Human Resource Management at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students received their master's degree in HR.

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

USC Human Resource Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in HR

Online Classes Are Available at USC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USC offers distance education options for HR at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Human Resource Management Rankings

HR Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Human Resource Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 267 students earned a master's degree in HR from USC. About 78% of these graduates were women and the other 22% were men.

In the HR master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 62% of degree recipients. That is 16% 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 HR.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	50
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	88
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	26

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Taxation

Careers That HR Grads May Go Into

A degree in HR 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
Human Resources Specialists	64,980	$75,010
Training and Development Specialists	28,850	$73,040
Human Resources Managers	19,050	$142,870
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	10,220	$74,560
Labor Relations Specialists	7,920	$80,270

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.