Electrical Engineering at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a EE school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's EE program.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 74 EE majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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

USC Electrical Engineering Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in EE
• Master’s Degree in EE
• Doctorate Degree in EE

USC Electrical Engineering Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the EE progam at USC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 EE major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Electrical 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Electrical Engineering Schools	18
Best Value Electrical Engineering Schools	238

In 2021, 508 students received their master’s degree in EE from USC. This makes it the #1 most popular school for EE master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 48 students who received their doctoral degrees in EE, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do EE Graduates from USC Make?

The median salary of EE students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $81,661. This is 17% higher than $69,521, which is the national average for all EE bachelor's degree recipients.

EE Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Electrical Engineering Bachelor’s Program

Of the 74 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from USC in 2020-2021, 80% were men and 20% were women. The typical EE bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 2% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its EE 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	20
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	20
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC Electrical Engineering Master’s Program

Of the 508 students who earned a master's degree in Electrical Engineering from USC in 2020-2021, 77% were men and 23% were 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 EE.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	21
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	19
International Students	459
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC also has a doctoral program available in EE. In 2021, 48 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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

Careers That EE Grads May Go Into

A degree in EE 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
Architectural and Engineering Managers	31,580	$175,010
Electronics Engineers	29,210	$123,540
Electrical Engineers	26,570	$114,170
Engineers	20,600	$107,700
Aerospace Engineers	11,440	$125,540

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.