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Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern Mississippi

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Communication & Media Studies at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study communication and media studies, 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 has a total student population of 14,606. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 students received their master's degree in communications.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Communications
  • Doctorate Degree in Communications

Southern Miss Communication & Media Studies Rankings

There were 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in communications, making the school the #21 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Communications Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the communications majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Communication & Media Studies Master’s Program

100% Women
The communications program at Southern Miss awarded 3 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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Of the students who received a communications master's degree from Southern Miss, 100% 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 communications.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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
Public Relations Specialists 1,430 $52,840
Reporters and Correspondents 300 $34,530
Editors 280 $46,070
Writers and Authors 170 $53,810

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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