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University of Southern California

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Carnegie Foundation Classification

Research Universities (very high research activity)
UndergraduateBalanced arts & sciences/professions, high graduate coexistence
GraduateComprehensive doctoral with medical/veterinary
Undergraduate PopulationFull-time four-year, more selective, higher transfer-in
EnrollmentMajority undergraduate
Size & SettingLarge four-year, primarily residential

General Characteristics

Title IV EligibilityParticipates in Title IV federal financial aid programs
Highest offeringDoctoral degree
Calendar SystemSemester
Years of college work requiredN/A
Variable Tuition
Religious AffiliationN/A
Congressional District629

Special Learning Opportunities

Distance Learning
ROTC — Army / Navy / Air Force  —   /   / 
Study Abroad
Weekend College
Teacher Certification

Student Tuition Costs and Fees

What are the typical tuition costs and fees for attending University of Southern California?
23rd for total cost of attendance
  In District In State Out of State
Effective as of 2010-08-04
FT Undergraduate Tuition $38,570 $38,570 $38,570
FT Undergraduate Required Fees $613 $613 $613
PT Undergraduate per Credit Hour $1,299 $1,299 $1,299
FT Graduate Tuition $31,176 $31,176 $31,176
FT Graduate Required Fees $554 $554 $554
PT Graduate per Credit Hour $1,299 $1,299 $1,299
Total Cost of Attendance — On-Campus $53,617 $53,617 $53,617
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus w/out Family $53,617 $53,617 $53,617
Total Cost of Attendance — Off-Campus with Family $44,219 $44,219 $44,219

Student Tuition Cost History and Trends

Prior year comparison and trends on the cost of attending / attendance cost.
  In District In State Out of State
Published Tuition & Fees $35,809 $37,693 $35,809 $37,693 $35,809 $37,693
  Cost (regardless of residency)
Effective as of 2010-08-04
Books & Supplies $750 $796
On-Campus – Room & Board $10,750 $11,212
On-Campus – Other Expenses $2,180(N/C)
Off-Campus w/out Family – Room & Board $10,858 $11,298
Off-Campus w/out Family – Other Expenses $2,180(N/C)
Off-Campus with Family – Room & Board $4,198 $4,240

Admission Details

Effective as of 2010-08-05
Application Fee RequiredN/A
Undergraduate Application Fee$65
Graduate Application Fee$85
First Professional Application FeeN/A
Applicants 35,753 (16,635 male / 19,118 female)
Admitted 8,724 (4,119 male / 4,605 female)
Admission rate 24%
First-time Enrollment 2,869 (1,359 male / 1,510 female)
FT Enrollment 2,867 (1,357 male / 1,510 female)
PT Enrollment 2 (2 male / N/A female)
Total Enrollment34,824

Admission Criteria

What criteria does University of Southern California use for admissions?  = Required,   = Recommended,   = Neither required nor recommended
Open Admissions
Secondary School GPA / Rank / Record  /  N/A / 
College Prep. Completion
Recommendations
Formal competency demo
Admission test scores
TOEFL
Other testsN/A

Admission Credits Accepted

What types of credits does University of Southern California accept?
Dual Credit
Life Experience
Advanced Placement (AP)

Athletics - Association Memberships

Sports / Athletic Conference Memberships NCAA
NCAA Football Conference Pac-12 Conference
NCAA Basketball Conference Pacific-10 Conference
NCAA Baseball Conference Pacific-10 Conference
NCAA Track & Field Conference Pacific-10 Conference

ACT Test Admission

62nd for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting ACT results 39%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 28 / 34
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 28 / 33
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 29 / 32

SAT Test Admission

50th for 75pctl scores
Applicants submitting SAT results 82%
Verbal scores (25/75 %ile) 620 / 710
Math scores (25/75 %ile) 650 / 740
Cumulative scores (25/75 %ile) 1270 / 1450

Student Services

Remedial Services
Academic / Career Counseling
PT Cost-defraying Employment
Career Placement
On-Campus Day Care
Library Facility

Student Living

First-time Room / Board Required
Dorm Capacity6,700
Meals per Week21
Room Fee$6,416
Board Fee$5,868

Student Completion / Graduation Demographics

How many students are successful graduates?
 
