Urban Studies at University of Southern California

What traits are you looking for in a urban studies school? To help you decide if University of Southern California is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's urban studies program.

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, 23 of them were urban studies majors.

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

USC Urban Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Studies
• Master’s Degree in Urban Studies
• Doctorate Degree in Urban Studies

USC Urban Studies Rankings

The urban studies major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies. 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.

In 2021, 77 students received their master’s degree in urban studies from USC. This makes it the #1 most popular school for urban studies master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in urban studies, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Urban Studies Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Urban Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from USC in 2020-2021, 52% were men and 48% were women. The typical urban studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 45% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in urban studies at USC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a bachelor's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Urban Studies Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students earned a master's degree in urban studies from USC. About 51% of these graduates were women and the other 49% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 45% men graduate in urban studies each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% 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 master's in urban studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	34
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

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

Related Majors

• Archeology
• Anthropology
• General Social Sciences
• Geography & Cartography
• Sociology

Careers That Urban Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban studies 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
Urban and Regional Planners	7,950	$93,790
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680
Sociologists	1,070	$98,560

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.