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University of Southern Mississippi - Campus Life
Environment | Campus Description | Housing | Regulations | Student Employment
Environment
- The Southeastern region of the country constitute a vast majority of U.S. students.
- The campus area is 1090 acres.
- Campus is located within one mile of a city or town.
Campus Description and Transportation Services
- Description:
- 1,090-acre, suburban campus in Hattiesburg (population: 65,000), 90 miles
- from Jackson and New Orleans, La.; branch campus in Long Beach. Served by
- air, bus, and train; major airports serve Jackson and New Orleans. Public
- transportation serves campus.
Housing
Types of Housing
- Women's Dorms.
- Men's Dorms.
- Sorority housing.
- Fraternity housing.
- School-owned/operated Apartments.
- On-campus Married-student housing.
- 34% of all students live in school housing of some type.
- 66% of all students live off campus or commute.
- On average, 20% of all students are on campus during the weekend.
Campus housing is available for all unmarried students regardless of year.
Campus Rules, Regulations & Policies
- All students may have cars on campus.
- 80% of all students have cars on campus.
- Alcohol is not permitted on campus, even to those students of legal drinking age.
Other Policies
- Class attendance policies set by individual instructors
- Hazing Prohibited
Student Employment
- 17% of full-time undergraduates work on campus during the year.
- Undergraduates may expect to earn, on average, $2750 per year working part-time on campus.
- This school participates in College Work/Study Program.
- Institutional employment is available.
- Part-time off-campus employment opportunities are good.
- Freshmen are not discouraged from working during first term.
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