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Elementary Education at University of Southern Mississippi

Elementary Education at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study elementary education, 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 Elementary Education section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Elementary Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Southern Miss Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Education. 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.

Elementary Teaching Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

97% Women
16% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of elementary teaching bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching 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 elementary teaching.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 23
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 178
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers 13,390 $43,860

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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