Accounting at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study accounting, 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from Southern Miss.

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

Southern Miss Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

Southern Miss Accounting Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the accounting progam at Southern Miss compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	169
Best Accounting Schools	1,110

In 2021, 20 students received their master’s degree in accounting from Southern Miss. This makes it the #259 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

How Much Do Accounting Graduates from Southern Miss Make?

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Miss is $36,779. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting students.

Accounting Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Accounting Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Southern Miss. About 58% of these graduates were women and the other 42% were men.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in accounting at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	62
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Southern Miss Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from Southern Miss in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women.

Of the students who received a accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	18
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• International Business
• Hospitality Management
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	12,230	$38,130
Accountants and Auditors	5,460	$62,850
Financial Managers	3,670	$101,840
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	1,040	$39,250
Financial Analysts	530	$74,230

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.