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Education at Southern Miss

Southern Miss graduates about 253 education majors a year, 10% of its graduating class. That puts it 307th of 551 schools we score for education, a solid program at 56 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $41,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.87×). Research spending in the field runs about $5 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

Graduates a year25310% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$41,0000.87× the same major nationally
Research in the field$5Ma year, NSF
Admit rate99%whole school

Around Southern Miss

Cook Library
Cook Library - panoramioPhoto: Aaron Manning · CC BY 3.0 · source
Owings-Mcquagge Hall
Owings-Mcquagge Hall - panoramioPhoto: Aaron Manning · CC BY 3.0 · source
Bennett Auditorium on the campus of the University of Southern Mississippi in Ha
USM Bennett AuditoriumPhoto: Dudemanfellabra · CC BY-SA 3.0 · source
USM Campus, Hattiesburg
Student Union - The Hub (3298934722)Photo: hattiesburgmemory · CC BY 2.0 · source

Where education happens

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 49 · Dorm 9 · Chapel 7 · Athletics 3 · Arts 3 · Library 2.

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Nearby in the education ranking

  1. Emerson College 57
  2. Bowling Green State University 56
  3. California State University–Fullerton 56
  4. Texas State University 56
  5. Tennessee Technological University 56
  6. SUNY Buffalo State University 56
  7. SUNY Brockport 56
  8. University of Missouri–St. Louis 56

Other strong majors at Southern Miss

How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Southern Miss with every school we score in education. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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