Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study liberal arts general studies, 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 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 Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

Southern Miss Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The liberal arts major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General Studies. 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.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 54% of liberal arts bachelor's degrees went to men and 46% went to women. The typical liberal arts bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 18% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its liberal arts 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	66
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	65
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Concentrations Within Liberal Arts General Studies

Liberal Arts General Studies 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
Liberal Arts	119
General Studies	59

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.