Hey, what’s up?

Today we’re at the University
of Southern Mississippi.

Which is home of
the Golden Eagles.

I’m Nicole Aaron for
YOUniversity TV.

And I’m Shayna Gene and
my friend Seymour here

is gonna kick start
our campus tour.

Let’s go, guys.

The University of Southern
Mississippi is located

in Hattiesburg, Mississippi
which is known as

the Hub City which is just a
short drive from New Orleans,

the capital city of Jackson,
Mobile, and the Mississippi

Gulf Coast beaches.

Our nickname here in Hattiesburg
is the Hub City because

we’re centrally located.

If you can’t find anything
to do here as far as all types

of music things, art things
all around the city,

you can find something to do.

And we take day
trips all the time.

So it’s, it’s a very fun city,
it's an easy drive

in any direction so people
come here just because

of our location.

Southern Mississippi has
two campuses including

its nearly 1,090 acre
main Hattiesburg campus

where you’ll find everything
from students relaxing

under the live oaks
to students having fun

in the state of the art
Thad Cochran Center

which is the newest addition
to the student union building.

The Gulf Park campus
features a beachfront location

that is home to the
Friendship Oak which is more

than 500 years old an a historic
landmark for the coastal region.

Southern Miss legend has it that
if you walk across Lake Byron

with your sweetheart, you’re
destined to be together forever.

More than 13,000
students are enrolled

in the Hattiesburg campus which
features a male to female ratio

of about 40% men to 60% women.

The Gulf Park campus
enrolls nearly 2,500

with a male to female
ratio of about 33% men

to 67% women.

We want them to choose Southern
Miss, not only to go to class

and make good grades
but ultimately,

we want them to get a good job
that pays a lot of money.

Wondering what it takes
to get into Southern Miss?

Incoming freshman
average a 1027 on the SATs

and a 21.6 on the ACTs.

In addition, honors college
students average

a 29 on the ACT and
presidential scholars

average a whopping 30.4.

We have one of the oldest
honors colleges in the nation

and typically instead of
a professor teaching

those classes it’s gonna
be a department head.

That's a really neat experience
especially as a freshman

or sophomore and a lot of
your classes are gonna take

field trips, they’re gonna
be active learning classes.

And all that’s gonna be paid
for by the honors college,

so it’s really a
neat experience,

I would recommend it to anyone.

Tuition is a good value for
Mississippi statements

at just under $10,000 per year.

That rate is slightly higher
for out-of-staters

at around $16,700 per year.

On campus housing runs
a little over $2,800 per year.

Southern Miss and Hattiesburg
are ranked number two

in the country by
Caldwell Banker in their

College Home Price Comparison
Index for the best housing

bargain in a big
time college sports town.

171 different majors are offered
on the Hattiesburg campus

and 74 on the Gulf Park campus.

The most popular majors
include education, business,

the health professions,
and biological sciences.

All of our students are
involved in research projects.

It’s required that you do two
semesters as an undergraduate

minimum, but our most successful
students start research

as freshmen so if they
go on to industrial positions

they’d be very much
more qualified

for the applied research
they do in industry.

The main campus has a reputation
for its polymer sciences, art,

nursing, and education programs,
while the Gulf Park campus

is known for its film,
entertainment industry,

marine science,
and nursing programs.

Every student we’ve ever
had in our department

in sociology who wanted
to go to grad school got in

and got a full ride.

So that’s something
I’m very proud of.

Southern Miss employs over
700 full time faculty members

and over 275
of them are tenured.

Southern Miss also features
a low student to faculty ratio

of around 17 to one.

Miss is known
for their athletics.

14 men’s and women’s
Golden Eagle athletic teams

compete at the NCAA Division
one level in Conference USA.

Now I don’t know if you guys
have heard about a man

named Brett Favre, but he’s
a future NFL hall of famer,

a former Green Bay Packer
an most importantly,

a Southern Miss Alum.

Well we do have a lot
of school spirit here

and there’s a lot of tradition
to go along with

that school spirit.

One of the things that you’ll
see on game day here,

we have an area on campus
called The District

and that’s basically just
a little tailgating area

and we’ll be out there all day
grillin’ out and just basically

getting ready for the game.

And we have similarly tailgating
activities for baseball,

basketball, pretty much
every major sport.

Southern Miss has 15 residence
halls as well as the Village

which is newly constructed
housing for sororities.

I’ve had a great experience
living on campus.

My freshman year
especially, living in

the * scholarship housing,
I made ridiculous amounts

of friends and I
really just enjoyed it.

Now that I’m staying in McCarty
I have my own private bath

and things,
really great facilities

and it’s really making me
be even more involved

on campus.

At Southern Miss,
boredom is not an option.

With 250 student organizations
and groups on campus

including things like
intramural sports, Greek life,

marching band, and
the student newspaper.

There are plenty of
exciting ways for students

to find their place and make
their mark at Southern Miss.

We have over 200 clubs
here at USM and, you know,

getting involved in things
that you didn't really think

you liked and, you know,
opening your mind up

to different things is really
the best advice I can give

because that was
the hardest thing for me

but it was also
the most beneficial.

If it’s too nice to exercise
indoors come take a jog

on southern Miss’ Fitness
Trail where you can

take in the surroundings
and beautiful fresh air.

The people are awesome,
the staff is awesome,

all the students are super,
super friendly.

Did you know that
Hattiesburg was named

a top ten college town
by Kiplinger’s Personal

Finance Magazine in 2007?

And Washington Monthly
ranks Southern Miss

in the top 100
national universities,

the highest ranking
of any school in Mississippi.

If you’re looking for
a great college education

at a national university in
a fun and historic setting

be sure to check out

the University of
Southern Mississippi today.

Thanks for joining us here
in Hattiesburg, Mississippi

on our tour of the University
of Southern Mississippi.

I’m Nicole Aaron.

I’m Shayna, see you next time.