Hospitality Management at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study hospitality management, 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 14,606 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received a bachelor's degree in hospitality from Southern Miss.

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

Southern Miss Hospitality Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Hospitality

Southern Miss Hospitality Management Rankings

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

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The hospitality major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Hospitality Management. 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
	50
	141
	176
	194
	346

Hospitality Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Hospitality Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 hospitality majors earned their bachelor's degree from Southern Miss. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

About 82% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in hospitality 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 hospitality.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Southern Miss also has a doctoral program available in hospitality. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Concentrations Within Hospitality Management

Hospitality Management majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern Mississippi. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Hospitality Administration/Management	11

Related Majors

• Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing
• International Business
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Finance & Financial Management
• Other Business, Management & Marketing

Careers That Hospitality Grads May Go Into

A degree in hospitality 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
Food Service Managers	2,000	$48,570
Managers	1,230	$82,230
Lodging Managers	550	$51,520
Business Professors	500	$94,150
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	250	$41,110

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.