Physiology & Pathology Sciences at University of South Carolina - Upstate

If you plan to study physiology and pathology sciences, take a look at what University of South Carolina - Upstate has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

USC Upstate is located in Spartanburg, South Carolina and approximately 6,038 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 64 physiology majors received their bachelor's degree from USC Upstate.

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

USC Upstate Physiology & Pathology Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physiology

USC Upstate Physiology & Pathology Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks physiology programs across the country. The following shows how USC Upstate performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physiology major at USC Upstate is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physiology & Pathology Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
	49
Best Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
	78

Earnings of USC Upstate Physiology Graduates

The median salary of physiology students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC Upstate is $25,903. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $27,085 for all physiology students.

Physiology Student Demographics at USC Upstate

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the physiology majors at University of South Carolina - Upstate.

USC Upstate Physiology & Pathology Sciences Bachelor’s Program

The physiology program at USC Upstate awarded 64 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 24% more racial-ethnic minorities in its physiology bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of South Carolina - Upstate with a bachelor's in physiology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	25
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	23
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USC Upstate also has a doctoral program available in physiology. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Biology

Careers That Physiology Grads May Go Into

A degree in physiology can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Upstate.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Health Specialties Professors	2,980	$72,470
Natural Sciences Managers	530	$91,270
Biological Science Professors	510	$69,370
Medical Scientists	340	$82,300
Biological Scientists	220	$78,370

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 Dfscgt21 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.