San Diego, CA · Private nonprofit
52.4%
Acceptance rate
$31,265
Avg net price
5,619
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 1,387Master’s 1,299Doctoral 304 |
| Bachelor’s 551Master’s 268Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 160Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 129Master’s 19Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 111Master’s 37Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 103Master’s 59Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 78Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s 163Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 6Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 24Master’s 7Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 23Master’s 88Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 19Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 18Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 11Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 10Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 8Master’s 35Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 5Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 3Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 78Doctoral 234 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 192Doctoral 36 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 182Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 146Doctoral 34 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 19Doctoral None reported |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- West Coast Conference
Projected sponsored sports16
Athletic participation
474 unique student-athletes · 16 varsity teams
Early Decision I - First Year
Binding · FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Action - First Year
FAFSA due Nov 15
Early Decision II - First Year
Binding · FAFSA due Jan 5
Regular Decision - First Year
FAFSA due Feb 1
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $58,420
- Required fees
- $1,066
- Food and housing
- $19,918
- Books and supplies
- $1,062
- Other expenses
- $4,446
- Total
- $84,912
- $70,9992019–2019–20
- $72,0332020–2120–21
- $73,1932021–2221–22
- $75,7672022–2322–23
- $79,4442023–2423–24
- $84,9122024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $31,265 on average. Grants and scholarships covered the rest of the cost.
Net price covers first-time, full-time students who received federal aid.
Need-based aid, 2025–26
- First-years with need-based aid
- 57%
- Average share of need met
- 85%
- Average need-based grant
- $55,710
- Required forms
- FAFSA
Sources
- IPEDS Institutional Characteristics · National Center for Education Statistics · 2025–26
- IPEDS Admissions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03
- Application process · College websites · 2026–27
- NCAA Projected Sports Sponsorship by School · National Collegiate Athletic Association · 2025–26
- Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act · U.S. Department of Education · 2024–25
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- IPEDS Completions · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024–25
- IPEDS Student Charges · National Center for Education Statistics · 2019–20, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25
Every figure below is read directly from University of San Diego’s own reported data, with no scores, ratings, or estimates added. Derived from 5 Common Data Set filings (2021–22 to 2025–26).
University of San Diego admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of San Diego runs one binding Early Decision round and a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of San Diego admits in-state applicants at 54.8%, out-of-state applicants at 52.5%, and international applicants at 49.2%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
1,300 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. Submission shares describe only students who chose to submit.
ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 30% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
among first-years who submitted test scores
High-school class rank
Among the 30% of first-years who submitted class rank. Shares are cumulative — students in the top tenth also count in the top quarter and top half.
University of San Diego rates 2 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Class rank
- Important
- Application essay
- Important
- Recommendation(s)
- Important
- Standardized test scores
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- Character / personal qualities
- Important
- Volunteer work
- Important
- Interview
- Considered
- First generation
- Considered
- Geographical residence
- Considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
University of San Diego leaves 1 Common Data Set answer blank — each one hidden below with what it would tell you.
With the pool size hidden, a student’s odds of clearing the waitlist can’t be computed.
Does disclose: Admissions factor grid (C7)
University of San Diego’s sticker drops once grant aid is applied, and what a family actually pays depends on income. of first-years received need-based aid; a family with no aid pays the full sticker. The school meets of demonstrated need, split into .
What aid recipients pay, by income
net price
Bars read against the $85,719 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $31,265 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 738 of 1,300 first-years in the 2025–26 Common Data Set.
How need-based aid is determined
Cost of attendance − expected family contribution = demonstrated need
Forms a family files to be considered
What that meant in 2025–26
Cost of attendance $85,719
Averages among the 738 first-years awarded need-based aid.
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of San Diego offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
University of San Diego admitted students off the waitlist.
Waitlist ranked
Not disclosed89.8% of University of San Diego’s first-years return for a second year and 81.6% graduate within six. Median earnings ten years out are against of median federal debt, roughly a earnings-to-debt ratio.
Sources
- Common Data Set · Reporting institutions · 2021–22, 2022–23, 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26
- College Scorecard · U.S. Department of Education · 2025-10-03