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Quick Facts
School Name
University of Southern California
City
Los Angeles
State
California
General Information
Institutional control
Private
Year Founded:
1880
Accreditation:
WASC: Western Association of Schools and Colleges
Statistics:
Students (2009-10 academic year):
- Undergraduates: 17,000
- Graduates and Professionals: 18,000
- Total: 35,000
- Regularly Enrolled International Students: 6,600
Degrees Awarded (June 2009):
- Bachelor’s Degrees: 4,295
- Advanced Degrees: 6,158
Careers:
GIS specialists can look forward to careers advising public and private institutions such as government, real estate developers, utilities, and telecommunications firms on where to build new roads, buildings, power plants, and cable lines as well as on environmental matters such as where to build a landfill or preserve wetland habitats. Other job prospects include police departments who use GIS to allocate resources in crime-prone areas; public health agencies using GIS to locate cancer “hot spots”; transportation planners using GIS to unravel rush-hour congestion; and wildlife biologists using GIS to map the critical habitats of endangered species.
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