Business Administration & Management at University of Southern California

Every business administration and management school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the business administration program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,035 students received a bachelor's degree in business administration from USC.

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

USC Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration
• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Online Classes Are Available at USC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USC does offer online courses in business administration for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Business Administration & Management Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks business administration programs across the country. The following shows how USC 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 business administration major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Business Administration & Management. 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 Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	10
Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Business Administration & Management Schools	21
Most Focused Business Administration & Management Graduate Certificate Schools	92

In 2021, 712 students received their master’s degree in business administration from USC. This makes it the #21 most popular school for business administration master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #58 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of USC Business Administration Graduates

The median salary of business administration students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $62,573. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 51% higher than the national average of $41,334 for all business administration bachelor's degree recipients.

Business Administration Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 1,035 business administration majors earned their bachelor's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 58% were men and 42% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its business administration bachelor's program 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 bachelor's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	245
Black or African American	28
Hispanic or Latino	123
White	403
International Students	158
Other Races/Ethnicities	78

USC Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 712 students earned a master's degree in business administration from USC. About 35% of these graduates were women and the other 65% were men.

In the business administration master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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 business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	179
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	138
White	265
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	63

USC also has a doctoral program available in business administration. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Business/Commerce
• Other Business, Management & Marketing
• Construction Management
• Finance & Financial Management
• Taxation

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration 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
General and Operations Managers	249,800	$137,640
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Retail Sales Supervisors	118,190	$45,310
Management Analysts	104,020	$95,310
Sales Managers	76,950	$134,010

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.