Environmental Science at University of Southern California

If you plan to study environmental science, 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 has a total student population of 46,287.

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

USC Environmental Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences
• Master’s Degree in Bioenvironmental Sciences

USC Environmental Science Rankings

The bioenvironmental sciences major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Environmental Science. 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.

Bioenvironmental Sciences Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Environmental Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 44% of bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 56% went to women. The typical bioenvironmental sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its bioenvironmental sciences 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	11
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

USC Environmental Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of bioenvironmental sciences master's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 40% men graduate in bioenvironmental sciences each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than 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 bioenvironmental sciences.

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

Related Majors

• Environmental Studies

Careers That Bioenvironmental Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in bioenvironmental sciences 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
Environmental Scientists and Specialists	12,750	$91,890
Environmental Science Professors	520	$135,840

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.