Student Population at USM

The following chart compares USM's student enrollment with all colleges nationwide, Public, 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi.

The enrollment is larger than the Public, 4-Years Colleges in Mississippi average (9,820 students).

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

By gender, there are 4,855 male and 8,315 female students attending USM. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.58 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 USM.

By age, there are 9,175 students whose age under twenty five and 2,565 students whose age is over thirty years old at University of Southern Mississippi.

Especially, 206 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, 9,690 students (73.58% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 4,140 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, 2,936 students live in Mississippi where University of Southern Mississippi is located in and 1,150 students have enrolled from other states.