Business, Management & Marketing at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study business, management and marketing, take a look at what University of Southern Mississippi has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 110 students received their master's degree in business, management and marketing.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business, Management & Marketing section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Business, Management & Marketing Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business, Management & Marketing
• Doctorate Degree in Business, Management & Marketing

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Miss

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Southern Miss offers distance education options for business, management and marketing at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Southern Miss Business, Management & Marketing Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in business, management and marketing, making the school the #164 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business, Management & Marketing Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business, management and marketing majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Business, Management & Marketing Master’s Program

Of the 110 students who graduated with a master’s in business, management and marketing from Southern Miss in 2021, 48% were men and 52% were women.

Of the students who received a business, management and marketing master's degree from Southern Miss, 74% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a master's in business, management and marketing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	20
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	81
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Business, Management & Marketing

The following business, management and marketing concentations are available at University of Southern Mississippi. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Mississippi. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Business Administration & Management	68
Accounting	20
Business/Managerial Economics	16
Human Resource Management	15

Careers That Business, Management & Marketing Grads May Go Into

A degree in business, management and marketing can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
General and Operations Managers	23,850	$77,800
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	22,230	$32,160
Customer Service Representatives	17,640	$28,210
Office Clerks	16,070	$28,290
Retail Sales Supervisors	13,030	$37,710

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dudemanfellabra under License

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