History at University of Southern California
USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 78 of them were history majors.
Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in History section at the bottom of this page.
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USC History Degrees Available
- Bachelor’s Degree in History
- Master’s Degree in History
- Doctorate Degree in History
USC History Rankings
The history major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for History. 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.
In 2021, 9 students received their master’s degree in history from USC. This makes it the #96 most popular school for history master’s degree candidates in the country.
There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in history, making the school the #69 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.
Earnings of USC History Graduates
The median salary of history students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $29,963. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 4% higher than the national average of $28,881 for all history bachelor's degree recipients.
History Student Demographics at USC
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the history majors at University of Southern California.
USC History Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its history 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 history.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 9 |
Black or African American | 9 |
Hispanic or Latino | 15 |
White | 33 |
International Students | 8 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 4 |
USC History Master’s Program
Of the students who received a history master's degree from USC, 67% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level.
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in history.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 0 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
White | 6 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
USC also has a doctoral program available in history. In 2021, 3 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.
Careers That History Grads May Go Into
A degree in history 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 |
---|---|---|
High School Teachers | 112,960 | $80,510 |
Managers | 66,300 | $143,350 |
Museum Technicians and Conservators | 1,890 | $48,120 |
History Professors | 1,380 | $103,940 |
Curators | 1,140 | $67,650 |
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.
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