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What University of Mississippi grads actually do

Based on 668 notable University of Mississippi alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

American football player
209
politician
124
lawyer
96
basketball player
64
baseball player
50
judge
36
basketball coach
18
writer
18
military officer
15
Canadian football player
15
businessperson
14
novelist
13

Notable University of Mississippi alumni

Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.
Neal Brooks Biggers Jr.
military officer · lawyer
Danny White
Danny White
athletic director · basketball player
Johnny Brewer
Johnny Brewer
American football player
Mike Moore
Mike Moore
lawyer
William Faulkner
William Faulkner
writer · short story writer
Aaron Barrett
Aaron Barrett
baseball player
Nick Bruno
Nick Bruno
scientist
Patrick D. Smith
Patrick D. Smith
novelist

Salary outlook for top University of Mississippi career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

politician
10th–90th percentile: $21,010$129,510
$47,290
median / yr
lawyer
10th–90th percentile: $69,760$239,200
$145,760
median / yr
basketball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
baseball player
10th–90th percentile: $27,730$239,200
$70,280
median / yr
writer
10th–90th percentile: $40,900$148,240
$73,690
median / yr
businessperson
10th–90th percentile: $80,000$239,200
$206,680
median / yr

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About University of Mississippi

The University of Mississippi (byname Ole Miss) is a public research university in University and Oxford, Mississippi, United States. The university's medical center is located in Jackson, Mississippi. The Mississippi Legislature chartered the university on February 24, 1844, and in 1848 admitted its first 80 students. During the Civil War, the university operated as a Confederate hospital and narrowly avoided destruction by Ulysses S. Grant's forces. In 1962, during the civil rights movement, a race riot occurred on campus when segregationists tried to prevent the enrollment of African American student James Meredith. The university has since taken measures to improve its image. The university is closely associated with writer William Faulkner and owns and manages his former Oxford home Rowan Oak, which with other on-campus sites Barnard Observatory and Lyceum–The Circle Historic District, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ole Miss is classified as "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". It is one of 33 institutions participating in the National Sea Grant Program and also participates in the National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program. Its research efforts include the National Center for Physics Acoustics, the National Center for Natural Products Research, and the Mississippi Center for Supercomputing Research. The university operates the country's only federally contracted Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved cannabis facility. It also operates interdisciplinary institutes such as the Center for the Study of Southern Culture. Its athletic teams compete as the Ole Miss Rebels in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I Southeastern Conference. The university's alumni, faculty, and affiliates include 27 Rhodes Scholars, 10 governors, 5 US senators, a head of government, and a Nobel Prize Laureate. Other alumni have received accolades in the arts such as Emmy Awards, Grammy Awards, and Pulitzer Prizes. Its medical center performed the first human lung transplant and animal-to-human heart transplant.

Source: Wikipedia · Licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0.

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