{"admissions":{"act_25":19,"act_75":27,"admit_rate":99.4,"applicants":8818,"sat_25":null,"sat_75":null,"source_year":2023,"submit_share":{"act_pct":98,"definition":"share of enrolled first-years who submitted a score (CDS C9)","year":2023},"test_policy":"Required"},"admit_by_major":null,"aid_policy":null,"at_a_glance":["University of Southern Mississippi is a public four-year college in MS. It admitted 99% of applicants (8,818 applied, 2023). Test policy: Required.","Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: ACT 19\u201327.","Cost: about $21,708 a year on average with aid, $26,566 a year at full price for in-state students.","Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,140 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $354,568 ahead with aid, $335,136 ahead at full price.","Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians ($89,904); Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians ($82,848); Computer and Information Sciences, General ($81,740).","Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 13% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 17% of those reached the top fifth as adults.","Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/university-of-southern-mississippi.json"],"caveats":["Admit rate, SAT/ACT bands and applicant counts are IPEDS (federal); admit rates by major are the college system's own reporting (UC Information Center; CSU Chancellor's Office).","UC admits to the campus, not the major, at most programs; a UC admit rate by major is a guide to selectivity, not a rule.","'transfer_only' majors at a CSU had no first-year row reported: freshmen enter as a pre-major and apply into the program later.","net_price_with_aid is the average for aid recipients; full_price is the cost of attendance. The federal $110K+ income bracket is never shown because it fits no family.","Earnings are federal College Scorecard medians; they travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college.","Payoff = ten years of median earnings minus four years of cost, in dollars.","SAT/ACT bands describe ENROLLED first-years who submitted that test, not the admitted pool and not the whole class; at a test-optional college check admissions.submit_share before reading a band as the class profile."],"control":"Public","cost":{"by_family_income":[{"band":"$0\u201330K","net_price":19867},{"band":"$30\u201348K","net_price":20432},{"band":"$48\u201375K","net_price":22756},{"band":"$75\u2013110K","net_price":25812}],"full_price":26566,"in_state_basis":true,"mode":"range","net_price_with_aid":21708,"npc_url":"https://www.usm.edu/financial-aid/net-price-calculator","tuition_in_state":9998,"tuition_out_of_state":11998},"earnings":{"median_10yr_after_entry":44140,"median_6yr_after_entry":37710},"feeder_schools":null,"gpa":null,"ipeds_name":null,"majors_pages":[{"slug":"accounting","title":"Accounting","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/accounting"},{"slug":"biology","title":"Biology","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/biology"},{"slug":"business-administration","title":"Business Administration","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/business-administration"},{"slug":"chemistry","title":"Chemistry","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/chemistry"},{"slug":"child-development","title":"Child Development","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/child-development"},{"slug":"communication","title":"Communication","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/communication"},{"slug":"computer-science","title":"Computer Science","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/computer-science"},{"slug":"criminal-justice","title":"Criminal Justice and Criminology","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/criminal-justice"},{"slug":"english","title":"English","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/english"},{"slug":"finance","title":"Finance","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/finance"},{"slug":"history","title":"History","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/history"},{"slug":"journalism","title":"Journalism","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/journalism"},{"slug":"kinesiology","title":"Kinesiology","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/kinesiology"},{"slug":"liberal-studies","title":"Liberal Studies (teacher preparation)","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/liberal-studies"},{"slug":"marketing","title":"Marketing","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/marketing"},{"slug":"mathematics","title":"Mathematics","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/mathematics"},{"slug":"nursing","title":"Nursing (BSN)","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/nursing"},{"slug":"nutrition","title":"Nutrition and Dietetics","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/nutrition"},{"slug":"psychology","title":"Psychology","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/psychology"},{"slug":"public-health","title":"Public Health","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/public-health"},{"slug":"social-work","title":"Social Work","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/social-work"},{"slug":"sociology","title":"Sociology","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/sociology"},{"slug":"theatre","title":"Theatre","url":"https://highschoolreach.com/majors/theatre"}],"mobility":{"count":null,"k_median":37200,"kq5_cond_parq1":16.94,"mr_kq5_pq1":2.14,"par_median":76700,"par_q1":12.66,"tier":"Selective public"},"name":"University of Southern Mississippi","ok":true,"payoff":{"definition":"ten years of median earnings minus four years of cost","net_gain_at_full_price":335136,"net_gain_with_aid":354568},"program_layers":{},"slug":"university-of-southern-mississippi","state":"MS","top_programs":[{"cip_code":"1506","cip_desc":"Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.","cohort_size":51,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":75493,"earnings_4yr":89904},{"cip_code":"1501","cip_desc":"Architectural Engineering Technologies/Technicians.","cohort_size":98,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":76114,"earnings_4yr":82848},{"cip_code":"1101","cip_desc":"Computer and Information Sciences, General.","cohort_size":32,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":null,"earnings_4yr":81740},{"cip_code":"5138","cip_desc":"Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.","cohort_size":149,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":70068,"earnings_4yr":72411},{"cip_code":"5299","cip_desc":"Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.","cohort_size":16,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":null,"earnings_4yr":70328},{"cip_code":"4006","cip_desc":"Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.","cohort_size":17,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":null,"earnings_4yr":66142},{"cip_code":"5203","cip_desc":"Accounting and Related Services.","cohort_size":75,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":40764,"earnings_4yr":65861},{"cip_code":"4005","cip_desc":"Chemistry.","cohort_size":17,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":null,"earnings_4yr":63856},{"cip_code":"5208","cip_desc":"Finance and Financial Management Services.","cohort_size":28,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":39444,"earnings_4yr":55959},{"cip_code":"1103","cip_desc":"Data Processing.","cohort_size":35,"cred_desc":"Bachelor's Degree","credlev":3,"earnings_1yr":37734,"earnings_4yr":55514}],"unitid":176372,"url":"https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/university-of-southern-mississippi"}