Medical Scientist at University of Southern California

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

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 Medical Scientist section at the bottom of this page.

USC Medical Scientist Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Medical Scientist

Online Classes Are Available at USC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

USC does offer online education options in medical scientist for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

USC Medical Scientist Rankings

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.

Medical Scientist Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Medical Scientist Master’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a master's degree in Medical Scientist from USC in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a medical scientist master's degree from USC, 58% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Southern California with a master's in medical scientist.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

Careers That Medical Scientist Grads May Go Into

A degree in medical scientist 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
Medical Scientists	26,080	$102,550
Natural Sciences Managers	7,870	$168,790
Epidemiologists	760	$92,040

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.