General Social Sciences at University of Southern California

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

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 General Social Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

USC General Social Sciences Degrees Available

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

USC General Social Sciences Rankings

The social sciences major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General Social Sciences. 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.

Social Sciences Student Demographics at USC

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

USC General Social Sciences Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 56% of social sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 44% went to women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 33% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 23% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% more racial-ethnic minorities in its social 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 social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	4
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

USC General Social Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of social sciences master's degrees went to men and 33% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in social sciences each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 34% more men than average.

In the social sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% 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 social sciences.

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

Concentrations Within General Social Sciences

General Social Sciences majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Southern California. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Social Sciences	29

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology
• Urban Studies

Careers That Social Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in social 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
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Statisticians	5,650	$99,860
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680

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.