Acting at University of Southern California

Every acting school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the acting 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 Acting section at the bottom of this page.

USC Acting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Acting
• Master’s Degree in Acting

USC Acting Rankings

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

Acting Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Acting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of acting bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its acting 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 acting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	24
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

USC Acting Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 57% of acting master's degrees went to men and 43% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 42% men graduate in acting each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 15% more men than average.

In the acting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 23% 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 acting.

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

Related Majors

• Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft
• Theater Design & Technology
• Playwriting & Screenwriting
• Theater Arts

Careers That Acting Grads May Go Into

A degree in acting 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

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.