Also known as

  • USC

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
26,776
54.1% Female
45.9% Male

Institution Overview

School Type
Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation)

Region
Far West AK CA HI NV OR WA

Academic Calendar
Semester

Setting
City: Large

Academics


Graduate Assistantships
Yes

Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes

Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes

Total # of Programs
475

Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
173
Doctoral Research
96
Doctoral Professional
7
Distance
12

Degrees Offered

Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)
Other Doctor's
Certificate Offered

Post-master's
Postbaccalaureate

Student Body

Demographics
0.24%
American Indian or Alaska Native
15.24%
Asian
6.71%
Black or African American
11.94%
Hispanic or Latino
0.31%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
31.17%
White
1.94%
Two or more races
3.79%
Unknown
28.67%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions


Application Fee
$85

Admissions Office Web Address
www.usc.edu/admission/

Tuition & Aid


Average Tuition
$39,984

Academics: Programs - Overview


Academic
Yes

Occupational
No

Continuing Professional
No

Recreational or avocational
No

Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
173
Master's (Distance)
10
Doctor's Degree Research
96
Doctor's Degree Professional
7
Doctor's Degree Other
11
Doctor's Degree Other (Distance)
1
Postbaccalaureate Certificate
61
Postbaccalaureate Certificate (Distance)
1
Post Master's Certificate
11

Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Accounting Master's Degree Yes No
Acting Master's Degree Yes No
Advanced General Dentistry Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
American/United States Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Applied Psychology Master's Degree Yes No
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Architectural Engineering Doctoral – Research Yes No
Architectural History and Criticism, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Architecture and Related Services, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Artificial Intelligence Master's Degree Yes No
Arts, Entertainment,and Media Management, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Behavioral Aspects of Health Doctoral – Research Yes No
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Bioinformatics Master's Degree Yes No
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Biology/Biological Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Biomedical Sciences, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Biostatistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Brass Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business Statistics Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Business/Commerce, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Chemical Physics Doctoral – Research Yes No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Cinematography and Film/Video Production Master's Degree Yes No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree
Doctoral – Other
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Clinical and Industrial Drug Development Master's Degree Yes No
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services Master's Degree Yes No
Communication and Media Studies, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Communication, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Comparative Law Master's Degree Yes No
Comparative Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computational Biology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Computer and Information Systems Security/Information Assurance Master's Degree Yes Yes
Computer Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Computer Software Engineering Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Master's Degree Yes No
Conducting Master's Degree Yes No
Construction Management Master's Degree Yes Yes
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration Master's Degree Yes Yes
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist Master's Degree Yes No
Dentistry Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Design and Applied Arts, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Development Economics and International Development Master's Degree Yes No
Digital Arts Master's Degree Yes No
Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia Master's Degree Yes No
Directing and Theatrical Production Master's Degree Yes No
Dispute Resolution Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other Master's Degree Yes No
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
East Asian Studies Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Education, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Educational Administration and Supervision, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Educational Leadership and Administration, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Elementary Education and Teaching Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Endodontics/Endodontology Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Engineering, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Design/Architecture Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Environmental Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Epidemiology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Evolutionary Biology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Film/Cinema/Video Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Finance, General Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Financial Mathematics Master's Degree Yes No
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Fine/Studio Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Foreign Language Teacher Education Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
French Language and Literature Doctoral – Research Yes No
Game and Interactive Media Design Master's Degree Yes No
Genetics, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Geographic Information Science and Cartography Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Geography Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Gerontology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other Master's Degree Yes Yes
Health/Health Care Administration/Management Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Historic Preservation and Conservation Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Industrial and Physical Pharmacy and Cosmetic Sciences Master's Degree Yes No
Industrial Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Informatics Master's Degree Yes No
International and Intercultural Communication Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
International Business/Trade/Commerce Master's Degree Yes No
International Policy Analysis Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
International Public Health/International Health Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
International Relations and Affairs Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
International/Global Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Jazz/Jazz Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Journalism Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Keyboard Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Law Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Learning Sciences Master's Degree Yes No
Legal Professions and Studies, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Library and Information Science Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Long Term Care Administration/Management Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Management Science Master's Degree Yes No
Manufacturing Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Marine Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Marketing/Marketing Management, General Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Materials Engineering Master's Degree Yes Yes
Materials Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Medical Scientist Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Medicine Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Microbiology and Immunology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation Master's Degree Yes No
Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Molecular Genetics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Molecular Medicine Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Molecular Pharmacology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music History, Literature, and Theory Master's Degree Yes No
Music Pedagogy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Music Performance, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Music Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Music Technology Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Music Theory and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Musicology and Ethnomusicology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Neurobiology and Anatomy Doctoral – Research Yes No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Nurse Anesthetist Master's Degree Yes No
Occupational Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Oncology and Cancer Biology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Operations Research Master's Degree Yes No
Oral Biology and Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Orthodontics/Orthodontology Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Pathology/Experimental Pathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Percussion Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Periodontics/Periodontology Master's Degree
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
No
No
Petroleum Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Other
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
Yes
Pharmaceutical Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Pharmacy Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Yes
Yes
No
No
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs Master's Degree
Doctoral – Other
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Philosophy, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Physical Therapy/Therapist Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Doctoral – Professional
Post Master's Certificate
Yes
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
No
Physician Assistant Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Physiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Physiology, Pathology, and Related Sciences, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Playwriting and Screenwriting Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Political Economy Doctoral – Research Yes No
Programs for Foreign Lawyers Master's Degree Yes No
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology Post Master's Certificate Yes No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Public Health, General Master's Degree Yes No
Public Health, Other Doctoral – Research Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
Yes
No
No
No
Public Policy Analysis, Other Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Public Relations/Image Management Master's Degree Yes No
Real Estate Development Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Religion/Religious Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Religious/Sacred Music Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Restaurant/Food Services Management Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Secondary Education and Teaching Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Signal/Geospatial Intelligence Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Doctoral – Research Yes No
Social Work Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Social Work, Other Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Special Education and Teaching, General Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree Yes No
Stringed Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Structural Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Sustainability Studies Postbaccalaureate Cert. Yes No
Systems Engineering Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Tax Law/Taxation Master's Degree Yes No
Taxation Master's Degree Yes No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Oth Master's Degree Yes No
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor Master's Degree Yes No
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology Master's Degree Yes No
Telecommunications Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Transportation and Highway Engineering Master's Degree
Postbaccalaureate Cert.
Yes
Yes
No
No
Urban Education and Leadership Doctoral – Research Yes No
Urban Studies/Affairs Doctoral – Research Yes No
Voice and Opera Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No
Water Resources Engineering Master's Degree Yes No
Woodwind Instruments Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research
Yes
Yes
No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 3,900 2,297 252 1,351
With faculty status 3,900 2,297 252 1,351
Tenured 1,172 1,172 0 0
On tenure track 294 294 0 0
Not on tenure track 2,434 831 252 1,351
Annual contract 2,434 831 252 1,351
Less-than annual contract 0 0 0 0

