Computer Engineering at University of Southern California

If you plan to study computer 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 Computer Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

USC Computer Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CE
• Master’s Degree in CE

USC Computer Engineering Rankings

The ce major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in ce, making the school the #41 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

CE Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Computer Engineering Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 68% of ce bachelor's degrees went to men and 32% went to women. The typical ce bachelor's degree program is made up of only 20% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 12% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities in its ce 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 ce.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	15
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	6
International Students	6
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC Computer Engineering Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 75% of ce master's degrees went to men and 25% 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 ce.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	2
International Students	67
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Computer Engineering

Computer 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
General Computer Engineering	107

Related Majors

• Manufacturing Engineering
• Operations Research
• Electrical and Computer Engineering.
• Petroleum Engineering
• Systems Engineering

Careers That CE Grads May Go Into

A degree in ce 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Computer Hardware Engineers	20,720	$131,570
Computer Network Architects	16,650	$127,500

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

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