University of Southern Mississippi is a four-year, public school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. It offers 15 health profession degree programs. By offered degree types, USM have 7 bachelor's degree programs, and 8 graduate programs for the health profession degrees.

The 2025 undergraduate tuition & fees of USM is $9,998 for Mississippi residents and $11,998 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the USM's graduate tuition & fees is $9,998 for Mississippi residents and $11,998 for out-of-state students.

Last year, total 486 students have completed their health profession studies. 323 students earned the bachelor's degrees, and 51 students earned master's or doctorate degrees.


University of Southern Mississippi 2025 Tuition & Academic Characteristics

The 2025 tuition & fees of USM is $9,998 for Mississippi residents and $11,998 for out-of-state students. For graduate programs, the average tuition & fees is $9,998 for in-state rate and $11,998 for out-of-state rate.

The acceptance rate at USM is 99.12% and the graduation rate is 49%. The students to faculty ratio is 18 to 1 and the retention rate is 72%.

You can find the detailed information about University of Southern Mississippi at cost of attendance and admission pages.

Key Academics Stats
Tuition & Fees
Undergraduate$11,998 ($9,998)
Graduate$11,998 ($9,998)
Health Profession Programs15 programs
2 online programs
Total Programs180 programs
28 online programs
Student to Faculty Ratio18 to 1
Student Population13,170 Students
Number of Faculties850 Faculties
Number of Staffs2,560 Staffs

Number of Health Profession Programs and Completers

University of Southern Mississippi offers 15 health profession programs through bachelor's programs and graduate programs.

A total of 486 students have completed the health profession programs including 323 bachelor's degree earners and graduate degree earners.

The following table shows the number of health profession programs offered at USM with number of completers and online availability.

Health Profession Programs by Offered Degrees
DegreesNumber of ProgramsOnline ProgramsNumber of Completers
Bachelor 7 NOT OFFERED 323
Master 5 1 92
Doctoral (Research) 3 1 51
Post-Master Certificate 2 NOT OFFERED 20

Health Profession Programs by Concentrated Study

The following table shows the health profession programs by concentrated major with number of completers and online availability for each program.

"-" in a column means that there were no completers last year (or data is not available), and "online" means the program has online degrees and/or courses available.

Health Profession Vocational Programs
ProgramBachelor'sMaster'sDoctorateAssociate'sCertificationsPost graduate
Speech-Language Pathology/PathologistNOT OFFERED23NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist42NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (other)NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED10NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/TrainerNOT OFFERED7NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist107NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Clinical/Medical Social WorkNOT OFFERED26NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Public Health2829OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy13NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Dietetics/Dietitian10NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse179NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Family Practice Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED1
Nursing ScienceNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED6OnlineNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse/NursingNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED19
Nursing PracticeNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED35NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (other)37NOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFEREDNOT OFFERED