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Art & design at USC

USC graduates about 123 art & design majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 1st of 828 schools we score for art & design, a standout program at 100 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $77,000 four years out, 1.70× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $3 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

100/100Standout#1 of 828 for art & design →
Graduates a year1232% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$77,0001.70× the same major nationally
Research in the field$3Ma year, NSF
Admit rate10%whole school
SAT middle 50%1470–1540whole school

Around USC

USC Physical Education Building (PED), designed by Parkinson & Parkinson as
Physical education building 1Photo: Seauton 13 April 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
University Religious Center (URC), University of Southern California, designed b
Usc university religious center west side 1Photo: Seauton 11 December 2024 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Ernie Shelton (sculptor), The Wild Bunch - Sporting Sculpture - Campus of Univer
Sporting Sculpture - Campus of University of Southern California - Los Angeles, Photo: Adam Jones, 2012-02-26 12:59, from Kelowna, BC, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.0 · source
"Evelia de Pie", sculpture by Francisco Zúñiga, Anna Bing Arnold Sculpture Garde
Zuniga evelia de pie 1Photo: Seauton 13 April 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source

Where art & design happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: School of Cinematic Arts - SCX, Grace Ford Salvatori Hall of Letters, Arts and Sciences, School of Cinematic Arts - SCC, School of Cinematic Arts - SCE, Ray and Nadine Watt Hall of Architecture and Fine Arts, Parkside Arts and Humanities Residential College, School of Cinematic Arts -SCB, School of Cinematic Arts - SCI, School of Cinematic Arts - SCA.

Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 106 · Dorm 15 · Arts 7 · Library 4 · Athletics 3 · Chapel 2.

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Nearby in the art & design ranking

  1. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 98
  2. Carnegie Mellon University 98
  3. University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 97
  4. University of California, Davis 96

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares USC with every school we score in art & design. It weighs what graduates earn four years out against the same major nationally (25%), research spending in the field (20%, NSF), how many undergraduate courses the department lists (20%), the student body's test scores (20%) and the size of the program (15%, capped so size alone can't win). 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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