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University of Southern Mississippi Doctorate in Psychology

Psychology is a program of study at University of Southern Mississippi. The school offers a doctor’s degree in the area. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the doctor’s degree program in psychology, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.

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• Graduate Cost
• Online Learning
• Student Diversity
• Focus Areas
• References

How Much Does a Doctorate in Psychology from Southern Miss Cost?

Southern Miss Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Southern Miss was $600 per credit hour for out-of-state students. The average for in-state students was $488 per credit hour. Information about average full-time graduate student tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

	In State	Out of State
Tuition	$8,786	$10,786
Fees	$110	$110

Does Southern Miss Offer an Online Doctorate in Psychology?

Southern Miss does not offer an online option for its psychology doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Southern Miss Online Learning page.

Southern Miss Doctorate Student Diversity for Psychology

In the 2019-2020 academic year, 17 students received their doctor’s degree in psychology. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Women made up around 70.6% of the psychology students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is less than the nationwide number of 75.2%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 11.8% of the psychology doctor’s degrees at Southern Miss in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 30%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Doctorate in Psychology Focus Areas at Southern Miss

Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	17

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.

• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.