Student Population at Southern Mississippi

The below chart compares the student population between University of Southern Mississippi and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 4,729 male and 8,797 female students attending Southern Mississippi. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.54 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Southern Mississippi.

By age, there are 9,103 students whose age under twenty five and 2,862 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Southern Mississippi.

Especially, 166 students are younger than eighteen and 29 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at University of Southern Mississippi.

At University of Southern Mississippi, 10,444 students (77.21% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 3,954 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 2,589 students live in Mississippi where University of Southern Mississippi is located in and 1,326 students have enrolled from other states.