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University of Southern California
Average Rating
Average Rating
University of Southern California Profile
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- Setting
- Large city
- Enrollment
- 18,448
- Full time
- 18,151
- Part time
- 297
- Men full time
- 9,118
- Women full time
- 9,033
Mission Statement
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University of Southern California More Information
- Type of School
- Four or more years , Private not-for-profit
- Religious affiliation
- None
- Highest degree offered
- Doctoral and First-professional
- Calendar
- Semester
- Distance learning opportunities
- Yes
University of Southern California Diversity
- American Indian/Alaskan Native
- 1%
- Asian/Pacific Islander
- 21%
- Black/Non-Hispanic
- 6%
- Hispanic
- 13%
- White/Non-Hispanic
- 46%
- Non-Resident Alien
- 9%
- Race/ethnicity unknown
- 4%
Enrollment statistics are for a 12-month period as of 2007.
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University of Southern California Admission Basics
- Admissions office phone number
- -
- Open admission policy
- No
- Undergraduate Application fee
- $65
- Applied
- 33,760
- Admitted
- 8,453
- Enrolled
- 2,963
- Admitted %
- 25%
University of Southern California Admission factors
- Admission test scores
- Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Required
- Secondary school rank
- Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school record
- Required
- TOEFL
- Neither required nor recommended
- Completion of college preparatory program
- Required
- Recommendations
- Required
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Recommended
University of Southern California Admission statistics
- Students submitting SAT
- 84%
- SAT 1 Verbal 25th percentile score
- 620
- SAT 1 Verbal 75th percentile score
- 720
- SAT 1 Math 25th percentile score
- 650
- SAT 1 Math 75th percentile score
- 740
- Students submitting ACT
- 35%
- ACT Composite 25th percentile score
- 28
- ACT Composite 75th percentile score
- 32
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University of Southern California Cost
- In-State Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
- $35,809
- Out-of-state Tuition, Full-time Undergraduates
- $35,809
- Books and Supplies
- $750
- On-campus room and board
- $10,750
- Off-campus room and board
- $10,858
University of Southern California Financial Aid
- Students Receiving Aid
- 72%
- Receiving Federal Grants
- 11% , $4,559 on average
- Receiving Institutional Aid
- 62% , $18,548 on average
- Receiving Student Loans
- 58% , $4,620 on average
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University of Southern California Programs & Majors
Graduates in 2007/2008 academic year.
Architecture and Related Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Architecture 113 29 0 City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 0 97 3 Landscape Architecture 0 1 0 Area, Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate African-American/Black Studies 1 0 0 American/United States Studies/Civilization 20 32 2 Asian-American Studies 1 0 0 East Asian Studies 1 3 0 Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other 6 0 0 Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 3 0 0 Biological and Biomedical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Biochemistry 19 0 0 Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 0 2 0 Bioinformatics 0 0 2 Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other 0 0 1 Biology/Biological Sciences, General 151 0 1 Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other 0 6 0 Biophysics 5 0 0 Biostatistics 0 9 2 Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology 0 4 2 Epidemiology 0 1 6 Evolutionary Biology 0 0 1 Genetics, Other 0 0 1 Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 0 3 0 Microbiology, General 0 5 4 Molecular Biology 0 0 7 Molecular Pharmacology 0 1 7 Molecular Toxicology 0 0 0 Pharmacology and Toxicology 0 0 0 Physiology, General 0 0 2 Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Accounting 249 62 0 Business Administration and Management, General 946 677 7 Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other 18 0 0 Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other 0 0 0 Finance, General 0 0 0 Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General 0 0 0 Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management 0 0 0 Restaurant/Food Services Management 0 0 0 Taxation 0 60 0 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs Bachelor Master Doctorate Broadcast Journalism 36 19 0 Communication and Media Studies, Other 0 173 0 Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 269 13 15 Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other 0 0 0 Journalism 43 23 0 Journalism, Other 0 1 0 Public Relations/Image Management 36 23 0 Communications Technologies/Technicians and Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects 0 0 0 Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services Bachelor Master Doctorate Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 0 16 0 Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other 4 0 0 Computer and Information Sciences, Other 0 0 0 Computer and Information Sciences, General 0 0 0 Computer and Information Systems Security 0 6 0 Computer Science 52 400 45 Computer Software and Media Applications, Other 0 26 0 Computer/Information Technology Services Administration andManagement, Other 0 5 0 Education Bachelor Master Doctorate Bilingual and Multilingual Education 0 0 0 College Student Counseling and Personnel Services 0 0 0 Community College Education 0 0 0 Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services 0 0 0 Curriculum and Instruction 0 0 6 Education, General 15 23 0 Educational Leadership and Administration, General 0 0 125 Foreign Language Teacher Education 0 0 0 Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 0 48 0 Music Teacher Education 0 10 0 Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other 0 85 0 Teacher Education, Multiple Levels 0 0 0 Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 0 70 0 Engineering Bachelor Master Doctorate Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 38 70 2 Biomedical/Medical Engineering 57 67 13 Chemical Engineering 23 30 7 Civil Engineering, General 14 7 9 Civil Engineering, Other 2 19 0 Computer Engineering, General 0 27 6 Computer Engineering, Other 24 0 0 Computer Software Engineering 0 0 0 Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 91 423 46 Engineering, General 0 0 0 Engineering, Other 0 79 0 Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 4 8 5 Geotechnical Engineering 0 2 0 Industrial Engineering 46 36 5 Manufacturing Engineering 0 2 0 Materials Engineering 0 8 0 Materials Science 0 8 2 Mechanical Engineering 65 58 9 Ocean Engineering 0 0 0 Operations Research 0 5 0 Petroleum Engineering 0 8 1 Structural Engineering 20 29 0 Systems Engineering 0 97 0 Transportation and Highway Engineering 0 3 0 Water Resources Engineering 0 0 0 Engineering Technologies/Technicians Bachelor Master Doctorate Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician 0 0 0 English Language and Literature/Letters Bachelor Master Doctorate American Literature (United States) 5 0 0 Creative Writing 73 73 0 English Language and Literature, General 55 5 5 English Language and Literature/Letters, Other 0 0 3 Foreign languages, literatures, and Linguistics Bachelor Master Doctorate Comparative Literature 12 7 1 East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other 0 0 0 French Language and Literature 8 1 1 German Language and Literature 1 1 0 Italian Language and Literature 2 0 0 Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other 1 0 2 Linguistics 2 10 6 Russian Language and Literature 0 0 0 Spanish Language and Literature 20 0 0 Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Advanced General Dentistry 0 0 0 Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other 0 9 3 Critical Care Nursing 0 0 0 Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 32 0 0 Dentistry 0 0 0 Endodontics/Endodontology 0 0 0 Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner 0 0 0 Health/Health Care Administration/Management 0 42 0 Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 0 29 0 Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 0 32 0 Medical Scientist 0 6 0 Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry 0 2 6 Medicine 0 0 0 Nurse Anesthetist 0 15 0 Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery 0 0 0 Nursing Administration 0 0 0 Nursing, Other 0 0 0 Nursing/Registered Nurse 0 0 0 Occupational Therapy/Therapist 22 105 20 Oral Biology and Oral Pathology 0 0 0 Oral/Maxillof acial Surgery 0 0 0 Orthodontics/Orthodontology 0 0 0 Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics 0 0 0 Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics 0 0 0 Pharmacy 0 0 0 Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs 0 28 0 Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other 0 0 0 Physical Therapy/Therapist 0 6 85 Physician Assistant 0 34 0 Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology 0 0 0 Public Health Education and Promotion 114 0 3 Public Health, General 0 84 0 History Bachelor Master Doctorate History, General 50 4 6 Legal Professions and Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Comparative Law 0 2 0 Law 0 0 0 Programs for Foreign Lawyers 0 85 0 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Bachelor Master Doctorate Humanities/Humanistic Studies 5 0 0 Mathematics and Statistics Bachelor Master Doctorate Applied Mathematics 0 5 4 Computational Mathematics 2 0 0 Mathematics and Statistics, Other 13 20 0 Mathematics, General 16 5 3 Statistics, General 0 4 0 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Biological and Physical Sciences 0 0 0 Gerontology 10 15 4 Historic Preservation and Conservation 0 4 0 International/Global Studies 0 14 0 Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 27 0 1 Neuroscience 50 1 9 Systems Science and Theory 0 0 0 Natural Resources and Conservation Bachelor Master Doctorate Environmental Science 1 0 0 Environmental Studies 6 0 0 Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Kinesiology and Exercise Science 30 0 0 Philosophy and Religious Studies Bachelor Master Doctorate Ethics 5 0 0 Philosophy 30 2 3 Religion/Religious Studies 7 0 3 Physical Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Astronomy 3 0 0 Chemical Physics 0 0 0 Chemistry, General 12 9 19 Geology/Earth Science, General 5 5 4 Physical Sciences 0 0 0 Physics, General 5 3 13 Physics, Other 1 0 0 Psychology Bachelor Master Doctorate Counseling Psychology 0 24 5 Educational Psychology 0 0 1 Psychology, General 233 8 15 Psychology, Other 0 0 0 Public Administration and Social Service Professions Bachelor Master Doctorate Public Administration 0 80 2 Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other 0 0 0 Public Policy Analysis 116 89 2 Social Work 0 293 8 Social Work, Other 0 0 0 Social Sciences Bachelor Master Doctorate Anthropology 9 0 5 Anthropology, Other 8 0 0 Archeology 1 0 0 Demography and Population Studies 0 0 0 Economics, General 106 32 10 Economics, Other 0 0 0 Geography 6 0 4 Geography, Other 0 0 0 International Relations and Affairs 171 6 4 Political Science and Government, General 170 0 9 Political Science and Government, Other 0 0 0 Social Sciences, General 36 0 0 Sociology 86 5 6 Urban Studies/Affairs 0 0 13 Visual and Performing Arts Bachelor Master Doctorate Acting 19 0 0 Art History, Criticism and Conservation 37 5 1 Art/Art Studies, General 0 0 0 Arts Management 0 0 0 Cinematography and Film/Video Production 81 99 0 Conducting 0 1 0 Directing and Theatrical Production 0 0 0 Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 72 0 0 Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other 5 0 0 Drawing 0 0 0 Film/Cinema Studies 103 25 8 Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other 17 36 0 Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 0 13 0 Fine/Studio Arts, General 63 8 0 Music History, Literature, and Theory 0 1 0 Music Management and Merchandising 52 0 0 Music Pedagogy 4 7 7 Music Performance, General 14 27 14 Music Theory and Composition 7 2 1 Music, General 17 0 0 Music, Other 0 0 0 Musicology and Ethnomusicology 0 0 2 Piano and Organ 3 13 9 Playwriting and Screenwriting 24 35 0 Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 6 0 0 Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments 19 20 9 Voice and Opera 8 12 2 -
