Key demographic data for the USC faculty, undergraduate and graduate student populations, including sex and ethnicity, as of fall 2016. Faculty data also include breakdowns by field and tenure.
Faculty and Student Diversity Dashboards
As of Fall 2016
Faculty Sex Composition by Line
All Faculty by Race/Ethnicity
Faculty Race/Ethnicity by Line
Faculty Sex Composition by Field
Faculty Ethnicity by Field
Faculty Data by Line
Sex Composition of USC Active Full-time Faculty, October 2016
N
#Female
%Female
#Male
%Male
Tenured
1172
307
26.2%
865
73.8%
Tenure-Track
323
137
42.4%
186
57.6%
RTPC
2649
1323
49.9%
1326
50.1%
Total
4144
1767
42.6%
2377
57.4%
Summary Data on 2016 USC Full-time Faculty Composition
Ethnic Composition of USC Active Full-time Faculty, October 2016
Total
Asian
Black
Hispanic
Native American
Two or more races
White
Non-resident
Decline to state
N
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
#
%
Tenured
1172
181
15%
29
2%
44
4%
2
0%
19
2%
893
76%
0
0%
4
0%
Tenure-Track
323
82
25%
8
2%
20
6%
1
0%
6
2%
177
55%
6
2%
23
7%
RTPC
2649
604
23%
97
4%
181
7%
6
0%
99
4%
1607
61%
6
0%
49
2%
Total
4144
867
21%
134
3%
245
6%
9
0%
124
3%
2677
65%
12
0%
76
2%
76
2016 Ethnic Composition Summary
Asian
21%
Black
3%
Hispanic
6%
Native American
0%
2 or more Races
3%
White
65%
Non-Resident
0%
Decline to state
2%
Total
100%
Faculty Sex Data by Field
2016 Sex Composition of Faculty by Field Groupings
#Faculty
#Female
%Female
#Male
%Male
Arts and Humanities
656
308
47%
348
53%
Tenured
244
96
39.3%
148
60.7%
Tenure-Track
73
37
50.7%
36
49.3%
RTPC
339
175
51.6%
164
48.4%
Social Sciences
835
391
46.8%
444
53.2%
Tenured
320
104
32.5%
216
67.5%
Tenure-Track
107
41
38.3%
66
61.7%
RTPC
408
246
60.3%
162
39.7%
Science and Engineering
894
296
33.1%
598
66.9%
Tenured
364
55
15.1%
309
84.9%
Tenure-Track
85
28
32.9%
57
67.1%
RTPC
445
213
47.9%
232
52.1%
Medicine
1724
756
43.9%
968
56.1%
Tenured
243
52
21.4%
191
78.6%
Tenure-Track
58
31
53.4%
27
46.6%
RTPC
1423
673
47.3%
750
52.7%
2016 Sex Composition Summary
Female
Male
Art and Humanities
308
348
Social Sciences
391
444
Science and Engineering
296
598
Medicine
756
968
[3] Arts and Humanities includes Dornsife Humanities, Kaufman, Roski, Architecture, Cinematic Arts, Dramatic Arts, Thornton, and USC Libraries; Social Sciences includes Dornsife Social Sciences, Annenberg, Gould, Marshall, Rossier, Social Work and Price; Life and Natural Sciences (excluding Keck) includes Dornsife Natural Sciences, Davis, Ostrow, Pharmacy, and Viterbi; Medicine/Keck.
Faculty Ethnicity Data by Field
2016 Ethnic Composition of Faculty by Field Grouping