International Relations at University of Southern California

If you plan to study international relations, 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 International Relations section at the bottom of this page.

USC International Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in International Relations
• Master’s Degree in International Relations

USC International Relations Rankings

The international relations major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for International Relations. 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.

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in international relations, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

International Relations Student Demographics at USC

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

USC International Relations Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of international relations bachelor's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its international relations 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 international relations.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	54
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	20

USC International Relations Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of international relations master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the international relations master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 17% 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 international relations.

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

Related Majors

Careers That International Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in international relations 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
Political Science Professors	860	$112,360
Political Scientists	160	$74,060

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.