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Located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution. Hattiesburg is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

796 Master's Degrees
202 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of Southern Mississippi?

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Contact details for Southern Miss are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 118 College Drive # 0001, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Phone: 601-266-1000
Website: www.usm.edu

University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Student Diversity

3,453 Graduate Students
66% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,453 graduate students at Southern Miss, 34% are male and 66% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Southern Mississippi graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 79
Black or African American 768
Hispanic or Latino 132
White 2,101
International Students 243
Other Races/Ethnicities 130

Geographic Diversity

Mississippi students aren't the only ones who study at University of Southern Mississippi. At this time, 30 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 70 countries are represented at Southern Miss. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, Nepal, and China.

Online Learning at University of Southern Mississippi

3,954 Took All Classes Online
10,444 Took At Least One Class Online
There are 9 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at Southern Miss. In 2022-2023, 10,444 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Southern Miss has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 4th most popular in Mississippi for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Southern Miss majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major 1-Year Growth Rate
Business, Management & Marketing 7%
Communication & Journalism 23%
Engineering Technologies 8%
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement & Firefighting 13%
Library Science 25%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies 6%

University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Library & Information Science 36 87 0 123
Health & Physical Education 18 68 1 87
Business Administration & Management 2 82 0 84
Nursing 28 0 42 70
Social Work 0 59 0 59
Teacher Education Subject Specific 4 43 0 47
Public Health 0 47 0 47
Educational Administration 2 19 24 45
General Education 8 0 30 38
Communication Sciences 0 24 10 34
Curriculum & Instruction 0 31 0 31
Teacher Education Grade Specific 6 25 0 31
Music 0 20 8 28
General Psychology 0 7 20 27
Accounting 0 26 0 26
Human Resource Management 0 12 14 26
Special Education 0 19 0 19
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 11 8 19
General English Literature 0 13 5 18
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 18 0 18
History 5 11 2 18
Computer Information Systems 0 17 0 17
Communication & Media Studies 0 9 7 16
Chemistry 0 13 3 16
General Biology 0 9 6 15
Business/Managerial Economics 4 9 0 13
Student Counseling 0 13 0 13
Mental & Social Health Services 0 12 0 12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 12 0 12
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 8 3 11
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 10 1 11
Human Development & Family Studies 0 10 0 10
Geography & Cartography 0 8 1 9
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 8 0 8
Mathematics 0 8 0 8
Anthropology 0 8 0 8
Economics 0 0 8 8
Public Relations & Advertising 0 6 0 6
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 6 6
Instructional Media Design 1 2 2 5
Political Science & Government 0 4 0 4
Physics 0 3 0 3
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 2 1 3
Drama & Theater Arts 0 2 0 2
Natural Resources Conservation 0 1 0 1
Interior Architecture 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
Hospitality Management 0 0 0 0
International Business 0 0 0 0
Marketing 0 0 0 0
Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Journalism 0 0 0 0
Data Processing 0 0 0 0
Architectural Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Electronics Engineering Technology 0 0 0 0
Industrial Production Technology 0 0 0 0
Computer Engineering 0 0 0 0
Ocean Engineering 0 0 0 0
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 0 0
Allied Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0
Legal Support Services 0 0 0 0
Liberal Arts General Studies 0 0 0 0
Military Applied Sciences 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 0 0 0 0
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
Security Science and Technology 0 0 0 0
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Arts & Media Management 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 0 0
General Visual & Performing Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 114 796 202 1,112

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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