University of Southern Mississippi Student Population

Population By Gender/Attending Status

For academic year 2022-2023, total 13,526 students enrolled into University of Southern Mississippi. 10,258 enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,268 students enrolled in graduate programs. By attending status. there are 10,086 full-time and 3,440 part-time students. By gender, 4,729 male and 8,797 female students are attending at University of Southern Mississippi. Next table summarizes the student population by gender and attending status for University of Southern Mississippi.

Gender Distribution
Attending Status

Student Population By Gender
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,526	4,729	8,797
Undergraduate	10,258	3,617	6,641
Graduate	3,268	1,112	2,156

Student Population By Attending Status
University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	13,526	10,086	3,440
Undergraduate	10,258	8,624	1,634
Graduate	3,268	1,462	1,806

Population by Race/Ethnicity

Next tables summarize the students population by race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi.

There are 7,967 White (58.90%), 3,644 Black/African American (26.94%), 573 Hispanic (4.24%), 250 Asian (1.85%), and 1,092 students with other races.

Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,526	4,729	8,797
American Indian/Native American	53	18	35
Asian	250	93	157
Black/African American	3,644	1,086	2,558
Hispanic	573	221	352
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	13	2	11
White	7,967	2,850	5,117
Two More	481	170	311
Un-Known	59	15	44

Undergraduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,258	3,617	6,641
American Indian/Native American	45	16	29
Asian	170	64	106
Black/African American	2,907	882	2,025
Hispanic	427	168	259
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	12	2	10
White	6,111	2,234	3,877
Two More	393	145	248
Un-Known	3	2	1

Graduate Student Population By Race/ethnicity at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,268	1,112	2,156
American Indian/Native American	8	2	6
Asian	80	29	51
Black/African American	737	204	533
Hispanic	146	53	93
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	1	0	1
White	1,856	616	1,240
Two More	88	25	63
Un-Known	56	13	43

Distance Learning Student Population at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Enrolled Exclusively	Enrolled Some Courses	Not In Online Courses
Total	13,526	3,954	6,490	3,082
Undergraduate	10,258	2,222	6,072	1,964
Graduate	3,268	1,732	418	1,118

Population by Student Age

The following table summarizes the students population by age at University of Southern Mississippi. 6,159 students are aged 20 to 24 (45.53% of total students), 2,944 students are aged below 20 (21.77%), 413 students are aged above 50 (3.05%). Next table summarizes the student population by age at University of Southern Mississippi.

Student Population By Age at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	13,526	4,729	8,797
Under 18	166	41	125
Age 18-19	2,778	886	1,892
Age 20-21	3,715	1,223	2,492
Age 22-24	2,444	980	1,464
Age 25-29	1,561	630	931
Age 30-34	931	348	583
Age 35-39	732	241	491
Age 40-49	786	258	528
Age 50-64	384	108	276
Over 64	29	14	15

Undergraduate Student Population By Age at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	10,258	3,617	6,641
Under 18	166	41	125
Age 18-19	2,778	886	1,892
Age 20-21	3,664	1,210	2,454
Age 22-24	1,767	739	1,028
Age 25-29	734	314	420
Age 30-34	421	165	256
Age 35-39	314	118	196
Age 40-49	292	106	186
Age 50-64	111	32	79
Over 64	11	6	5

Graduate Student Population By Age at University of Southern Mississippi
	Total	Male	Female
Total	3,268	1,112	2,156
Age 20-21	51	13	38
Age 22-24	677	241	436
Age 25-29	827	316	511
Age 30-34	510	183	327
Age 35-39	418	123	295
Age 40-49	494	152	342
Age 50-64	273	76	197
Over 64	18	8	10

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