Accounting at University of Southern California

If you are interested in studying accounting, 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 approximately 47,310 students attend the school each year. In the 2018-2019 academic year, 187 students received a bachelor's degree in accounting from USC.

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

USC Accounting Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting
• Master’s Degree in Accounting

USC Accounting Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The accounting major at USC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Accounting. 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
Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Accounting Schools	21
Most Popular Accounting Schools	38
Most Focused Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	339
Most Focused Accounting Schools	983

In 2019, 104 students received their master’s degree in accounting from USC. This makes it the #43 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Accounting Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Accounting Bachelor’s Program

Of the 187 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2018-2019 from USC, about 44% were men and 56% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities in its accounting 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	58
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	41
International Students	61
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

USC Accounting Master’s Program

Of the 104 students who earned a master's degree in Accounting from USC in 2018-2019, 40% were men and 60% were women.

In the accounting master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 9% 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 accounting.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	24
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	39
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

USC also has a doctoral program available in accounting. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Accounting Grads May Go Into

A degree in accounting 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
Accountants and Auditors	148,600	$84,430
Tax Examiners, Collectors, and Revenue Agents	8,660	$66,600
Credit Analysts	8,620	$89,430
Budget Analysts	6,870	$90,780
Financial Examiners	5,120	$108,740

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.