Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services at University of Southern Mississippi

If you are interested in studying dietetics and clinical nutrition 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 approximately 14,606 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 21 nutrition majors received their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss.

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

Each year, College Factual ranks nutrition programs across the country. The following shows how Southern Miss performed in these rankings.

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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Dietetics & Nutrition Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools	56

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

Of the 21 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in nutrition from Southern Miss in 2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in nutrition at Southern Miss are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its nutrition 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 nutrition.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Mental & Social Health Services
• Allied Health Professions
• Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science
• Communication Sciences
• Public Health

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.