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Computer & Information Sciences at University of Southern Mississippi

Computer & Information Sciences at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study computer & information sciences, 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.

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

Southern Miss Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
  • Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Southern Miss Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. 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.

There were 11 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #78 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

13% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 88% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 13% went to women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in computer & information sciences 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 computer & information sciences.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 50
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Southern Miss Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

34% Women
6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 66% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 34% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 0
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer & information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Computer Information Systems 52
Data Processing 29
Other Computer & Information Sciences 11

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences 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
Computer User Support Specialists 2,490 $46,670
Computer Systems Analysts 2,010 $66,790
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 1,270 $75,000
Managers 1,230 $82,230
Data Entry Keyers 1,180 $31,220

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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