Computer Science at University of Southern California

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study computer science, 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 approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year.

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

USC Computer Science Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
Master’s Degree in CompSci

USC Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

There were 27 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CompSci Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

29% Women

53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 71% of compsci bachelor's degrees went to men and 29% went to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 5% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	122
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	63
International Students	72
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

USC Computer Science Master’s Program

30% Women

12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 70% of compsci master's degrees went to men and 30% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	116
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	44
International Students	984
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Concentrations Within Computer Science

If you plan to be a compsci major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	1,386

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer Workers	74,690	$103,270
Computer and Information Systems Managers	63,640	$180,250
Computer Programmers	29,740	$97,470

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
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