Psychology at University of Southern California

Every psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the psychology 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, 127 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

USC Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology
• Doctorate Degree in Psychology

USC Psychology Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in psychology, making the school the #212 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Psychology Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 127 students who graduated with a master’s in psychology from USC in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 20% men graduate in psychology each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 46% of degree recipients. That is 11% 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 psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	54
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	12

Concentrations Within Psychology

If you plan to be a psychology major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. 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
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	116
General Psychology	11
Child Development & Psychology	9

Related Majors

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

Careers That Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in psychology 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860
Industrial-Organizational Psychologists	40	$149,820

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.

• 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.