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Liberal Arts General Studies at University of Southern Mississippi

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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. In 2021, 178 liberal arts 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 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

Each year, College Factual ranks liberal arts 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 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.

Ranking Type Rank
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools 371
Best Liberal Arts General Studies Schools 975

Earnings of Southern Miss Liberal Arts Graduates

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at Southern Miss is $24,511. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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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

51% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The liberal arts program at Southern Miss awarded 178 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 49% of these degrees went to men with the other 51% going to women. The typical liberal arts 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 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.

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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. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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