Library Science at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study library science, 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, 67 students received their master's degree in library science.

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

Southern Miss Library Science Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Library Science

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.

Southern Miss does offer online education options in library science for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Master’s Degree

Southern Miss Library Science Rankings

Library Science Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Library Science Master’s Program

The library science program at Southern Miss awarded 67 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 12% of these degrees went to men with the other 88% going to women.

Of the students who received a library science master's degree from Southern Miss, 72% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the library science master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 27% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	48
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Library Science

Library Science majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Library & Information Science	89

Related Majors

• History
• Communication & Journalism
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Social Sciences
• Psychology

Careers That Library Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in library science 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
Librarians	1,240	$46,400
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Library Technicians	620	$25,500
Library Science Professors	60	$61,710

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.