For Parents

If your child is considering a major with a degree that will allow them to choose either a professional career, the ability to pursue further studies toward advanced degrees (MS or PhD), or one that will prepare them for medical/dental school, then consider this: BS degree in Polymer Science at Southern Miss at the same cost of your in-state tuition.

Why? The Academic Common Market (ACM) is a consortium of 16 Southern states that belong to the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). The Southern Miss Polymer Science Program is one of the programs offered through which high school students wishing to pursue study in uncommon programs not available within their home states, may be able to attend out-of-state programs at in-state tuition rates. The following states are partners in the ACM consortium and abide by the policies of the SREB: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina (graduate programs with restrictions) Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas (graduate programs only), Virginia , and West Virginia.

For more information on the Academic Common Market, please contact the Polymer Science Department at (601) 266-4868 or the Office of Admissions at (601) 266-5000. You can also get more information here.

For more information on Polymer Science, please visit our FAQs on the left and visit the Macrogalleria.