Sociology at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying sociology, you may want to check out the program at University of Southern California. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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, 61 of them were sociology majors.

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

USC Sociology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology
• Doctorate Degree in Sociology

USC Sociology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks sociology programs across the country. The following shows how USC performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The sociology major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Sociology. 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	74
Best Value Sociology Doctor’s Degree Schools	99

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in sociology from USC. This is the #201 most popular school for sociology master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USC Sociology Graduates

The median salary of sociology students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $37,102. This is 21% higher than $30,566, which is the national average for all sociology bachelor's degree recipients.

Sociology Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Sociology Bachelor’s Program

The sociology program at USC awarded 61 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 30% of these degrees went to men with the other 70% going to women. The typical sociology bachelor's degree program is made up of only 25% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 5% 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 sociology.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

USC also has a doctoral program available in sociology. In 2021, 2 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• Urban Studies

Careers That Sociology Grads May Go Into

A degree in sociology 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
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560
Sociology Professors	970	$103,600

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.