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University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Programs

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.

858 Master's Degrees
273 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

3,155 Graduate Students
66% Women
30% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 3,155 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 71
Black or African American 692
Hispanic or Latino 104
White 2,042
International Students 161
Other Races/Ethnicities 85

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.

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 58 125 0 183
Business Administration & Management 8 100 0 108
Educational Administration 9 21 61 91
Health & Physical Education 16 54 1 71
Nursing 16 0 54 70
Public Health 0 66 0 66
Teacher Education Subject Specific 4 52 6 62
Social Work 0 62 0 62
General Education 13 8 40 61
Computer Information Systems 0 35 0 35
Human Development & Family Studies 0 32 0 32
Communication Sciences 0 24 7 31
Polymer & Plastics Engineering 0 15 15 30
General Psychology 0 11 19 30
Music 0 17 10 27
Human Resource Management 0 14 11 25
Curriculum & Instruction 0 23 0 23
Teacher Education Grade Specific 4 18 0 22
Accounting 0 18 0 18
Communication & Media Studies 0 6 11 17
General Biology 0 10 6 16
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 14 2 16
Instructional Media Design 11 1 3 15
General English Literature 0 6 9 15
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 15 0 15
History 3 8 4 15
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 10 4 14
Student Counseling 0 12 0 12
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 12 0 12
Drama & Theater Arts 0 12 0 12
Business/Managerial Economics 4 7 0 11
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 0 11 0 11
Special Education 0 9 0 9
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 7 1 8
Mental & Social Health Services 0 7 0 7
Other Computer & Information Sciences 0 0 5 5
Geography & Cartography 0 5 0 5
Chemistry 0 2 1 3
Economics 0 0 3 3
Public Relations & Advertising 0 2 0 2
Anthropology 0 2 0 2
Political Science & Government 0 2 0 2
Allied Health Professions 0 1 0 1
Mathematics 0 1 0 1
Natural Resources Conservation 0 1 0 1
Interior Architecture 0 0 0 0
Other Business, Management & Marketing 0 0 0 0
Construction Management 0 0 0 0
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 0
General Business/Commerce 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
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 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
Philosophy 0 0 0 0
Physics 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 146 858 273 1,277

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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