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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. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,178 students received their master's degree in engineering.

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

  • Master’s Degree in Engineering
  • Doctorate 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

29% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The engineering program at USC awarded 1,178 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

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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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 84
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 35
White 168
International Students 858
Other Races/Ethnicities 25

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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