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Health & pre-med fields at USC

USC graduates about 125 pre-med & health fields majors a year, 2% of its graduating class. That puts it 26th of 543 schools we score for pre-med & health fields, a standout program at 86 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $90,000 four years out, 1.52× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $425 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

86/100Standout#26 of 543 for pre-med & health fields →
Graduates a year1252% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$90,0001.52× the same major nationally
Research in the field$425Ma year, NSF
Admit rate10%whole school
SAT middle 50%1450–1550whole 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
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
plaque at foot of statue honoring composer Ignacy Jan Paderewski at University o
Usc paderewski plaque 1Photo: Seauton 11 December 2024 · CC BY 4.0 · source

Where pre-med & health fields happens

Buildings on campus that fit the field: Social Sciences Building, Dr. Joseph Medicine Crow Center for International and Public Affairs, Michelson Center for Convergent Biosciences, Grace Ford Salvatori Hall of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Salvatori Computer Science Center, Stauffer Science Lecture Hall, Wilson Dental Library and Norris Dental Science Center, Engemann Student Health Center, Hedco Neurosciences Building, Seaver Science Library, Frank R Seaver Science Center.

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 pre-med & health fields ranking

  1. Northwestern University 87
  2. University of Maryland, College Park 86
  3. University of Michigan–Ann Arbor 86
  4. Villanova University 86
  5. The Ohio State University 85
  6. University of Florida 85
  7. Baylor University 85
  8. Drexel University 85

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares USC with every school we score in pre-med & health fields. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 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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