Engineering at University of Southern California

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, 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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USC Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

USC Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 109 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Engineering Bachelor’s Program

40% Women

51% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 14% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	105
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	82
White	149
International Students	64
Other Races/Ethnicities	41

USC Engineering Master’s Program

28% Women

18% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	128
Black or African American	24
Hispanic or Latino	72
White	203
International Students	864
Other Races/Ethnicities	31

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Electrical Engineering	630
Mechanical Engineering	217
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	167
Other Engineering	152
Biomedical Engineering	129
Computer Engineering	107
Industrial Engineering	107
Civil Engineering	84
Chemical Engineering	68
Environmental Engineering	48
Materials Engineering	34
Systems Engineering	28
Petroleum Engineering	21
Electrical and Computer Engineering.	14
Operations Research	6
Manufacturing Engineering	3

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Civil Engineers	45,060	$109,680
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540

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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