Computer Engineering at University of Southern Mississippi

If you are interested in studying computer engineering, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern Mississippi. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in CE from Southern Miss.

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

Southern Miss Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE

Southern Miss Computer Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the CE 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 CE major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Engineering. 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
Most Focused Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	275

CE Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from Southern Miss in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its CE bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Polymer & Plastics Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in CE 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
Systems Software Developers	950	$86,360
Software Applications Developers	910	$85,470
Architectural and Engineering Managers	890	$122,550
Computer Network Architects	400	$89,550
Engineering Professors	190	$102,730

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.