Learning Sciences at University of Southern California

If you plan to study learning sciences, take a look at what University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Learning Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

USC Learning Sciences Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Learning Sciences

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 learning sciences at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USC Learning Sciences Rankings

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.

Learning Sciences Student Demographics at USC

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

USC Learning Sciences Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of learning sciences master's degrees went to men and 77% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 15% men graduate in learning sciences each year. USC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the learning sciences master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 77% of degree recipients. That is 51% 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 learning sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	3
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Related Majors

Careers That Learning Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in learning sciences 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
Education, Training, and Library Workers	23,130	$50,110
Social Scientists	4,950	$78,970
Education Professors	3,380	$84,160
Social Sciences Professors	2,760	$147,680

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.