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Design & Applied Arts at University of Southern California

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Design & Applied Arts at University of Southern California

If you plan to study design and applied arts, take a look at what University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students received their master's degree in design.

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

USC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Design

USC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

Design Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

81% Women
33% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 21 design students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 19% were men and 81% were women.

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In the design master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 design.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 2
International Students 12
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers 29,320 $61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators 10,760 $87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors 9,710 $115,460
Interior Designers 8,460 $68,440
Art Directors 7,620 $127,630

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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