Playwriting & Screenwriting at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying playwriting & screenwriting, 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 has a total student population of 46,287.

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

USC Playwriting & Screenwriting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Playwriting and Screenwriting
• Master’s Degree in Playwriting and Screenwriting

USC Playwriting & Screenwriting Rankings

The playwriting and screenwriting major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Playwriting & Screenwriting. 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.

Playwriting and Screenwriting Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Playwriting & Screenwriting Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of playwriting and screenwriting bachelor's degrees went to men and 72% went to women.

About 52% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in playwriting and screenwriting at USC are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 15% more racial-ethnic minorities in its playwriting and screenwriting 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 playwriting and screenwriting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Playwriting & Screenwriting Master’s Program

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

In the playwriting and screenwriting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 15% 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 playwriting and screenwriting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Other Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft
• Theater Design & Technology
• Theater Arts
• Acting

Careers That Playwriting and Screenwriting Grads May Go Into

A degree in playwriting and screenwriting 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
Art, Drama, and Music Professors	9,710	$115,460
Writers and Authors	7,910	$96,910

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.