Counseling Psychology at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study counseling psychology, 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 Counseling Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Counseling Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology

Southern Miss Counseling Psychology Rankings

Counseling Psychology Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Counseling Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 42% of counseling psychology master's degrees went to men and 58% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in counseling psychology each year. Southern Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 24% more men than average.

Of the students who received a counseling psychology master's degree from Southern Miss, 75% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

Careers That Counseling Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in counseling 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

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.