University of Southern California Deadlines
- Early decision deadline
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- Early action deadline
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- College will notify student of early decision by
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- College will notify student of early action by
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- Priority application deadline
- Dec 10th
- Financial aid priority deadline
- Feb 9th
- Regular application deadline
- Jan 10th
- Fall application deadline
- Jan 10th
- SAT Reasoning / ACT scores due
- Feb 15th
- SAT Subject score report due
- Feb 15th
- Financial aid deadline
- -
- Transfer priority application deadline
- -
- Transfer priority financial aid deadline
- Feb 2nd
- Transfer application closing date
- Feb 1st
- Transfer deadline for filing financial aid forms
- -
- College will notify student by
- Apr 1st
- College will notify student of transfer decision by
- Jun 1st
- College will notify student of financial aid decisions on or about
- May 1st
- Student must reply to acceptance by
- May 1st
- Student must reply to financial aid decision by
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- Deadline for housing deposit
- -
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University of Southern California Admin Settings
- College Profile Override
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- Scholarship Calculator Link
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- Facebook Link
- -
- Twitter Username
- -
- Virtual Tour Link
- http://www.usc.edu/uscweb/cams/tommycam/vrtour/
- Enable Regional Events
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University of Southern California Sports
- National Collegiate Athletic Association Membership
- Member of National Collegiate Athletic Association
- Football program
- Yes
- Basketball program
- Yes
- Baseball program
- Yes
- Cross country/track program
- Yes
University of Southern California Military Programs
- ROTC
- Yes
- Army
- Yes
- Navy
- Yes
- Air Force
- Yes
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Trojan55 from Los Angeles, CA
For prospective freshman, USC isn't just interested in your GPA. There is a heavy emphasis on your image as a versatile individual. Take as many AP classes. Take the SATs until you're exhausted. Be involved in any school activities. Better yet, take… more read full review
For prospective freshman, USC isn't just interested in your GPA. There is a heavy emphasis on your image as a versatile individual. Take as many AP classes. Take the SATs until you're exhausted. Be involved in any school activities. Better yet, take advantage of programs and opportunities outside of your high school.
For prospective transfers, keep up that GPA, preferably anything above a 3.5. It wouldn't hurt to be involved in your community and/or extracurricular activities. When it's down to two applicants with similar academic standing, extracurriculars are the tie-breaking factors.
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Advice to transfers, preferably Santa Monica College Students.
Take classes equivalent to USC courses. Refer to: https://camel2.usc.edu/articagrmt/artic.aspx
And if you know your intended major, refer to:
http://www.usc.edu/admission/undergraduate/private/0910/AdditionalCourseRecommendation09.pdf
to give you a competitive edge on your application. (NOTE: some majors require supplemental applications and additional requirements.)
Typically, students aspiring to transfer do so within 2 years at a CC. For your first year at community college, if you haven't already chosen a major, focus on getting your GEs out of the way. That way, you can add versatility to your schedule and you'll save about thirty grand in college. Sixty if you transfer for junior standing. NOTE: USC accepts sophomore transfers. However, out of the six GE's you can fulfill at at SMC, two must be completed at USC: diversity and writ140.
Study Study Study! There aren't shortcuts in college. Don't expect extra credit assignments despite your prodding and begging. Your school academic counselor is there for reason. More often than not, they can answer questions and offer valuable guidance.
APPLY FOR FINANCIAL AID ASAP. you will save yourself a lot of grief over the summer to settle any loans and to apply for work-study positions.
Be realistic. USC is expensive, but worth every penny. However, if it is beyond your family's income, start saving early. Apply for scholarships. On top of tuition, spare yourself the shock of hidden costs and the disappointment that comes with knowing you cannot finance your dream school's education. Book costs hundreds of dollars especially heavy texts. Even for commuters, health insurance (which you can waive, given the completed requirements) and parking can be pricey. Refer to: http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat2008/tuition/
Sure you can take out as many loans as you want, but depending on the amount, you might be paying it off for life.
Good luck to everyone!
FIGHT ON!
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Max from Richmond, CA
Intelligent people who are willing to work hard, but also willing to party hard. Outgoing students will get the most out of the school, because it's strongest asset is the alumni network. Trojans are in charge of just about everything... everywhere! read full review
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