Urban Studies/Affairs at University of Southern California

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

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 Urban Studies/Affairs section at the bottom of this page.

USC Urban Studies/Affairs Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Urban Affairs
• Master’s Degree in Urban Affairs

USC Urban Studies/Affairs Rankings

The urban affairs major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Urban Studies/Affairs. 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 2 students who received their doctoral degrees in urban affairs, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Urban Affairs Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Urban Studies/Affairs Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 50% of urban affairs bachelor's degrees went to men and 50% went to women. The typical urban affairs bachelor's degree program is made up of only 40% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its urban affairs 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 urban affairs.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	3
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Urban Studies/Affairs Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 39% of urban affairs master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women.

In the urban affairs master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 61% of degree recipients. That is 14% 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 urban affairs.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Careers That Urban Affairs Grads May Go Into

A degree in urban affairs 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

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