Applied Psychology at University of Southern California

Every applied psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the applied psychology program at University of Southern California stacks up to those at other schools.

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 Applied Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

USC Applied Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Applied Psychology

USC Applied Psychology Rankings

Applied Psychology Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Applied Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of applied psychology master's degrees went to men and 82% went to women.

In the applied psychology master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 51% of degree recipients. That is 12% 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 applied psychology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	22
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	47
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

Related Majors

• Applied Behavior Analysis

Careers That Applied Psychology Grads May Go Into

A degree in applied psychology 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
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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.