Total 4,264 936 2,114 4,494 94 8,206 1,278 21,386
Accounting 164 24 44 166 164 10 572
Acting 2 14 6 24 2 48
Advanced General Dentistry (Cert
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other 10 12 6 2 30
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering 34 6 22 42 142 22 268
African-American/Black Studies 6 6
American Literature (United States) 2 4 4 10
American/United States Studies/Civilization 2 14 16 8 26 4 70
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics and Special Effects
Anthropology 2 4 6 4 8 24
Anthropology, Other 6 6 12
Applied Mathematics 16 6 4 26
Archeology 2 2 4
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) 40 4 34 62 128 4 272
Art History, Criticism and Conservation 4 16 20 2 60 102
Art/Art Studies, General
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics 4 6 10
Arts Management
Asian-American Studies
Astronomy 2 2 4
Bilingual and Multilingual Education
Biochemistry 2 2 4 20 8 36
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other 2 2 4
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology 24 2 12 10 6 54
Bioinformatics 4 2 2 8
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General 14 12 22 154 90 8 300
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other 10 2 4 16
Biomedical/Medical Engineering 104 4 18 88 2 86 8 310
Biophysics 2 4 6
Biostatistics 10 4 4 2 20
Broadcast Journalism 4 2 16 22 4 36 4 88
Business Administration and Management, General 596 80 252 924 16 1,316 150 3,334
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other 4 2 4 20 36 4 70
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemical Engineering 72 4 8 28 36 10 158
Chemical Physics
Chemistry, General 26 8 10 14 58
Cinematography and Film/Video Production 34 18 28 52 4 232 52 420
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning 22 10 20 44 2 128 22 248
Civil Engineering, General 26 6 10 12 16 70
Civil Engineering, Other 10 6 8 2 14 6 46
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 2 12 2 18
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric 50 34 66 108 4 348 22 632
Communication and Media Studies, Other 78 12 20 40 2 96 42 290
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other 2 2
Community College Education
Comparative Law (LL 2 2
Comparative Literature 6 2 2 2 10 2 24
Computational Mathematics 2 2 4
Computer Engineering, General 14 10 6 30
Computer Engineering, Other 2 2 2 10 22 38
Computer Science 704 8 12 82 76 16 898
Computer Software Engineering
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other 38 2 6 18 2 66
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Computer and Information Sciences, Other
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Computer and Information Systems Security 4 4
Computer/Information Technology Services Administration andManagement, Other 4 4 2 10
Conducting
Counseling Psychology 2 8 20 26 14 8 78
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Creative Writing 8 20 16 30 152 34 260
Critical Care Nursing
Curriculum and Instruction 2 2
Demography and Population Studies
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist 4 6 30 26 8 74
Dentistry (DDS, DMD) 36 6 16 140 198 26 422
Directing and Theatrical Production
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General 2 14 16 8 2 102 6 150
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other 2 4 2 8
Drawing
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 14 4 2 26 12 2 60
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
East Asian Studies 2 4 6
Economics, General 114 4 20 52 2 98 4 294
Economics, Other
Education, General 6 8 20 14 24 4 76
Educational Leadership and Administration, General 14 44 58 44 10 126 28 324
Educational Psychology 2 2 2 6
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering 658 12 30 180 2 162 26 1,070
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert 4 6 10 20
Engineering, General
Engineering, Other 62 4 26 48 18 158
English Language and Literature, General 2 4 20 16 70 6 118
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other 2 2 4
Environmental Science 2 2 4
Environmental Studies 6 4 10 20
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering 12 2 6 4 16 2 42
Epidemiology
Ethics 2 4 4 4 14
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other 4 4 16 2 26
Evolutionary Biology
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Film/Cinema Studies 24 14 34 30 122 22 246
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other 16 12 4 12 46 22 112
Finance, General 10 2 2 22 22 8 66
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other 2 10 4 6 12 34
Fine/Studio Arts, General 4 8 28 24 92 4 160
Foreign Language Teacher Education
French Language and Literature 2 2 2 10 16
Genetics, Other
Geography 2 4 2 4 12
Geography, Other 4 4 2 2 12
Geology/Earth Science, General 8 6 2 22 2 40
Geotechnical Engineering 2 2 4
German Language and Literature 4 4
Gerontology 6 4 6 20 42 8 86
Health/Health Care Administration/Management 6 4 8 28 50 16 112
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration 2 8 16 14 28 8 76
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 4 4
Historic Preservation and Conservation 6 2 6 14
History, General 8 2 18 8 2 80 14 132
