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University of Southern Mississippi

Hattiesburg, MSPublic SACSCOCOnline at Southern Miss

AACSB business · Accounting accreditation on record

The School of Accountancy at the University of Southern Mississippi offers a BSBA with an accounting emphasis (Hattiesburg campus or fully online) and a 30-hour Master of Professional Accountancy.

Verified degree programs

2 programs verified so far (1 bachelor's, 1 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

University of Southern Mississippi

BSBA in Accounting — Accounting Concentration

Bachelor'sBSBAConcentrationBachelor of Science in Business Administration
Format: Campus · Fully online
Location: Hattiesburg, MSSchool location, not a residency requirement
Attendance: Fully online as published (no separate campus-visit statement)
Duration: as little as two years (for students with prior college credit or a degree in another field)
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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University of Southern Mississippi

Master of Professional Accountancy (MPA)

Master'sMPAccDedicated degreeOpen entryMaster of Professional Accountancy
Format: Campus · Full-time, Part-time
Location: Hattiesburg, MS
Attendance: Campus-based study
Duration: one calendar year full-time; part-time also available (full-time) · 30 credits
Tuition: Tuition not verified
Next deadline: No upcoming verified deadline
Accreditation: Institution accredited: SACSCOCBusiness school: AACSBAccounting accreditation: AACSB Accounting
Subjects: Accounting
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Accreditation

  • Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC)

    Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1929 · next review 12/01/2026

    Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education

    Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Business-school accreditation

  • AACSB — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Supplemental accounting accreditation

  • AACSB Accounting — accreditedUnit: College of BusinessConfirmed in the accreditor's own directory.Source: aacsb.edu · verified October 26, 2026

Institutional, business-school and accounting accreditation are three different things, and one never implies another. Each record names its unit and scope as the source gives it.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Institution

Official name
University of Southern Mississippi
Control
Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location
118 College Drive # 0001, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education
3,872 of 13,110 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 27, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.
  1. IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  2. IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  3. DAPIP — SACSCOC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
  4. usm.edu/graduate-programs/accounting.php — Official program page, verified October 30, 2026

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