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Electrician schools in Mississippi

Mississippi has 14 accredited campuses awarding electrician credentials. If you finish and work as an electrician in Mississippi, expect to start around $38,200–$47,350 and reach a median of $60,860 with experience; the top quarter earn $63,740 or more (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, May 2025, Mississippi). Graduates of these Mississippi programs — every graduate, whatever job they took — earned a median of $39,039 in their first year, against $34,710 nationally; that is the figure used to rank campuses below.

What electricians earn in Mississippi

$38,200starting (10th percentile)
$47,350early career (25th)
$60,860median, all experience
$63,740experienced (75th)
$76,540top earners (90th)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; 6,610 employed in Mississippi. National median: $63,190.

Campuses in Mississippi, ranked by what their graduates earned

14campuses in Mississippi
602credentials awarded / yr
$39,039median earnings, yr 1 (Mississippi)
$34,710median earnings, yr 1 (U.S.)

Cities: BoonevilleClarksdaleDecaturEllisvilleFultonHorn LakeMeridianMoorheadPerkinstonPoplarvilleRaymondScoobaSummitWesson

CampusCityTypeGrads / yrEarnings, yr 1Program debtCompletionCost / yr
Itawamba Community College Fulton Public 34 $47,916 not reported 50% not reported
East Mississippi Community College Scooba Public 78 $47,013 $4,015 48% not reported
Hinds Community College Raymond Public 112 $31,066 not reported 43% not reported
Delta Technical College-Mississippi Horn Lake for-profit 77 $29,536 $9,500 71% $21,871
Jones County Junior College Ellisville Public 52 $27,454 not reported 41% not reported
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College Perkinston Public 105 not reported not reported 48% not reported
Southwest Mississippi Community College Summit Public 42 not reported not reported 56% not reported
Pearl River Community College Poplarville Public 39 not reported not reported 38% not reported
Coahoma Community College Clarksdale Public 18 not reported not reported 41% not reported
Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson Public 13 not reported not reported 50% not reported
Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville Public 11 not reported not reported 34% not reported
East Central Community College Decatur Public 9 not reported not reported 36% not reported
Meridian Community College Meridian Public 8 not reported not reported 34% not reported
Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead Public 4 not reported not reported 31% not reported

Earnings are median wages and self-employment income reported to the IRS (W-2 and Schedule SE) for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled, measured in the calendar year after finishing. They are pay only: health insurance, retirement contributions and other benefits are not included.

Ranked by median earnings of this program's graduates one year after completion (College Scorecard field-of-study, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) 2022-23 Completions survey; College Scorecard June 2026; Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs (DAPIP), September 2026); campuses without a reported figure follow, by credentials awarded. "Program debt" is the median federal loan debt for graduates of this program at this campus. Completion is the campus-wide 150%-of-time rate. "Not reported" means the federal file suppresses the value for privacy.

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