Southern Mississippi Student Population and Demographics

Southern Mississippi Student Population

There are 14,606 students including 11,451 undergraduate and 3,155 graduate students at University of Southern Mississippi for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 11,130 full-time and 3,476 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,198 male and 9,408 female students. University of Southern Mississippi is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,641 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Southern Mississippi has a total enrollment of 14,606 with a gender distribution of 35.59% male (5,198 students) and 64.41% female (9,408 students). There are 4,132 male and 7,319 female students in undergraduate school and 1,066 male and 2,089 female students are attending graduate school at University of Southern Mississippi.

Student Population By Gender
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,606	5,198	9,408
Undergraduate	11,451	4,132	7,319
Graduate	3,155	1,066	2,089
Full-time	11,130	3,830	7,300
Part-time	3,476	1,368	2,108

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Southern Mississippi has 11,130 full-time and 3,476 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,644 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,807 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,486 students are full-time and 1,669 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,606	11,130	3,476
Undergraduate	11,451	9,644	1,807
Graduate	3,155	1,486	1,669
Men	5,198	3,830	1,368
Women	9,408	7,300	2,108

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Southern Mississippi, 6,641 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,361 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,606 students. In undergraduate schools, 11,287 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,715 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,606	11,451	3,155
Online Exclusively	6,641	4,774	1,867
In Some Online Classes	7,361	6,513	848
Not In Online Classes	604	164	440

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi. There are 61 American Indian/Native American, 8,974 White, 3,991 Black/African American, 231 Asian, 545 Hispanic, 13 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 173 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,606	5,198	9,408
American Indian/Native American	61	25	36
Asian	231	106	125
Black/African American	3,991	1,196	2,795
Hispanic	545	202	343
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	5	8
White	8,974	3,322	5,652
Two More	456	170	286
Race Un-Known	14	3	11

[Chart] University of Southern MississippiRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

Next table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at University of Southern Mississippi.

Age Distribution
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,606	11,451	3,155
Under 18	188	188	0
Age 18-19	3,125	3,124	1
Age 20-21	4,119	4,086	33
Age 22-24	2,552	1,881	671
Age 25-29	1,732	873	859
Age 30-34	1,000	471	529
Age 35-39	737	366	371
Age 40-49	786	324	462
Age 50-64	341	130	211
Over 64	26	8	18
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2021 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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