Dietetics/Dietitian at University of Southern Mississippi

If you plan to study dietetics/dietitian, 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, 21 students received a bachelor's degree in dietetics from Southern Miss.

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

Southern Miss Dietetics/Dietitian Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Dietetics

Southern Miss Dietetics/Dietitian Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The dietetics major at Southern Miss is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Dietetics/Dietitian. 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
Best Value Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	12
Most Popular Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	37
Most Focused Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	51
Best Dietetics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	84
	107
Best Dietetics Schools	111

Dietetics Student Demographics at Southern Miss

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

Southern Miss Dietetics/Dietitian Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 dietetics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Southern Miss, about 5% were men and 95% were women.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in dietetics at Southern Miss are white. This is below average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its dietetics bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern Mississippi with a bachelor's in dietetics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

Careers That Dietetics Grads May Go Into

A degree in dietetics 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
Dietitians and Nutritionists	460	$51,690
Dietetic Technicians	140	$25,630

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.