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Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at University of Southern Mississippi

If you are interested in studying liberal arts / sciences and humanities, 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. Of the 2,647 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Mississippi in 2021, 178 of them were liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

Southern Miss Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts / sciences and humanities progam at Southern Miss compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The liberal arts / sciences and humanities major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities. 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
Best Value Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools 80
Most Focused Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools 166
Best Liberal Arts & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools 371

Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Program

51% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 178 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities from Southern Miss. About 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical liberal arts / sciences and humanities bachelor's degree program is made up of only 35% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 13% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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 liberal arts / sciences and humanities.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 92
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 77
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities

If you plan to be a liberal arts / sciences and humanities major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Liberal Arts General Studies 178

Careers That Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts / sciences and humanities 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

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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