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Sociology at University of Southern Mississippi

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Sociology at University of Southern Mississippi

Every sociology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the sociology 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. In 2021, 14 sociology majors received their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Sociology section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Sociology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology

Southern Miss Sociology Rankings

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

Sociology Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Sociology Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The sociology program at Southern Miss awarded 14 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 21% of these degrees went to men with the other 79% going to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 5
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociology Professors 90 $69,580

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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