Data Processing at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study data processing, 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. Of the 2,647 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Mississippi in 2021, 29 of them were data processing majors.

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

Southern Miss Data Processing Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Data Processing

Southern Miss Data Processing Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The data processing major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Data Processing. 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 Data Processing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4

Earnings of Southern Miss Data Processing Graduates

The median salary of data processing students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Miss is $38,705. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $46,032 for all data processing students.

Data Processing Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Data Processing Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 data processing majors earned their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss. Of these graduates, 79% were men and 21% were women.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in data processing 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 data processing.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	16
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That Data Processing Grads May Go Into

A degree in data processing 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 Workers	670	$81,280
Computer Operators	350	$39,410

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.