Mathematics at University of Southern Mississippi

What traits are you looking for in a math school? To help you decide if University of Southern Mississippi is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's math program.

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 Mathematics section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Mathematics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Math
• Master’s Degree in Math

Southern Miss Mathematics Rankings

The math major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Mathematics. 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.

Math Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Mathematics Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of math bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical math bachelor's degree program is made up of only 37% women. So female students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 3% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% more racial-ethnic minorities in its math 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 math.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Southern Miss Mathematics Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of math master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Mathematics

Mathematics majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern Mississippi. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Mathematics	17

Related Majors

Careers That Math Grads May Go Into

A degree in math 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
High School Teachers	8,920	$47,190
Mathematical Science Professors	290	$62,730
Natural Sciences Managers	180	$101,240
Statisticians	30	$65,510

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.