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Journalism at University of Southern California

If you plan to study journalism, take a look at what University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students received their master's degree in journalism.

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

USC Journalism Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Journalism

USC Journalism Rankings

Journalism Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Journalism Master’s Program

72% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The journalism program at USC awarded 36 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women.

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In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 27% 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 journalism.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 4
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 11
White 12
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Film and Video Editors 11,380 $112,530
Editors 11,060 $78,150
Writers and Authors 7,910 $96,910
Photographers 6,060 $52,720
Reporters and Correspondents 3,430 $67,820

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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