Journalism at University of Southern California

Every journalism school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the journalism 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.

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

USC Journalism Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism
• Master’s Degree in Journalism

USC Journalism Rankings

The journalism major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Journalism. 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.

Journalism Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Journalism Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% more racial-ethnic minorities in its journalism 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 journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	16
White	43
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

USC Journalism Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of journalism master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 47% 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 journalism.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	22
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Concentrations Within Journalism

If you plan to be a journalism 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
General Journalism	113
Broadcast Journalism	2

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication
• Public Relations & Advertising
• Communication & Media Studies

Careers That Journalism Grads May Go Into

A degree in journalism 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
Film and Video Editors	11,380	$112,530
Editors	11,060	$78,150
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910
Photographers	6,060	$52,720
Reporters and Correspondents	3,430	$67,820

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.