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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 79 students received a bachelor's degree in journalism from USC.

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

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Journalism Graduate Certificate Schools	6

In 2021, 36 students received their master’s degree in journalism from USC. This makes it the #8 most popular school for journalism master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USC Journalism Graduates

The median salary of journalism students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $44,188. This is 39% higher than $31,781, which is the national average for all journalism bachelor's degree recipients.

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, 30% of journalism bachelor's degrees went to men and 70% went to women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in journalism at USC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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	7
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	43
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

USC Journalism Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 journalism majors earned their master's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 28% were men and 72% were women.

In the journalism master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 22% 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	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	12
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

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.