Which Mississippi nursing program has the lowest debt?

East Central Community College reports the lowest median federal debt, $9,000, with first-year pay of $59,183.

How much do nursing graduates earn in Mississippi?

The median across 13 Mississippi nursing associate's programs is $67,054 in the first year after graduating and $69,411 five years after. Registered nurses in Mississippi earn a median of $77,090 across all experience levels.

How many nursing associate's programs are in Mississippi?

13 Mississippi programs report first-year pay for their graduates, and 13 of them also report federal debt.

Nursing (ADN) Programs in Mississippi, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

13 programs report first-year pay
13 also report federal debt
Associate's in Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing

College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025

The short answer

The median Mississippi nursing associate's program pays its graduates $67,054 in their first year, $1,467 less than the national median. Mississippi Delta Community College reports the highest first-year pay ($74,925), and East Central Community College the lowest median debt ($9,000).

Median first-year pay$67,054National $68,521

Median pay after 5 years$69,411National $74,126

Median federal debt$16,744National $20,423

Debt-to-earnings25%National 29%

All 13 programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	School	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Debt to pay
1	Mississippi Delta Community CollegeMoorhead · public	$74,925	$74,327	$15,909	21%
2	Southwest Mississippi Community CollegeSummit · public	$70,513	$69,411	$21,057	30%
3	Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobia · public	$70,472	$66,950	$17,362	25%
4	Coahoma Community CollegeClarksdale · public	$69,120	$102,158	$17,846	26%
5	Pearl River Community CollegePoplarville · public	$67,190	$70,395	$15,250	23%
6	Jones County Junior CollegeEllisville · public	$67,107	$61,696	$9,500	14%
7	Holmes Community CollegeGoodman · public	$67,054	$69,269	$23,000	34%
8	Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinston · public	$66,438	$69,473	$18,413	28%
9	Hinds Community CollegeRaymond · public	$65,901	$74,311	$20,063	30%
10	Meridian Community CollegeMeridian · public	$65,755	$72,722	$15,545	24%
11	Northeast Mississippi Community CollegeBooneville · public	$60,759	$64,862	$15,000	25%
12	Itawamba Community CollegeFulton · public	$60,245	$66,873	$16,125	27%
13	East Central Community CollegeDecatur · public	$59,183	$69,493	$9,000	15%

One more program reports debt but not pay, so it isn't listed.

Debt and first-year pay at every Mississippi nursing 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 the 13 programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Mississippi Delta Community College$74,925
Southwest Mississippi Community College$70,513
Northwest Mississippi Community College$70,472
Coahoma Community College$69,120
Pearl River Community College$67,190

Lowest median debt

East Central Community College$9,000
Jones County Junior College$9,500
Northeast Mississippi Community College$15,000
Pearl River Community College$15,250
Meridian Community College$15,545

Lowest debt for the pay

"Debt for the pay" is median debt divided by first-year pay. Only programs that report both figures are included.

What registered nurses earn in Mississippi

Pay for registered nurses in Mississippi, across all experience levels, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Registered Nurses

$77,090

Median pay in Mississippi. 29,060 people work in this job in Mississippi. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 6% from 2025 to 2035, with about 180,800 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.

Bottom 10%: $60,610Top 10%: $100,350

Common questions

Mississippi Delta Community College in Moorhead reports the highest median first-year pay, $74,925. Its median federal debt is $15,909.

Nursing (ADN) programs in the US, ranked845 programs by pay and debt Nursing (BSN) programs in Mississippi, ranked8 programs by pay and debt

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.
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.
Medians are across the nursing associate's programs that report each figure, so the counts differ by figure. Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.

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
NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024