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Computational Biology at University of Southern California

Computational Biology at University of Southern California

Every computational biology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the computational biology program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computational Biology section at the bottom of this page.

USC Computational Biology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Biology
  • Master’s Degree in Computational Biology

USC Computational Biology Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in computational biology, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computational Biology Student Demographics at USC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computational biology majors at University of Southern California.

USC Computational Biology Master’s Program

25% Women
63% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 75% of computational biology master's degrees went to men and 25% went to women.

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In the computational biology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 63% of degree recipients. That is 26% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in computational biology.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 1
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Careers That Computational Biology Grads May Go Into

A degree in computational biology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of Southern California.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Computer Workers 74,690 $103,270
Biological Scientists 11,010 $91,340
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Biological Science Professors 4,360 $128,370

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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