Computer Science at University of Southern California

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. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 293 of them were computer science majors.

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
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

USC Computer Science Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	32

In 2021, 1,066 students received their master’s degree in compsci from USC. This makes it the #1 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do CompSci Graduates from USC Make?

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $104,298. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 65% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 293 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in compsci from USC. About 72% were men and 28% were women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% 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 13% 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	100
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	64
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	27

USC Computer Science Master’s Program

The compsci program at USC awarded 1,066 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 69% of these degrees went to men with the other 31% going 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	78
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	54
International Students	901
Other Races/Ethnicities	13

USC also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 27 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Computer Systems Networking
• Information Technology
• Computer Software & Applications
• Computer Information Systems

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
• Image Credit: By Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.