Delta State Teacher Education (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods
- Public university
- Cleveland, MS
- About 40 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release ยท BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
Delta State teacher education graduates earn about what teacher education graduates earn nationally, $39,008 in their first year. Where this program stands out is debt. The typical graduate leaves with $19,500 in federal loans, less than at 88% of teacher education programs in the country. Strong value, but not one of the highest-paying teacher education degrees in Mississippi.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The Mississippi and national columns are the medians across all teacher education bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Debt and first-year pay at every Mississippi teacher education program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the Mississippi medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $207 a month, or 6.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
98% of graduates (52 of 53) were working in Mississippi one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of Mississippi outside metro areas are about 16% below the national average, so a $39,008 salary here buys what about $46,634 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to teacher education, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education
$49,790Median pay in Mississippi. 11,060 people work in this job in Mississippi. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 87,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$50,980Median pay in Mississippi. 10,400 people work in this job in Mississippi. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 63,500 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education
$50,790Median pay in Mississippi. 6,260 people work in this job in Mississippi. Nationally, jobs are projected to stay about the same in number from 2025 to 2035, with about 38,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
$36,250Median pay in Mississippi. 3,600 people work in this job in Mississippi. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 66,700 openings a year. Typical education to start: associate's degree.
About Delta State
Teacher Education ranks 2nd of 10 bachelor's programs at Delta State by first-year earnings. The top three are Nursing ($68,221), Teacher Education ($39,008), and Subject-Area Teacher Education ($34,177).
Common questions
The median graduate earns $39,008 one year after graduating. The median across teacher education bachelor's programs in Mississippi is $37,892.
The median federal loan balance is $19,500, which ranks the lowest of 10 teacher education bachelor's programs in Mississippi. That works out to about $207 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 50% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 61%.
Most do. 98% (52 of 53) were working in Mississippi one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of Mississippi comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the teacher education program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024