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.

Where Is University of Southern Mississippi?

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

Gender Diversity

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

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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

There are 9 bachelor’s degree and 33 master’s degree programs available online at Southern Miss. In 2020-2021, 9,586 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.

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 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of Southern Miss

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Southern Mississippi was 49.6%. This is the #419 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Southern Miss regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.