Graduate Assistantships


Graduate Assistantships
Yes

Graduate Assistantship

Teaching
Research

Additional Information


State-Approved Teacher Certification?
No

Medical Degree Offered?
Yes

Institution Has a Hospital?
Yes

Overview


Average Tuition
$39,984

Financial aid office web address
www.usc.edu/admission/fa/

Tuition fee varies by residency status
No

Typical Room
$8,355

Typical Board
$5,500

Tuition & Fees
Amount
Full time Average Tuition$39,984
Full time Fees$686
Part time, per credit hour$1,666

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramTuitionFees
Dentistry $84,426 $10,314
Law $57,286 $736
Medicine $56,848 $3,167
Pharmacy $50,830 $3,654

Tuition Plan Options


Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
Yes

Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No

Prepaid Tuition Plan
Yes

Tuition Payment Plan
Yes

Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
26,776
54.1% Female
45.9% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.24%
American Indian or Alaska Native
15.24%
Asian
6.71%
Black or African American
11.94%
Hispanic or Latino
0.31%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
31.17%
White
1.94%
Two or more races
3.79%
Unknown
28.67%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 23 41
Asian 1,756 2,324
Black Or African American 490 1,306
Hispanic Or Latino 1,138 2,058
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 30 52
Non-resident Alien 4,448 3,229
White 3,652 4,694
Two Or More Races 206 313
Unknown 535 481

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
7,710
46.2% Male
53.8% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
685
53.0% Male
47.0% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
837
44.0% Male
56.0% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - other
Total
16
75.0% Male
25.0% Female

Award: Postbaccalaureate certificate
Total
659
51.3% Male
48.7% Female

Award: Post-master's certificate
Total
39
56.4% Male
43.6% Female

Overview


Library Facilities at Institution
Yes

On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesNo
On-campus day care for student's childrenYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089

Phone
213-740-2311

Fax

Email


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