Design & Applied Arts at University of Southern California

Every design & applied arts school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the design 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 Design & Applied Arts section at the bottom of this page.

USC Design & Applied Arts Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Design
• Master’s Degree in Design

USC Design & Applied Arts Rankings

The design major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Design & Applied Arts. 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.

Design Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Design & Applied Arts Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 45% of design bachelor's degrees went to men and 55% went to women. The typical design bachelor's degree program is made up of only 31% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 14% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its design 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 design.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	17
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	19
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

USC Design & Applied Arts Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 25% of design master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	18
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Design & Applied Arts

If you plan to be a design major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Game & Interactive Media Design	37
Visual Communications	30

Related Majors

• Other Visual Art
• Dance
• General Visual & Performing Arts
• Fine & Studio Arts
• Arts & Media Management

Careers That Design Grads May Go Into

A degree in design 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
Graphic Designers	29,320	$61,100
Multimedia Artists and Animators	10,760	$87,960
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Interior Designers	8,460	$68,440
Art Directors	7,620	$127,630

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.