The main focus area for this major is Music Performance. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Music is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at University of Southern Mississippi. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in music, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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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. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
---|---|---|
Tuition | $8,786 | $10,786 |
Fees | $110 | $110 |
Southern Miss does not offer an online option for its music 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.
Women made up around 50.0% of the music students who took home a doctor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 46.9%.
None of the music doctor’s degree recipients at Southern Miss in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 0 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 9 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Music students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Music Performance | 10 |
*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.
More about our data sources and methodologies.