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management 4 18 8 12 18 12 72
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
Humanities/Humanistic Studies 2 2 10 4 18
Industrial Engineering 66 6 20 36 2 46 2 178
International Relations and Affairs 44 30 46 88 2 214 10 434
International/Global Studies 2 2 22 8 34
Italian Language and Literature 6 2 2 10
Jazz/Jazz Studies 2 2 2 26 8 40
Jewish/Judaic Studies 2 2
Journalism 4 2 12 16 42 6 82
Journalism, Other 2 4 4 2 22 6 40
Kinesiology and Exercise Science 8 12 24 32 76
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) 12 4 4 4 24
Law (LL 10 30 64 68 2 198 46 418
Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies 2 2 4
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other 4 4 10 4 22
Linguistics 12 4 2 4 22
Manufacturing Engineering 4 4
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography 2 2 2 6
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling 4 4 6 14 26 6 60
Materials Engineering 12 2 4 18
Materials Science 14 2 2 4 22
Mathematics and Statistics, Other 28 4 6 14 52
Mathematics, General 8 2 2 14 26
Mechanical Engineering 54 4 20 58 146 16 298
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) 6 4 4 14
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) 10 10 4 24
Medicine (MD) 2 12 36 82 2 210 4 348
Microbiology, General 8 2 2 4 4 20
Molecular Biology 6 4 4 2 16
Molecular Pharmacology 6 2 2 10
Molecular Toxicology
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other 2 6 6 12 10 2 38
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Management and Merchandising 4 20 14 76 2 116
Music Pedagogy 2 2 4 8
Music Performance, General 48 4 4 16 78 12 162
Music Teacher Education 2 4 10 2 18
Music Theory and Composition 8 2 10 24 4 48
Music, General 2 6 4 24 2 38
Music, Other
Musicology and Ethnomusicology 2 2
Neuroscience 12 12 18 54 2 66 8 172
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management
Nurse Anesthetist 10 16 4 30
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
Nursing, Other
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician
Occupational Therapy/Therapist 24 10 18 72 136 16 276
Ocean Engineering
Operations Research 4 2 2 8
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD) 2 2 4
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert 4 2 6
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert 10 2 12
Pathology/Experimental Pathology 6 2 4 8 2 22
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert 12 2 2 16
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert 2 6 8
Petroleum Engineering 12 4 2 12 4 34
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD) 12 4 4 20
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) 4 2 20 238 62 22 348
Pharmacy Administration and Pharmacy Policy and Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) 16 6 16 24 8 70
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other 4 2 2 8 2 18
Philosophy 6 14 14 4 50 6 94
Physical Sciences 2 2
Physical Therapy/Therapist 16 10 18 56 2 92 28 222
Physician Assistant 10 28 10 38 6 92
Physics, General 26 2 12 2 42
Physics, Other
Physiology, General 4 4 2 2 12
Piano and Organ 18 6 28 10 8 70
Playwriting and Screenwriting 6 8 16 14 74 4 122
Political Science and Government, General 10 24 48 48 2 198 12 342
Political Science and Government, Other
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LL 144 4 8 30 186
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert 2 2 4
Psychology, General 26 24 82 66 2 202 8 410
Psychology, Other
Public Administration 34 42 24 2 62 14 178
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other 6 4 4 8 4 26
Public Health Education and Promotion 14 18 40 42 74 4 192
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) 8 20 30 60 72 10 200
Public Policy Analysis 60 26 38 50 2 156 20 352
Public Relations/Image Management 10 10 22 24 54 6 126
Religion/Religious Studies 2 2 4 6 14
Restaurant/Food Services Management 4 2 42 48
Russian Language and Literature 2 2 4
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General 2 2 2 6
Social Sciences, General 4 10 6 10 2 14 46
Social Work 10 74 208 84 6 174 40 596
Social Work, Other
Sociology 6 22 40 26 82 6 182
Spanish Language and Literature 2 6 6 14
Statistics, General 14 14
Structural Engineering 56 2 10 22 50 4 144
Systems Engineering 2 4 14 46 104 14 184
Systems Science and Theory
Taxation 30 8 72 42 4 156
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other 6 10 24 26 2 54 14 136
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor 76 2 6 84
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology 2 2
Transportation and Highway Engineering 4 2 2 8
Urban Studies/Affairs 8 2 10
Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments 8 6 2 18 32 4 70
Voice and Opera 4 4 28 4 40
Water Resources Engineering

Faculty Compensation / Salaries

University of Southern California 49th for the average full-time faculty salary.
Effective as of 2010-08-31
Tenure system
Average FT Salary $107,292 ($115,762 male / $90,720 female)
Number of FT Faculty 1,638 (1,084 male / 554 female)
Number of PT Faculty 1,374
FT Faculty Ratio 1 : 1
Total Benefits $60,997,851

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