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Philosophy at University of Southern Mississippi

Philosophy at University of Southern Mississippi

80% Women (Bachelor's)
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)
5 Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan to study philosophy, 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 Philosophy section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Philosophy Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Philosophy

Southern Miss Philosophy Rankings

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

Philosophy Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Philosophy Bachelor’s Program

80% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of philosophy bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women. The typical philosophy bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% women. So female students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 40% more women than average.

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About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in philosophy at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its philosophy 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 philosophy.

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

Careers That Philosophy Grads May Go Into

A degree in philosophy 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
Philosophy and Religion Professors 90 $68,680

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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