Liberal Arts at University of Southern Mississippi

Every liberal arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the liberal studies program at University of Southern Mississippi stacks up to those at other schools.

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 section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Liberal Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Studies

Southern Miss Liberal Arts Rankings

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

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

Southern Miss Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of liberal studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. The typical liberal studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% men. So male students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 21% 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 bachelor's in liberal studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	47
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	53
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

• General Studies

Careers That Liberal Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal studies 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.