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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 has a total student population of 46,287. Of the 1,686 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Southern California in 2021, 175 of them were accounting majors.

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

USC Accounting Rankings

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

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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
15
54

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in accounting from USC. This is the #523 most popular school for accounting master’s degree candidates in the country.

Earnings of USC Accounting Graduates

The median salary of accounting students who receive their bachelor's degree at USC is $64,797. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 40% higher than the national average of $46,292 for all accounting bachelor's degree recipients.

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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

47% Women
58% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 175 accounting students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from USC, about 53% were men and 47% were women. The typical accounting bachelor's degree program is made up of only 42% men. So male students are more repesented at USC since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 68
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 27
White 47
International Students 25
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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

Concentrations Within Accounting

The following accounting concentations are available at University of Southern California. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Southern California. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Accounting 175

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
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 186,970 $47,750
Accountants and Auditors 148,600 $84,430
Financial Managers 81,350 $157,480
Financial Analysts 37,900 $109,640
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 22,650 $51,520

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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