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Of 63 assessed programs, 60 leave graduates out-earning a typical Mississippi high-school graduate (about $30,928/yr) and 3 fall short. Another 119 could not be assessed.

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My family earns and I expect to take

Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$8,945
$30k to $48k	$9,217
$48k to $75k	$14,794
$75k to $110k	$18,573
$110k and up	$21,313
All families (average)	$13,314

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

63 of 182 programs could be assessed 35% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Mississippi high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$87,701	+$56,773	clears the bar	$14,581	0.3 yrs	327
Radio, TV and Digital Media	Bachelor's Degree	$69,082	+$38,154	clears the bar	$21,510	0.6 yrs	309
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$85,482	+$54,554	clears the bar	$22,704	0.4 yrs	262
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$49,974	+$19,046	clears the bar	$23,000	1.2 yrs	186
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$80,488	+$49,560	clears the bar	$24,000	0.5 yrs	171
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$42,535	+$11,607	clears the bar	$19,500	1.7 yrs	170
Law	First Professional Degree	$92,069	+$61,141	clears the bar	$69,701	1.1 yrs	148
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General	Bachelor's Degree	$34,607 1-year earnings	+$3,679	clears the bar	$21,500	5.8 yrs	139
Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$58,393	+$27,465	clears the bar	$21,082	0.8 yrs	138
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$69,139	+$38,211	clears the bar	$21,500	0.6 yrs	135
Business	Bachelor's Degree	$39,464 1-year earnings	+$8,536	clears the bar	$19,618	2.3 yrs	131
Criminal Justice	Bachelor's Degree	$52,874	+$21,946	clears the bar	$19,689	0.9 yrs	128
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$73,870	+$42,942	clears the bar	$21,516	0.5 yrs	109
Pharmacy	First Professional Degree	$123,728	+$92,800	clears the bar	$100,500	1.1 yrs	104
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$56,930	+$26,002	clears the bar	$25,884	1.0 yrs	103
Social Work	Bachelor's Degree	$43,571	+$12,643	clears the bar	$19,500	1.5 yrs	102
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	Master's Degree	$88,292	+$57,364	clears the bar	$20,500	0.4 yrs	101
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$67,414	+$36,486	clears the bar	$19,608	0.5 yrs	99
Nursing	Master's Degree	$106,595	+$75,667	clears the bar	$40,999	0.5 yrs	97
Curriculum and Instruction	Master's Degree	$53,956	+$23,028	clears the bar	$25,545	1.1 yrs	96
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$49,265 1-year earnings	+$18,337	clears the bar	$29,663	1.6 yrs	89
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$39,871	+$8,943	clears the bar	$21,500	2.4 yrs	84
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$65,925	+$34,997	clears the bar	$25,021	0.7 yrs	69
Accounting	Master's Degree	$99,129	+$68,201	clears the bar	$20,500	0.3 yrs	68
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$93,311	+$62,383	clears the bar	$21,500	0.3 yrs	67
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$58,639	+$27,711	clears the bar	$40,500	1.5 yrs	60
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$88,581 1-year earnings	+$57,653	clears the bar	$29,500	0.5 yrs	59
Public Policy Analysis	Bachelor's Degree	$85,338	+$54,410	clears the bar	$21,000	0.4 yrs	55
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$56,381	+$25,453	clears the bar	$23,725	0.9 yrs	53
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$47,048	+$16,120	clears the bar	$21,250	1.3 yrs	53
Public Relations and Advertising	Master's Degree	$43,057 1-year earnings	+$12,129	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	51
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$87,958	+$57,030	clears the bar	$18,125	0.3 yrs	51
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	$35,132 1-year earnings	+$4,204	clears the bar	$26,219	6.2 yrs	51
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$24,972 1-year earnings	-$5,956	falls short	$17,751	insufficient data	49
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management	Bachelor's Degree	$35,318 1-year earnings	+$4,390	clears the bar	$18,907	4.3 yrs	46
Criminal Justice	Master's Degree	$48,610 1-year earnings	+$17,682	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Doctoral Degree	$80,878	+$49,950	clears the bar	$93,500	1.9 yrs	39
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$64,912	+$33,984	clears the bar	$15,000	0.4 yrs	38
Geological/Geophysical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$59,070 1-year earnings	+$28,142	clears the bar	$19,500	0.7 yrs	37
English	Bachelor's Degree	$42,000	+$11,072	clears the bar	$19,518	1.8 yrs	34
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$22,275 1-year earnings	-$8,653	falls short	$22,500	insufficient data	33
Hospitality Management	Bachelor's Degree	$34,282 1-year earnings	+$3,354	clears the bar	$25,000	7.5 yrs	33
School Counseling	Master's Degree	$47,230 1-year earnings	+$16,302	clears the bar	$25,000	1.5 yrs	31
Non-Professional Legal Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$38,387 1-year earnings	+$7,459	clears the bar	$25,500	3.4 yrs	29
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$18,337 1-year earnings	-$12,591	falls short	$26,225	insufficient data	29
Real Estate	Bachelor's Degree	$49,283 1-year earnings	+$18,355	clears the bar	$23,000	1.3 yrs	29
Insurance	Bachelor's Degree	$55,154 1-year earnings	+$24,226	clears the bar	$21,500	0.9 yrs	29
Management Information Systems	Bachelor's Degree	$63,107 1-year earnings	+$32,179	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$107,548	+$76,620	clears the bar	$22,288	0.3 yrs	26
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$58,112 1-year earnings	+$27,184	clears the bar	$25,500	0.9 yrs	24
Engineering Science	Master's Degree	$73,758 1-year earnings	+$42,830	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Education	Doctoral Degree	$94,295	+$63,367	clears the bar	$53,957	0.9 yrs	23
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$38,029 1-year earnings	+$7,101	clears the bar	$17,250	2.4 yrs	23
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$74,931 1-year earnings	+$44,003	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	$44,250 1-year earnings	+$13,322	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Dental Assisting and Hygiene	Bachelor's Degree	$54,022	+$23,094	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$54,947 1-year earnings	+$24,019	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Taxation	Master's Degree	$65,920 1-year earnings	+$34,992	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Master's Degree	$74,370	+$43,442	clears the bar	$61,500	1.4 yrs	0
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other	Bachelor's Degree	$64,205	+$33,277	clears the bar	$12,500	0.4 yrs	0
Dentistry	Doctoral Degree	$102,974 1-year earnings	+$72,046	clears the bar	$175,333	2.4 yrs	insufficient data
Medicine	Doctoral Degree	$110,599	+$79,671	clears the bar	$172,523	2.2 yrs	insufficient data
Nursing	Post-baccalaureate Certificate	$112,433 1-year earnings	+$81,505	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Medicine	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	159
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	120
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	104
Pharmacy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$16,330	insufficient data	98
Physical and Occupational Therapy	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Dentistry	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	41
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	40
History	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	$19,937	insufficient data	29
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Engineering, General	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Pharmacy	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Healthcare Administration	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	20
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Nursing	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	17
Data Analytics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	13
Biomedical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Engineering Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
History	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Area Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Journalism	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Political Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Pharmacy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Philosophy	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Healthcare Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Healthcare Administration	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Nursing	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Political Science	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Hospitality Management	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
History	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
English	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Mathematics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Gerontology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Anthropology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Neuroscience	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Sociology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Music	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Health	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Business Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	3
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Materials Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Economics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2
Healthcare Administration	Graduate/Professional Certificate	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	2

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($30,928/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.