Informatics at University of Southern California

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

USC is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 46,287 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 12 informatics majors received their bachelor's degree from USC.

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

USC Informatics Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Informatics
• Master’s Degree in Informatics

Online Classes Are Available at USC

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USC offers distance education options for informatics at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Informatics Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the informatics progam at USC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

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

Ranking Type	Rank
	2
Most Popular Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	2
Best Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	3
Most Popular Informatics Schools	4
Best Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	4
Most Focused Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	7
	7
Best Informatics Schools	11
Most Popular Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
	13
Most Focused Informatics Schools	16
Best Value Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Value Informatics Master’s Degree Schools	22
Most Focused Informatics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	31
Best Value Informatics Schools	40

In 2021, 151 students received their master’s degree in informatics from USC. This makes it the #2 most popular school for informatics master’s degree candidates in the country.

Informatics Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Informatics Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 informatics students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical informatics bachelor's degree program is made up of only 36% women. So female students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 14% more women than 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 informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USC Informatics Master’s Program

The informatics program at USC awarded 151 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 54% of these degrees went to men with the other 46% going 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 informatics.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	7
International Students	135
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

USC also has a doctoral program available in informatics. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Other Computer & Information Sciences
• Artificial Intelligence

Careers That Informatics Grads May Go Into

A degree in informatics 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
Software Applications Developers	148,550	$127,950
Systems Software Developers	88,910	$131,700
Computer and Information Research Scientists	7,300	$136,310

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.