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Medical Scientist at University of Southern California

Medical Scientist at University of Southern California

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

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 Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

USC Medical Scientist Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

USC Medical Scientist Rankings

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Medical Scientist Master’s Program

40% Women
80% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 60% of medical scientist master's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 34% men graduate in medical scientist each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 26% more men than average.

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In the medical scientist master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 80% of degree recipients. That is 40% 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 medical scientist.

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

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist 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
Medical Scientists 26,080 $102,550
Natural Sciences Managers 7,870 $168,790
Epidemiologists 760 $92,040

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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