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Modern Languages at University of Southern Mississippi

Modern Languages at University of Southern Mississippi

What traits are you looking for in a modern languages school? To help you decide if University of Southern Mississippi is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's modern languages program.

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 Modern Languages section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Modern Languages Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Modern Languages

Southern Miss Modern Languages Rankings

The modern languages major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Modern Languages. 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.

Modern Languages Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Modern Languages Bachelor’s Program

63% Women
44% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 38% of modern languages bachelor's degrees went to men and 63% went to women. The typical modern languages bachelor's degree program is made up of only 29% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

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About 56% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in modern languages at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its modern languages 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 modern languages.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Careers That Modern Languages Grads May Go Into

A degree in modern languages 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
High School Teachers 8,920 $47,190
Interpreters and Translators 140 $52,110
Foreign Language and Literature Professors 120 $59,690

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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