University of Southern Mississippi Student Population and Demographics

Southern Mississippi Student Population

There are 13,170 students including 10,193 undergraduate and 2,977 graduate students at University of Southern Mississippi for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 10,108 full-time and 3,062 part-time students with gender distribution of 4,855 male and 8,315 female students.

University of Southern Mississippi is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 4,140 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Southern Mississippi has a total enrollment of 13,170 with a gender distribution of 36.86% male (4,855 students) and 63.14% female (8,315 students). There are 3,837 male and 6,356 female students in undergraduate school and 1,018 male and 1,959 female students are attending graduate school at University of Southern Mississippi.

Student Population By Gender
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,170	4,855	8,315
Undergraduate	10,193	3,837	6,356
Graduate	2,977	1,018	1,959
Full-time	10,108	3,766	6,342
Part-time	3,062	1,089	1,973

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Southern Mississippi has 10,108 full-time and 3,062 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 8,679 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,514 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,429 students are full-time and 1,548 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	13,170	10,108	3,062
Undergraduate	10,193	8,679	1,514
Graduate	2,977	1,429	1,548
Men	4,855	3,766	1,089
Women	8,315	6,342	1,973

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Southern Mississippi, 4,140 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 5,550 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 13,170 students.

In undergraduate schools, 7,690 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 2,000 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,170	10,193	2,977
Online Exclusively	4,140	2,526	1,614
In Some Online Classes	5,550	5,164	386
Not In Online Classes	3,480	2,503	977

[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, 7,384 White, 3,421 Black/African American, 208 Asian, 664 Hispanic, 6 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 233 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	13,170	4,855	8,315
American Indian/Native American	61	23	38
Asian	208	72	136
Black/African American	3,421	1,085	2,336
Hispanic	664	250	414
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	6	4	2
White	7,384	2,669	4,715
Two More	451	158	293
Race Un-Known	185	75	110

[Chart] University of Southern MississippiRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following 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	13,170	10,193	2,977
Under 18	206	206	0
Age 18-19	2,928	2,926	2
Age 20-21	3,628	3,580	48
Age 22-24	2,413	1,685	728
Age 25-29	1,430	695	735
Age 30-34	809	371	438
Age 35-39	627	292	335
Age 40-49	771	326	445
Age 50-64	329	97	232
Over 64	29	15	14
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

Know about Mississippi Colleges

see more questions for Mississippi colleges