by the school.
Program earnings
Median earnings of each program’s graduates against a typical Mississippi high-school graduate ($30,928 a year).
32 of 87 programs could be assessed 37% have an earnings verdict
| Program | Degree | Median earnings | vs a high-school grad | Verdict | Median debt | Debt as years of gain | Recent completers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education (by level) | Master's Degree | $46,522 | +$15,594 | above HS line | $47,735 | 3.1 yrs | 167 |
| Biology | Bachelor's Degree | $38,027 | +$7,099 | clears the bar | $27,532 | 3.9 yrs | 99 |
| Education | Graduate/Professional Certificate | $51,856 | +$20,928 | above HS line | $78,134 | 3.7 yrs | 76 |
| Social Work | Bachelor's Degree | $41,566 | +$10,638 | clears the bar | $29,500 | 2.8 yrs | 62 |
| Education, Other | Bachelor's Degree | $36,481 | +$5,553 | clears the bar | $36,000 | 6.5 yrs | 55 |
| Criminal Justice | Bachelor's Degree | $46,799 | +$15,871 | clears the bar | $29,267 | 1.8 yrs | 55 |
| Business Administration | Master's Degree | $76,656 | +$45,728 | above HS line | $39,564 | 0.9 yrs | 55 |
| Healthcare Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $45,308 | +$14,380 | clears the bar | $35,070 | 2.4 yrs | 48 |
| Social Work | Master's Degree | $48,920 | +$17,992 | above HS line | $61,500 | 3.4 yrs | 47 |
| Business Administration | Bachelor's Degree | $50,246 | +$19,318 | clears the bar | $30,000 | 1.6 yrs | 47 |
| Communications and Media | Bachelor's Degree | $46,472 | +$15,544 | clears the bar | $28,250 | 1.8 yrs | 42 |
| Psychology | Bachelor's Degree | $44,881 | +$13,953 | clears the bar | $28,350 | 2.0 yrs | 35 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Bachelor's Degree | $40,365 | +$9,437 | clears the bar | $25,823 | 2.7 yrs | 31 |
| Accounting | Bachelor's Degree | $59,996 | +$29,068 | clears the bar | $25,000 | 0.9 yrs | 29 |
| Public Health | Master's Degree | $57,970 | +$27,042 | above HS line | $51,250 | 1.9 yrs | 28 |
| Student Counseling and Personnel Services | Master's Degree | $58,096 | +$27,168 | above HS line | $71,750 | 2.6 yrs | 26 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Bachelor's Degree | $56,747 | +$25,819 | clears the bar | $30,500 | 1.2 yrs | 26 |
| Educational Administration | Doctoral Degree | $70,684 | +$39,756 | above HS line | $70,935 | 1.8 yrs | 22 |
| Computer Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $89,702 | +$58,774 | clears the bar | $26,320 | 0.4 yrs | 22 |
| Liberal Arts and General Studies | Bachelor's Degree | $42,260 | +$11,332 | clears the bar | $27,585 | 2.4 yrs | 21 |
| Communication Disorders | Master's Degree | $60,039 | +$29,111 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 19 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians | Bachelor's Degree | $52,107 | +$21,179 | clears the bar | $28,687 | 1.4 yrs | 16 |
| Communication Disorders | Bachelor's Degree | $17,8581-year earnings | -$13,070 | falls short (1-yr) | $22,500 | no earnings gain | 16 |
| Kinesiology and Physical Education | Master's Degree | $36,1041-year earnings | +$5,176 | above HS line (1-yr) | $46,125 | 8.9 yrs | 15 |
| Civil Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | $78,824 | +$47,896 | clears the bar | $29,000 | 0.6 yrs | 14 |
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | Bachelor's Degree | $33,213 | +$2,285 | clears the bar | $30,495 | 13.3 yrs | 11 |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations | Bachelor's Degree | $45,707 | +$14,779 | clears the bar | $31,125 | 2.1 yrs | 8 |
| Teacher Education (by subject) | Master's Degree | $49,499 | +$18,571 | above HS line | $51,250 | 2.8 yrs | 7 |
| Finance | Bachelor's Degree | $37,959 | +$7,031 | clears the bar | $26,000 | 3.7 yrs | 7 |
| Accounting | Master's Degree | $59,254 | +$28,326 | above HS line | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Computer Science | Bachelor's Degree | $90,577 | +$59,649 | clears the bar | $28,001 | 0.5 yrs | not published |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General | Bachelor's Degree | $49,299 | +$18,371 | clears the bar | $31,250 | 1.7 yrs | not published |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 80 |
| Computer and Information Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 26 |
| Political Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $27,000 | not assessed | 17 |
| Marketing | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 13 |
| Education, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Electrical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Public Health | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 12 |
| Chemistry | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 10 |
| Computer and Information Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| History | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 9 |
| Educational Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Clinical and Counseling Psychology | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 8 |
| Music | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 6 |
| Teacher Education (by level) | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Physics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Public Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 5 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Communications and Media | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 4 |
| Engineering, General | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Engineering, Other | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| English | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Mathematics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Chemistry | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Public Administration | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Sociology | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Sociology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 3 |
| Physical and Occupational Therapy | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | $68,880 | not assessed | 3 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Computer Science | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biomedical Engineering | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Graduate/Professional Certificate | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Social Work | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| Business Administration | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| History | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 2 |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Special Education | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Engineering, General | Doctoral Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Biology | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Geology and Earth Science | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Criminal Justice | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Political Science | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 1 |
| Special Education | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| English | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Mathematics | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Statistics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Chemistry | Master's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Business/Managerial Economics | Bachelor's Degree | not published | not assessed | earnings not published | not published | not assessed | 0 |
| Natural Resources and Conservation | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Computer Science | Master's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | Bachelor's Degree | not reported | not reported | nothing reported | not reported | not reported | not reported |
Sources and definitions
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid. Debt is federal loans only.
- The high-school line is ED’s state benchmark, $30,928 a year.
- Earnings not published: ED reports the program but no earnings figure, usually because too few graduates were measured. Nothing reported: ED lists the program with no figures at all. Neither is a judgement of the program.
- Debt as years of gain is median federal debt divided by how much more graduates earn per year than a typical high-school graduate. It is not a repayment time.
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