Southern Mississippi Student Population and Demographics

Southern Mississippi Student Population

There are 14,133 students including 11,594 undergraduate and 2,539 graduate students at University of Southern Mississippi for academic year 2019-2020. By attending status, there are 10,956 full-time and 3,177 part-time students with gender distribution of 5,135 male and 8,998 female students. University of Southern Mississippi is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 2,539 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

University of Southern Mississippi has a total enrollment of 14,133 with a gender distribution of 36.33% male (5,135 students) and 63.67% female (8,998 students). There are 4,252 male and 7,342 female students in undergraduate school and 883 male and 1,656 female students are attending graduate school at University of Southern Mississippi.

Student Population By Gender
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,133	5,135	8,998
Undergraduate	11,594	4,252	7,342
Graduate	2,539	883	1,656
Full-time	10,956	3,842	7,114
Part-time	3,177	1,293	1,884

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2020 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

University of Southern Mississippi has 10,956 full-time and 3,177 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 9,654 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 1,940 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 1,302 students are full-time and 1,237 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	14,133	10,956	3,177
Undergraduate	11,594	9,654	1,940
Graduate	2,539	1,302	1,237
Men	5,135	3,842	1,293
Women	8,998	7,114	1,884

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At University of Southern Mississippi, 2,633 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 7,209 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 14,133 students. In undergraduate schools, 8,593 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,249 students are attending some online courses.

2020 Distance Learning Enrollment
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	14,133	11,594	2,539
Online Exclusively	2,633	1,665	968
In Some Online Classes	7,209	6,928	281
Not In Online Classes	4,291	3,001	1,290

[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 65 American Indian/Native American, 8,781 White, 3,749 Black/African American, 207 Asian, 481 Hispanic, 15 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 179 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Men	Women
Total	14,133	5,135	8,998
American Indian/Native American	65	26	39
Asian	207	93	114
Black/African American	3,749	1,162	2,587
Hispanic	481	167	314
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	15	6	9
White	8,781	3,296	5,485
Two More	463	179	284

[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	14,133	11,594	2,539
Under 18	111	111	0
Age 18-19	3,370	3,368	2
Age 20-21	3,767	3,742	25
Age 22-24	2,705	2,148	557
Age 25-29	1,644	893	751
Age 30-34	895	500	395
Age 35-39	632	347	285
Age 40-49	672	337	335
Age 50-64	317	139	178
Over 64	20	9	11
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] University of Southern Mississippi 2020 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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