Education at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying education, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 622 students received their master's degree in education.

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

USC Education Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Education
• Doctorate Degree in Education

Online Classes Are Available at USC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USC does offer online courses in education for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Education Rankings

There were 315 students who received their doctoral degrees in education, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Education Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 622 students earned a master's degree in education from USC. About 81% of these graduates were women and the other 19% were men.

In the education master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 21% 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 education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	65
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	195
White	144
International Students	69
Other Races/Ethnicities	100

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Educational Administration	380
Teacher Education Subject Specific	259
Student Counseling	175
Teaching English or French	91
Special Education	80
Educational Assessment	22
Other Education	12

Related Majors

• History
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• Library Science
• Psychology
• Social Sciences

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education 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
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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.