Enrollment Trends at U of Southern Mississippi

The student population at University of Southern Mississippi is 13,526 (10,258 undergraduate and 3,268 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 1,723 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at U of Southern Mississippi is 75.84% which is decreased by 2,217 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 494 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.86 to 1 which means that female students enrolled more than male students.

3,954 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 189.88% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 14,454 where 13,526 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

75.84% of total students is undergraduate students and 24.16% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 2,217 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 494 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.86 to 1 and it means that there are more female students enrolled in U of Southern Mississippi than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Southern Mississippi since 2013.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	15,249	12,475	4,522	7,953	2,774	1,073	1,701
2014-15	14,792 -457	12,005 -470	4,361 -161	7,644 -309	2,787 13	1,087 14	1,700 -1
2015-16	14,551 -241	11,840 -165	4,302 -59	7,538 -106	2,711 -76	1,039 -48	1,672 -28
2016-17	14,552 1	11,779 -61	4,377 75	7,402 -136	2,773 62	1,002 -37	1,771 99
2017-18	14,478 -74	11,815 36	4,408 31	7,407 5	2,663 -110	903 -99	1,760 -11
2018-19	14,509 31	11,920 105	4,401 -7	7,519 112	2,589 -74	892 -11	1,697 -63
2019-20	14,133 -376	11,594 -326	4,252 -149	7,342 -177	2,539 -50	883 -9	1,656 -41
2020-21	14,606 473	11,451 -143	4,132 -120	7,319 -23	3,155 616	1,066 183	2,089 433
2021-22	14,146 -460	10,693 -758	3,775 -357	6,918 -401	3,453 298	1,164 98	2,289 200
2022-23	13,526 -620	10,258 -435	3,617 -158	6,641 -277	3,268 -185	1,112 -52	2,156 -133
Average	14,454	11,583	4,215	7,368	2,871	1,022	1,849

University of Southern Mississippi Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 11,583 where 10,258 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Southern Mississippi since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	12,475	10,841	3,882	6,959	1,634	640	994
2014-15	12,005	10,577	3,776	6,801	1,428	585	843
2015-16	11,840	10,300	3,666	6,634	1,540	636	904
2016-17	11,779	10,246	3,685	6,561	1,533	692	841
2017-18	11,815	10,384	3,766	6,618	1,431	642	789
2018-19	11,920	9,846	3,463	6,383	2,074	938	1,136
2019-20	11,594	9,654	3,369	6,285	1,940	883	1,057
2020-21	11,451	9,644	3,298	6,346	1,807	834	973
2021-22	10,693	9,018	3,053	5,965	1,675	722	953
2022-23	10,258	8,624	2,936	5,688	1,634	681	953
Average	11,583	11,583	3,489	6,424	11,583	725	944

University of Southern Mississippi Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 2,871 where 3,268 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Southern Mississippi since 2013.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2013-14	2,774	1,476	626	850	1,298	447	851
2014-15	2,787	1,485	628	857	1,302	459	843
2015-16	2,711	1,435	599	836	1,276	440	836
2016-17	2,773	1,501	597	904	1,272	405	867
2017-18	2,663	1,458	548	910	1,205	355	850
2018-19	2,589	1,310	514	796	1,279	378	901
2019-20	2,539	1,302	473	829	1,237	410	827
2020-21	3,155	1,486	532	954	1,669	534	1,135
2021-22	3,453	1,572	576	996	1,881	588	1,293
2022-23	3,268	1,462	564	898	1,806	548	1,258
Average	2,871	2,871	566	883	2,871	456	966

University of Southern Mississippi Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 58.90%. The percentage was 62.85% 10 years ago and U of Southern Mississippi still has a high percentage of white students. 1.85% of enrolled students is Asian and 26.94% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi over the past 11 years (2013-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2013-14	58	180	4,322	451	13	9,584	286
2014-15	48	172	4,033	457	14	9,308	316
2015-16	52	175	3,963	436	10	9,096	350
2016-17	52	171	3,823	461	8	9,022	392
2017-18	63	200	3,784	469	12	9,074	370
2018-19	71	203	3,835	445	16	9,079	469
2019-20	65	207	3,749	481	15	8,781	463
2020-21	61	231	3,991	545	13	8,974	456
2021-22	49	239	3,816	549	13	8,564	469
2022-23	53	250	3,644	573	13	7,967	481
Average	57	203	3,896	487	13	8,945	405

University of Southern Mississippi Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

3,954 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 29% of total students. The number of online students has increased 189.88% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Southern Mississippi from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	14,792	1,364	3,588	9,840
2015-16	14,551	1,582	4,671	8,298
2016-17	14,552	1,732	4,953	7,867
2017-18	14,478	2,230	7,204	5,044
2018-19	14,509	2,539	7,417	4,553
2019-20	14,133	2,633	7,209	4,291
2020-21	14,606	6,641	7,361	604
2021-22	14,146	3,781	5,805	4,560
2022-23	13,526	3,954	6,490	3,082
Average	14,366	2,940	6,078	5,349

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