Advertising at University of Southern Mississippi

Every advertising school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the advertising program at University of Southern Mississippi stacks up to those at other schools.

Southern Miss is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and has a total student population of 14,509. Of the 505 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern Mississippi in 2019, 7 of them were advertising majors.

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

Southern Miss Advertising Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Advertising

Southern Miss Advertising Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the advertising progam at Southern Miss compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The advertising major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Advertising. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	55
Best Advertising Schools	57
Most Focused Advertising Schools	85

Advertising Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Advertising Bachelor’s Program

Of the 7 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Advertising from Southern Miss in 2018-2019, 29% were men and 71% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in advertising at Southern Miss are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in advertising. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Public Relations

Careers That Advertising Grads May Go Into

A degree in advertising 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
Communications Professors	150	$54,940
Advertising and Promotions Managers	100	$77,770

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.