Program Payoff

Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing programs in Mississippi

19 schools in Mississippi teach this, at certificate or associate level. 17 of them report what graduates earn two years out; the highest is $58,673 at Coahoma Community College.

What this work pays in Mississippi

Registered Nurses in Mississippi earn a median of $77,090 a year across 29,060 jobs. That is what the occupation pays everyone in it — not what graduates of any one program below earned.

Also leads toMedianJobs in Mississippi
Nurse Practitioners$124,7304,690
Medical and Health Services Managers$98,1604,280
Nursing Instructors and Teachers, Postsecondary$75,0601,050
Nurse Anesthetists$198,410480

Occupation wages: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, 2025.

Schools

SchoolCredentialMedian debtGraduate earnings, 2 yrsGraduates
Coahoma Community College Clarksdale Associate's degree $58,673 (11 grads) 29
Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead Associate's degree $56,931 (30 grads) 47
Northwest Mississippi Community College Senatobia Associate's degree $12,149 $56,133 (46 grads) 106
Hinds Community College Raymond Associate's degree $12,902 $55,422 (105 grads) 93
Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit Associate's degree $54,035 (19 grads) 72
Alcorn State University Alcorn State Associate's degree $19,000 $53,179 (27 grads) 23
East Central Community College Decatur Associate's degree $7,665 $52,789 (49 grads) 27
Holmes Community College Goodman Associate's degree $15,216 $52,420 (57 grads) 102
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson Associate's degree $52,107 (49 grads) 23
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston Associate's degree $12,993 $51,993 (162 grads) 121
Pearl River Community College Poplarville Associate's degree $11,250 $51,951 (97 grads) 82
Itawamba Community College Fulton Associate's degree $10,100 $51,794 (54 grads) 65
Mississippi University for Women Columbus Associate's degree $51,794 (43 grads) 35
Meridian Community College Meridian Associate's degree $9,097 $51,224 (158 grads) 111
Jones County Junior College Ellisville Associate's degree $6,901 $49,868 (84 grads) 58
East Mississippi Community College Scooba Associate's degree $48,935 (24 grads) 28
Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville Associate's degree $11,066 $47,494 (77 grads) 55
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson Undergraduate certificate not published 0
East Mississippi Community College Scooba Undergraduate certificate not published

A dash under earnings or debt means the U.S. Department of Education has not published a figure for that program — it withholds any median computed from too few graduates, which covers about four of every five programs. It never means zero, and it says nothing about whether the program is any good. Where a figure is shown, the number of graduates behind it is shown with it.

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Program and outcome figures: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, released 2026-06-10.