University of Southern Mississippi Master’s in Library & Information Science

The main focus area for this major is Library & Information Science. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Library & Information Science is a major offered under the library science program of study at University of Southern Mississippi. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the master’s degree program in library science, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity 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 Master’s in Library Science from Southern Miss Cost?

$8,896 Average Tuition and Fees

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. The following table shows the average full-time tuition and fees for graduate student.

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

Does Southern Miss Offer an Online Master’s in Library Science?

Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the library science master’s degree program at Southern Miss. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Southern Miss Online Learning page.

Southern Miss Master’s Student Diversity for Library Science

49 Master's Degrees Awarded

83.7% Women

28.6% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

There were 49 master’s degrees in library science awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their master’s degree in library science in 2019-2020, 83.7% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 83.5%.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 28.6% of the library science master’s degrees at Southern Miss in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 21%.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	0
Native American or Alaska Native	0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	0
White	35
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Master’s in Library Science Focus Areas at Southern Miss

Library & Information Science students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area	Annual Graduates
Library & Information Science	49

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.

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