General Psychology at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study general psychology, 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, 18 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

Southern Miss General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

Southern Miss General Psychology Rankings

There were 14 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #25 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss General Psychology Master’s Program

The psychology program at Southern Miss awarded 18 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 11% of these degrees went to men with the other 89% going to women.

Of the students who received a psychology master's degree from Southern Miss, 89% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Psychology Professors	320	$71,880
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	250	$67,570
Psychologists	60	$81,610

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.