University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution that was founded in 1910. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 13,658, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 1,090 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Southern Mississippi's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, Tier 2. 

The University of Southern Mississippi has dual campuses: a main location in Hattiesburg and a complex in Long Beach known as Southern Miss Gulf Coast. In Hattiesburg, there are more than 280 student organizations to check out, as well as annual events such as Crawfish Fest.