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Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Southern Mississippi

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Southern Mississippi

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

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 Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Nutrition

Southern Miss Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Rankings

The nutrition major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services. 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.

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.

Southern Miss Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
11% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of nutrition bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women. The typical nutrition bachelor's degree program is made up of only 13% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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About 89% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition 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 nutrition.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 16
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services

Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Mississippi. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Dietetics/Dietitian 21

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
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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