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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
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
Cities: BoonevilleClarksdaleDecaturEllisvilleFultonHorn LakeMeridianMoorheadPerkinstonPoplarvilleRaymondScoobaSummitWesson
| Campus | City | Type | Grads / yr | Earnings, yr 1 | Program debt | Completion | Cost / 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.