Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology at University of Southern Mississippi

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

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 Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology

Southern Miss Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Rankings

Clinical Psychology Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students earned a master's degree in clinical psychology from Southern Miss. About 71% of these graduates were women and the other 29% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in clinical psychology each year. Southern Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

Of the students who received a clinical psychology master's degree from Southern Miss, 57% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the clinical psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 43% of degree recipients. That is 5% better 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 master's in clinical psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• General Psychology

Careers That Clinical Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in clinical psychology 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
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Psychology Professors	320	$71,880
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	250	$67,570
Psychologists	60	$81,610

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.