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Health & pre-med fields at Southern Miss

Southern Miss graduates about 347 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 13% of its graduating class. That puts it 279th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a solid program at 58 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $63,000 four years out, below the national figure for the same major (0.83×). Research spending in the field runs about $11 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

58/100Solid#279 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year34713% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$63,0000.83× the same major nationally
Research in the field$11Ma 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 pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Walker Science Building, Johnson Science Tower.

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 pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Texas Tech University 59
  2. Austin College 59
  3. Saint Johns University 59
  4. Boise State University 58
  5. New Mexico State University 58
  6. D'Youville University 58
  7. Prairie View A&M University 58
  8. Russell Sage College 58

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 pre-med & health fields. 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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