Engineering at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying engineering, 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 has a total student population of 46,287.

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

USC Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

USC Engineering Rankings

There were 109 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Engineering Master’s Program

28% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 72% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 28% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	128
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	203
International Students	864
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Electrical Engineering	556
Other Engineering	152
Mechanical Engineering	121
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	115
Civil Engineering	57
Biomedical Engineering	55
Computer Engineering	52
Environmental Engineering	35
Materials Engineering	34
Chemical Engineering	30
Systems Engineering	28
Petroleum Engineering	21
Industrial Engineering	20
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	11
Operations Research	6
Manufacturing Engineering	3

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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
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