General Public Health at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study general public health, take a look at what University of Southern Mississippi has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 General Public Health section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss General Public Health Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in General Public Health
• Master’s Degree in General Public Health

Southern Miss General Public Health Rankings

The general public health major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Public Health. 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.

General Public Health Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss General Public Health Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 11% of general public health bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its general public health 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 general public health.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Southern Miss General Public Health Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of general public health master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in general public health each year. Southern Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	22
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That General Public Health Grads May Go Into

A degree in general public health 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
Medical and Health Services Managers	3,010	$94,800
Community Health Workers	710	$32,880

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.