Educational Administration at University of Southern Mississippi

Every educational administration school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education admin program at University of Southern Mississippi stacks up to those at other schools.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in education admin.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Educational Administration section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Educational Administration Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education Admin
• Doctorate Degree in Education Admin

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 education admin at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Southern Miss Educational Administration Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in education admin, making the school the #189 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Admin Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Educational Administration Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who earned a master's degree in Educational Administration from Southern Miss in 2020-2021, 14% were men and 86% were women.

Of the students who received a education admin master's degree from Southern Miss, 90% 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 education admin.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	19
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Instructional Media Design
• Curriculum & Instruction
• Teacher Education Grade Specific
• Student Counseling
• Special Education

Careers That Education Admin Grads May Go Into

A degree in education admin 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
Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	2,770	$77,330
Postsecondary Education Administrators	1,650	$95,160
Preschool Education Administrators	380	$43,190
Education Administrators	130	$82,830

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.