Music at University of Southern Mississippi

Every music school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the music 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 Music section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Music Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Music
• Master’s Degree in Music

Southern Miss Music Rankings

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

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in music, making the school the #52 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Music Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Music Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 43% of music bachelor's degrees went to men and 57% went to women. The typical music bachelor's degree program is made up of only 46% women. So female students are more repesented at Southern Miss since its program graduates 11% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% more racial-ethnic minorities in its music 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	9
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Southern Miss Music Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 76% of music master's degrees went to men and 24% went to women.

Of the students who received a music master's degree from Southern Miss, 59% 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 music.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Music

Music 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 Music	59
Music Performance	8

Related Majors

• Dance
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Arts & Media Management
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Drama & Theater Arts

Careers That Music Grads May Go Into

A degree in music 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	660	$62,540
Music Directors and Composers	80	$53,000

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.