2025 Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi

If you pursue a doctor's degree in health professions, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #1 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in Mississippi to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of health professions. Combined, these schools handed out 722 doctor's degrees in health professions to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Health Professions School for Your Doctor's Degree

Your choice of health professions for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality health professions program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to health professions students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other health professions students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt health professions students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized health professions related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for health professions students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Health Professions Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Health Professions Doctor's Degree Schools in Mississippi ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Health Professions in Mississippi

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions.

Top Mississippi Schools for a Doctorate in Health Professions

1

University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

61 Annual Graduates

University of Southern Mississippi is a good choice for individuals interested in a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the city of Hattiesburg, Southern Miss is a public university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Southern Mississippi

2

University of Mississippi
University, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

435 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Mississippi if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in health professions. Ole Miss is a fairly large public university located in the remote town of University.More information about a doctorate in health professions from University of Mississippi

3

Delta State University
Cleveland, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in health professions needs to look into Delta State University. Delta State University is a small public university located in the town of Cleveland.More information about a doctorate in health professions from Delta State University

4

William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

189 Annual Graduates

William Carey University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in health professions. Located in the small city of Hattiesburg, William Carey University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in health professions from William Carey University

Best Health Professions Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	29	3,725
Virginia	29	2,730
Georgia	28	2,018
South Carolina	28	1,055
North Carolina	26	2,134
Kentucky	26	1,505
Alabama	25	1,504
Tennessee	25	2,261
Louisiana	25	1,094
Arkansas	23	779
West Virginia	20	776

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Health Professions Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Medicine	250
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	166
Nursing	124
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	107
Dentistry	37
Public Health	12
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	12
Communication Sciences	7
Health & Medical Administrative Services	7

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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.