You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Southern Mississippi. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Mississippi for Ecology for a Master’s list. Hattiesburg, Mississippi is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s ecology degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.
Southern Miss did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology Master’s Degree Schools in Mississippi” list.Of the 14,606 students enrolled at University of Southern Mississippi, 351 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 226 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,605. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Southern Mississippi offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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