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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Southern Mississippi

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Food, Nutrition & Related Services at University of Southern Mississippi

If you are interested in studying food, nutrition and related services, 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 has a total student population of 14,606.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Food, Nutrition & Related Services section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Nutrition

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Miss

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Southern Miss does offer online courses in nutrition for the following degree levels:

  • Master’s Degree

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Nutrition Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

91% Women
18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The nutrition program at Southern Miss awarded 11 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 9% of these degrees went to men with the other 91% going to women.

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Of the students who received a nutrition master's degree from Southern Miss, 82% 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 nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Nutrition Grads May Go Into

A degree in nutrition 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
Food Preparation and Serving Worker Supervisors 9,490 $30,180
Institution and Cafeteria Cooks 7,180 $20,460
Food Service Managers 2,000 $48,570
Dietitians and Nutritionists 460 $51,690
Dietetic Technicians 140 $25,630

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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