Mississippi·Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations·SOC 19-3039

Best Psychologist, All Other programs in Mississippi, ranked by enrollment

All psychologists not listed.

20 schools in Mississippi run programs that feed this job, graduating 1,330 people a year. The job pays a median of $103,380 in Mississippi across about 70 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledNeuropsychologistStaff PsychologistClinical NeuropsychologistPediatric NeuropsychologistBoard Certified NeuropsychologistPediatric Clinical NeuropsychologistEthnologistPaleologist
Graduates / yr
1,330
in Mississippi
Median pay · Mississippi
$103,380
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
70
people employed
Schools
20
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
51%
across those schools
Median net price
$21,096
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Mississippi that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

6 programs in Mississippi that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Mississippi (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Mississippi page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
11,147
86.2%
20$31,426$25,250
2103
7.7%
2$33,805$27,000
359
4.4%
1$37,366$25,000
410
0.8%
1$33,805$27,000
58
0.6%
2$31,642$23,092
63
0.2%
1$34,454$21,878

Top 20 schools in Mississippi

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 10 of the 20 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, MS Public · 3 feeder programs
412Psychology, General$27,41667%78%
2University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
210Psychology, General$28,13049%99%
3University of Mississippi
University, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
202Psychology, General$30,33672%97%
4Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
86Psychology, General48%
5Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
56Psychology, General45%
6Mississippi Christian University
Clinton, MS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
43Psychology, General$23,68359%$21,09629%
7Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
41Psychology, General50%
8William Carey University
Hattiesburg, MS Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
41Psychology, General$21,79960%$17,20560%
9Holmes Community College
Goodman, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
33Psychology, General39%
10Belhaven University
Jackson, MS Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
32Psychology, General49%$22,47650%
11Jackson State University
Jackson, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
28Psychology, General$24,75751%93%
12Copiah - Lincoln Community College
Wesson, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
24Psychology, General50%
13Alcorn State University
Alcorn State, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
23Psychology, General$23,38857%45%
14East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, MS Public · 2 feeder programs
21Psychology, General48%
15Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, MS Private not-for-profit · 2 feeder programs
20Psychology, General33%$19,06960%
16Delta State University
Cleveland, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
16Psychology, General$18,76748%100%
17Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS Public · 2 feeder programs
15Psychology, General$24,42647%90%
18Blue Mountain Christian University
Blue Mountain, MS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
14Psychology, General$26,25755%$18,11789%
19Millsaps College
Jackson, MS Private not-for-profit · 1 feeder programs
11Psychology, General57%$25,24943%
20Coahoma Community College
Clarksdale, MS Public · 1 feeder programs
2Psychology, General41%

All 20 schools in Mississippi

Every school in Mississippi with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Mississippi that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
Mississippi State UniversityMississippi StatePublic4123
University of Southern MississippiHattiesburgPublic2101
University of MississippiUniversityPublic2021
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community CollegePerkinstonPublic861
Northwest Mississippi Community CollegeSenatobiaPublic561
Mississippi Christian UniversityClintonPrivate not-for-profit431
Itawamba Community CollegeFultonPublic411
William Carey UniversityHattiesburgPrivate not-for-profit412
Holmes Community CollegeGoodmanPublic331
Belhaven UniversityJacksonPrivate not-for-profit322
Jackson State UniversityJacksonPublic281
Copiah - Lincoln Community CollegeWessonPublic241
Alcorn State UniversityAlcorn StatePublic231
East Mississippi Community CollegeScoobaPublic212
Tougaloo CollegeTougalooPrivate not-for-profit202

What psychologists, all other earn in Mississippi

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Mississippi
$103,380
Mean annual
$95,200
Jobs in state
70
What the range looks like
10th pct$24,750Median$103,38090th pct$158,620
Versus the national median
-6.7%

U.S. median $110,840. Mississippi pays below the national figure.

Job concentration
0.46×

1.00× means the state has its expected share of these jobs.

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
+4.3%
About as fast as average
Openings per year
3,900
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
2,400
55,300 → 57,700
Typical entry education
Master's degree
Plus internship/residency

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Psychologists, All Other page.

How to become a Psychologist, All Other

Job zone 5 of 5 · SVP 8.0 and above
Typical entry education
Master's degree
On-the-job training
Internship/residency

Most of these occupations require graduate school. For example, they may require a master's degree, and some require a Ph.D., M.D., or J.D. (law degree).

Extensive skill, knowledge, and experience are needed for these occupations. Many require more than five years of experience. For example, surgeons must complete four years of college and an additional five to seven years of specialized medical training to be able to do their job.

Employees may need some on-the-job training, but most of these occupations assume that the person will already have the required skills, knowledge, work-related experience, and/or training.

Top skills

Active ListeningReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingWritingSpeakingActive Learning

The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Mississippi

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 25 majors mapped to Psychologists, All Other24 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 19.0702Adult Development and Aging
  • 19.0706Child Development
  • 19.0711Early Childhood and Family Studies
  • 30.1701Behavioral Sciences
  • 42.0101Psychology, General
  • 42.2701Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics
  • 42.2702Comparative Psychology
  • 42.2704Experimental Psychology
  • 42.2705Personality Psychology
  • 42.2706Behavioral Neuroscience
  • 42.2707Social Psychology
  • 42.2708Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
  • 42.2709Psychopharmacology
  • 42.2799Research and Experimental Psychology, Other
  • 42.2802Community Psychology
  • 42.2806Educational Psychology
  • 42.2807Clinical Child Psychology
  • 42.2808Environmental Psychology
  • 42.2810Health/Medical Psychology
  • 42.2811Family Psychology
  • 42.2812Forensic Psychology
  • 42.2813Applied Psychology
  • 42.2814Applied Behavior Analysis
  • 42.2815Performance and Sport Psychology
  • 42.2816Somatic Psychology(no graduates reported)

Common questions

Answers for people weighing psychologists, all other programs in Mississippi.

What degree do you need to become a Psychologist, All Other?+

Master's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Psychology, General, which awarded 1,147 degrees in Mississippi in 2024-25, 86.2% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming a Psychologist, All Other?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 6 programs to this occupation. The largest are Psychology, Clinical, Criminology, Human Development, plus 1 more. Together they graduate about 1,330 people a year in Mississippi.

How much do psychologists, all other earn in Mississippi?+

The median is $103,380 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.7% below the U.S. median of $110,840. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for psychologists, all other growing?+

BLS projects a +4.3% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, about as fast as average, with roughly 3,900 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Mississippi?+

20 institutions in Mississippi reported graduates from at least one of the 6 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do psychologists, all other work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Neuropsychologist, Staff Psychologist, Clinical Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Neuropsychologist, Board Certified Neuropsychologist, Pediatric Clinical Neuropsychologist among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 19-3039.

About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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