Human Resources Development at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study human resources development, take a look at what University of Southern Mississippi has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and approximately 14,509 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Human Resources Development section at the bottom of this page.

Southern Miss Human Resources Development Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR Development
• Doctorate Degree in HR Development

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Miss

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Southern Miss offers distance education options for HR development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Southern Miss Human Resources Development Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in HR development, making the school the #3 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

HR Development Student Demographics at Southern Miss

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the HR development majors at University of Southern Mississippi.

Southern Miss Human Resources Development Master’s Program

Of the 5 HR development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2018-2019 from Southern Miss, about 40% were men and 60% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 25% men graduate in HR development each year. Southern Miss does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

Of the students who received a HR development master's degree from Southern Miss, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a master's in HR development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

Careers That HR Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MS, the home state for University of Southern Mississippi.

Occupation	Jobs in MS	Average Salary in MS
Training and Development Specialists	1,330	$55,590

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Dudemanfellabra under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.