Which Mississippi State major has the lowest debt?

Subject-Area Teacher Education graduates leave with a median of $15,750 in federal loans, the lowest among 47 Mississippi State bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Mississippi State cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $10,202 a year, and $27,637 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $17,595 a year.

How many Mississippi State programs report graduate pay?

48 bachelor's programs at Mississippi State report first-year pay, and 47 of them also report federal debt.

Mississippi State Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Mississippi State University
Public university
Mississippi State, MS
18,397 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

48 Mississippi State bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Electrical Engineering pays the most in the first year ($80,896), and Biology the least ($20,056). The median program pays $41,125.

In-state tuition and fees$10,202Per year. Out-of-state $27,637

Average net price after aid$17,595Per year

Graduation rate67%Within 6 years

Admission rate78%Of applicants

All 48 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in Mississippi" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across Mississippi. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in Mississippi
1	Electrical EngineeringAbout 83 graduates a year	$80,896	$98,845	$26,750	1st of 2
2	Chemical EngineeringAbout 89 graduates a year	$78,183	$104,589	$23,298	1st of 2
3	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 193 graduates a year	$75,161	$96,021	$22,500	1st of 2
4	Construction ManagementGraduates a year not reported	$72,712	Not reported	$30,500	1st of 1
5	Computer EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$72,529	Not reported	$19,500	1st of 2
6	Industrial EngineeringAbout 71 graduates a year	$70,703	$89,777	$27,000	1st of 1
7	Aerospace EngineeringAbout 68 graduates a year	$69,056	$94,025	$17,625	1st of 1
8	Other EngineeringAbout 32 graduates a year	$68,045	Not reported	$19,469	1st of 1
9	Civil EngineeringAbout 120 graduates a year	$65,805	$84,639	$21,219	1st of 3
10	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 99 graduates a year	$58,755	$83,231	$24,896	2nd of 2
11	Industrial TechnologyAbout 76 graduates a year	$57,923	$72,000	$22,500	2nd of 3
12	ArchitectureAbout 49 graduates a year	$53,679	$70,060	$31,000	1st of 1
13	FinanceAbout 106 graduates a year	$50,217	$69,553	$22,500	2nd of 4
14	MathematicsAbout 41 graduates a year	$48,084	Not reported	$22,050	1st of 1
15	Plant ScienceAbout 34 graduates a year	$45,994	$47,207	$20,311	1st of 1
16	Management Information SystemsAbout 39 graduates a year	$45,971	$69,612	$27,750	2nd of 2
17	Agricultural BusinessAbout 34 graduates a year	$45,821	$61,250	$20,500	1st of 2
18	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 60 graduates a year	$45,483	$75,267	$25,350	1st of 1
19	Interior ArchitectureAbout 25 graduates a year	$44,811	Not reported	$22,254	1st of 1
20	MarketingAbout 205 graduates a year	$42,670	$64,519	$21,500	2nd of 4
21	Geology and Earth ScienceAbout 70 graduates a year	$42,298	$54,013	$26,286	1st of 1
22	AccountingAbout 110 graduates a year	$41,717	$71,913	$21,500	3rd of 6
23	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 48 graduates a year	$41,658	$49,074	$15,750	2nd of 7
24	Animal ScienceAbout 95 graduates a year	$41,464	$71,455	$20,938	1st of 1
25	Instructional DesignAbout 26 graduates a year	$40,786	Not reported	$29,500	1st of 1
26	ForestryAbout 37 graduates a year	$40,219	$65,848	$19,750	1st of 1
27	Special EducationAbout 25 graduates a year	$40,185	$40,198	$22,302	1st of 1
28	Business AdministrationAbout 379 graduates a year	$37,975	$54,081	$24,700	8th of 11
29	Teacher EducationAbout 279 graduates a year	$37,945	$40,048	$21,500	5th of 10
30	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 59 graduates a year	$36,318	Not reported	$28,435	4th of 6
31	Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 227 graduates a year	$36,113	$45,314	$27,000	1st of 1
32	Veterinary TechnologyAbout 24 graduates a year	$33,626	$37,212	$27,000	1st of 1
33	CriminologyAbout 47 graduates a year	$33,191	$45,871	$23,356	1st of 1
34	CommunicationsAbout 143 graduates a year	$31,812	$50,575	$24,219	2nd of 4
35	Apparel and TextilesAbout 44 graduates a year	$31,352	Not reported	$24,625	1st of 1
36	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 106 graduates a year	$30,565	$56,867	$24,838	1st of 2
37	Wildlife ScienceAbout 58 graduates a year	$30,247	$50,619	$25,750	1st of 1
38	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 268 graduates a year	$29,654	$51,438	$25,000	3rd of 6
39	Political ScienceAbout 61 graduates a year	$29,442	$60,348	$26,547	2nd of 2
40	Social WorkAbout 37 graduates a year	$29,242	$39,512	$26,297	2nd of 4
41	HistoryAbout 34 graduates a year	$28,295	$36,014	$21,469	2nd of 2
42	Clinical and Counseling PsychologyAbout 57 graduates a year	$27,841	$36,197	$26,000	2nd of 2
43	PsychologyAbout 258 graduates a year	$27,416	$47,631	$25,480	3rd of 10
44	AnthropologyAbout 19 graduates a year	$26,836	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
45	EnglishAbout 21 graduates a year	$25,651	$42,693	$21,500	1st of 2
46	Visual and Performing ArtsAbout 48 graduates a year	$24,752	$46,246	$27,000	2nd of 3
47	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 44 graduates a year	$21,243	Not reported	$27,500	2nd of 2
48	BiologyAbout 143 graduates a year	$20,056	$65,609	$23,313	7th of 9

Program names link to the program's own page, and Mississippi ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five Mississippi programs in the field do too.

2 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Electrical Engineering$80,896
Chemical Engineering$78,183
Mechanical Engineering$75,161
Construction Management$72,712
Computer Engineering$72,529

Lowest median debt

Subject-Area Teacher Education$15,750
Aerospace Engineering$17,625
Other Engineering$19,469
Computer Engineering$19,500
Forestry$19,750

Largest programs

Business AdministrationAbout 379 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 279 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 268 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 258 graduates a year
Other Interdisciplinary StudiesAbout 227 graduates a year

Common questions

Electrical Engineering graduates earn a median of $80,896 in their first year, the most of 48 Mississippi State bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
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 rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels