Health Professions at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying health professions, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and has a total student population of 46,287.

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

USC Health Professions Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Health Professions
• Master’s Degree in Health Professions

Online Classes Are Available at USC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, USC does offer online courses in health professions for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Health Professions Rankings

The health professions major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health Professions. 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 816 students who received their doctoral degrees in health professions, making the school the #6 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Health Professions Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Health Professions Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 21% of health professions bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women. The typical health professions bachelor's degree program is made up of only 18% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 30% more racial-ethnic minorities in its health professions 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 health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	55
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	21
White	24
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USC Health Professions Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of health professions master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 18% men graduate in health professions each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the health professions master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 59% of degree recipients. That is 15% better 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 master's in health professions.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	272
Black or African American	50
Hispanic or Latino	169
White	237
International Students	128
Other Races/Ethnicities	64

Concentrations Within Health Professions

If you plan to be a health professions major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions	377
Pharmacy/Pharmaceutical Sciences	350
Public Health	308
Medicine	187
Dentistry	180
Health & Medical Administrative Services	175
Nursing	100
Advanced Dentistry & Oral Sciences	87
Allied Health Professions	59
Mental & Social Health Services	42
Dental Support Services	30
Other Health Professions	27
Medical Science	16
Health Sciences & Services	7
Bioethics/Medical Ethics	5

Related Majors

Careers That Health Professions Grads May Go Into

A degree in health professions 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
Personal Care Aides	558,350	$27,210
Registered Nurses	294,510	$106,950
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	166,870	$62,560
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Nursing Assistants	99,440	$35,220

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.