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Music at Southern Miss

Southern Miss graduates about 21 music majors a year. That puts it 355th of 749 schools we score for music, a solid program at 56 out of 100.

56/100Solid#355 of 749 for music →
Graduates a year21under 1% of the class
Research in the field$365Ka 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 music happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Mannoni Performing Arts Center.

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 music ranking

  1. University of Mary 56
  2. St. Mary's College of Maryland 56
  3. Saint Mary's College of California 56
  4. Cedarville University 56
  5. Western Michigan University 56
  6. East Carolina University 56
  7. University of Louisiana at Lafayette 55
  8. Manhattan University 55

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 music. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 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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