General Psychology at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a psychology school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's psychology program.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students received their master's degree in psychology.

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

USC General Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Psychology

USC General Psychology Rankings

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 General Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 11 psychology students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 36% of degree recipients. That is 2% 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	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	3
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Child Development & Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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.