Student Population at University of Southern Mississippi

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
13,526	10,258	3,268

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 13,526 students have enrolled in University of Southern Mississippi with 10,258 undergraduate and 3,268 graduate students.

By gender, 4,729 male and 8,797 female students are attending the school.

It has much fewer students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,954 students are enrolled exclusively, and 6,490 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of Southern Mississippi has a total of 13,526 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 10,258 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,268 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 4,729 male and 8,797 female students (the male-female ratio is 35:65) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	13,526	10,258	3,268
Men	4,729	3,617	1,112
Women	8,797	6,641	2,156

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,967 White, 3,644 Black, and 250 Asian students out of a total of 13,526 are attending at University of Southern Mississippi. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	53	18	35
Asian	250	93	157
Black	3,644	1,086	2,558
Hispanic	573	221	352
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	13	2	11
White	7,967	2,850	5,117
Two or more races	481	170	311
Race Unknown	59	15	44

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	45	16	29
Asian	170	64	106
Black	2,907	882	2,025
Hispanic	427	168	259
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	12	2	10
White	6,111	2,234	3,877
Two or more races	393	145	248
Race Unknown	3	2	1

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	8	2	6
Asian	80	29	51
Black	737	204	533
Hispanic	146	53	93
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	0	1
White	1,856	616	1,240
Two or more races	88	25	63
Race Unknown	56	13	43

Student Age Distribution

By age, U of Southern Mississippi has 166 students under 18 years old and 29 students over 65 years old. There are 9,103 students under 25 years old, and 4,423 students over 25 years old out of 13,526 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 166 students are younger than 18 and 11 students are older than 65. U of Southern Mississippi has 8,375 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,883 students aged 25 and over.

It has 728 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,540 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	166	125	41
18-19	2,778	1,892	886
20-21	3,715	2,492	1,223
22-24	2,444	1,464	980
25-29	1,561	931	630
30-34	931	583	348
35-39	732	491	241
40-49	786	528	258
50-64	384	276	108
Over 65	29	15	14

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	166	125	41
18-19	2,778	1,892	886
20-21	3,664	2,454	1,210
22-24	1,767	1,028	739
25-29	734	420	314
30-34	421	256	165
35-39	314	196	118
40-49	292	186	106
50-64	111	79	32
Over 65	11	5	6

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Southern Mississippi, 3,954 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 6,490 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,589 students lived in Mississippi or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,365 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	13,526	3,954	6,490
Undergraduate	10,258	2,222	6,072
Graduate	3,268	1,732	418

Online Student Population by Locality
	Mississippi Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	2,589	1,326	39
Undergraduate	1,641	566	15
Graduate	948	760	24

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 10,258 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,342 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 13.08%.1,187 students have transferred in as full-time status and 155 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	7,437
Transfer-in Full-time	1,187
Regular Part-time	1,479
Transfer-in Part-time	155

Student Population at University of Southern Mississippi

Student Population by Gender

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

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