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University of Southern California Graduate Programs

University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Los Angeles, California. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

10,921 Master's Degrees
1,901 Doctor's Degrees

Where Is University of Southern California?

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Contact details for USC are given below.

Contact Details
Address: University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone: 213-740-2311
Website: www.usc.edu

University of Southern California Graduate Student Diversity

26,501 Graduate Students
55% Women
38% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

Gender Diversity

Of the 26,501 graduate students at USC, 45% are male and 55% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Southern California graduate students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 4,044
Black or African American 1,560
Hispanic or Latino 3,693
White 6,706
International Students 8,051
Other Races/Ethnicities 2,447

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of Southern California. At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 130 countries are represented at USC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

University of Southern California Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 52 1,272 14 1,338
Computer Science 0 1,185 53 1,238
Legal Research 218 522 0 740
Social Work 8 649 26 683
Business Administration & Management 146 525 0 671
Electrical Engineering 0 409 45 454
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions 19 175 243 437
Educational Administration 0 80 313 393
Computer Information Systems 0 357 0 357
Communication & Media Studies 6 315 19 340
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences 6 103 208 317
Legal Professions (Other) 307 0 0 307
Public Health 0 262 10 272
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 252 0 252
Human Resource Management 0 234 0 234
Public Policy 110 116 5 231
Public Administration 12 209 0 221
Other Engineering 0 216 0 216
Student Counseling 4 204 0 208
Public Relations & Advertising 0 195 0 195
Dentistry 0 0 186 186
Economics 0 161 22 183
Law 0 0 181 181
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 164 13 177
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 165 0 165
Medicine 0 0 161 161
Health & Medical Administrative Services 14 134 0 148
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 4 141 2 147
Mechanical Engineering 0 139 8 147
Applied Mathematics 0 139 6 145
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 140 0 140
Music 19 92 29 140
Gerontology 13 110 1 124
Computer Software & Applications 2 110 0 112
Teaching English or French 0 103 0 103
Entrepreneurial Studies 0 100 0 100
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences 59 37 0 96
Architectural Sciences & Technology 6 87 0 93
Hospitality Management 35 52 0 87
Engineering-Related Fields 0 87 0 87
Geography & Cartography 8 74 5 87
Urban & Regional Planning 0 80 6 86
Criminal Justice & Corrections 0 85 0 85
Computer Engineering 0 79 3 82
Biomedical Engineering 0 54 19 73
Nursing 0 73 0 73
Journalism 0 72 0 72
Marketing 36 28 0 64
Allied Health Professions 0 61 0 61
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 49 11 60
Arts & Media Management 27 32 0 59
Mental & Social Health Services 0 58 0 58
Systems Engineering 8 43 0 51
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 0 49 0 49
Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences 0 39 9 48
Industrial Engineering 0 35 12 47
Dispute Resolution 12 31 0 43
Civil Engineering 1 35 6 42
Chemical Engineering 0 34 7 41
Drama & Theater Arts 0 40 0 40
Real Estate Development 12 25 0 37
Information Technology 0 35 0 35
Urban Studies 0 28 7 35
Chemistry 0 2 31 33
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 18 14 32
Other Health Professions 4 8 20 32
Design & Applied Arts 0 32 0 32
Educational Assessment 9 21 0 30
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 2 13 15 30
General English Literature 0 10 17 27
Area Studies 3 15 9 27
Nutrition Science 0 27 0 27
Environmental Engineering 0 20 5 25
Natural Resources Conservation 0 25 0 25
Special Education 24 0 0 24
Materials Engineering 0 24 0 24
International Studies 0 24 0 24
Environmental Design 22 0 0 22
Operations Research 0 21 0 21
Biotechnology 0 20 0 20
Other Education 0 0 20 20
Other Public Administration 4 16 0 20
Political Science & Government 0 0 19 19
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 11 7 18
Fine & Studio Arts 0 17 1 18
Sustainability Science 17 0 0 17
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 15 0 15
Mathematics 0 4 11 15
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 1 13 14
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 14 14
Finance & Financial Management 14 0 0 14
Graphic Communications 0 14 0 14
Materials Sciences 0 8 6 14
Taxation 0 13 0 13
Civil Engineering Technology 0 13 0 13
Construction Engineering 0 13 0 13
Petroleum Engineering 0 9 4 13
Historic Preservation 5 8 0 13
Physics 0 1 11 12
Child Development & Psychology 0 0 12 12
General Psychology 0 12 0 12
General Biology 0 5 6 11
Ethnic Studies 11 0 0 11
Science, Technology & Society 3 8 0 11
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 1 10 11
Other Business, Management & Marketing 6 4 0 10
Writing Studies 0 10 0 10
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 0 1 8 9
Information Science 0 9 0 9
Anthropology 0 9 0 9
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 5 3 8
General Social Sciences 0 3 4 7
Classical Languages & Literature 0 4 2 6
Medical Science 1 5 0 6
History 0 4 2 6
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 6 0 6
International Relations & National Security 0 6 0 6
Electromechanical Engineering Technology 0 5 0 5
Statistics 0 5 0 5
Mathematics & Computer Science 0 5 0 5
Philosophy 0 1 4 5
Landscape Architecture 4 0 0 4
Bioethics/Medical Ethics 0 4 0 4
Religious Studies 3 0 1 4
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 3 0 0 3
General Visual & Performing Arts 3 0 0 3
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 2 0 2
Architectural History 1 0 0 1
Architecture (Other) 0 1 0 1
Genetics 0 1 0 1
Computer Systems Networking 0 1 0 1
Engineering Physics 0 1 0 1
East Asian Languages 0 0 1 1
Marine Science 0 0 1 1
General Architecture 0 0 0 0
Romance Languages 0 0 0 0
Health Sciences & Services 0 0 0 0
Cognitive Science 0 0 0 0
Human Biology 0 0 0 0
Astronomy & Astrophysics 0 0 0 0
Security Science and Technology 0 0 0 0
Archeology 0 0 0 0
Sociology 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1,283 10,921 1,901 14,105

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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