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. Of the 5,745 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 29 of them were general social sciences majors.

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

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.

How Much Do Social Sciences Graduates from USC Make?

The median salary of social sciences students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $28,365. This is less than $32,131, which is the national average of all social sciences majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 social sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from USC. Of these graduates, 41% were men and 59% were women. The typical social sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 30% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 11% 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 bachelor's in social sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC also has a doctoral program available in social sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

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