Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit
9.8%
Acceptance rate
1,501
SAT Average
$31,927
Avg net price
20,817
Enrollment
| All fields, 2024-25Bachelor’s 5,778Master’s 9,331Doctoral 1,919 |
| Bachelor’s 1,244Master’s 1,617Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 629Master’s 330Doctoral 30 |
| Bachelor’s 623Master’s 372Doctoral 48 |
| Bachelor’s 463Master’s 590Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 450Master’s 1,625Doctoral 47 |
| Bachelor’s 448Master’s 1,164Doctoral 143 |
| Bachelor’s 436Master’s 488Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s 300Master’s 166Doctoral 111 |
| Bachelor’s 181Master’s 121Doctoral 13 |
| Bachelor’s 175Master’s 164Doctoral 10 |
| Bachelor’s 143Master’s 176Doctoral 11 |
| Bachelor’s 138Master’s 757Doctoral 798 |
| Bachelor’s 83Master’s 3Doctoral 7 |
| Bachelor’s 77Master’s 3Doctoral 8 |
| Bachelor’s 54Master’s 13Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 51Master’s 100Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 50Master’s 600Doctoral 71 |
| Bachelor’s 48Master’s 16Doctoral 12 |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 12Doctoral 63 |
| Bachelor’s 47Master’s 7Doctoral 9 |
| Bachelor’s 33Master’s 77Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 26Master’s 455Doctoral 229 |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s 18Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s 16Master’s 13Doctoral 3 |
| Bachelor’s 0Master’s None reportedDoctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 418Doctoral 276 |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 14Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s 12Doctoral None reported |
| Bachelor’s None reportedMaster’s None reportedDoctoral 0 |
NCAA program details
- Primary division
- Division I
- Primary conference
- Big Ten Conference
Projected sponsored sports23
Athletic participation
629 unique student-athletes · 20 varsity teams
Early Decision (most majors)
Performing arts programs are not participating in Early Decision. These include programs in the USC Kaufman School of Dance, USC School of Dramatic Arts, and USC Thornton School of Music.
Binding · FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 1
Early Action (most majors)
Performing arts programs are not participating in Early Action. These include programs in the USC Kaufman School of Dance, USC School of Dramatic Arts, and USC Thornton School of Music.
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Nov 15
Regular Decision (performing arts majors)
Students applying to majors in the performing arts must apply Regular Decision by the December 1 deadline.
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Feb 3
Regular Decision (most majors)
FAFSA, CSS Profile due Feb 3
· Apply with Common App
Published on-campus price, 2024–25
- Tuition
- $69,904
- Required fees
- $2,193
- Food and housing
- $19,931
- Books and supplies
- $1,200
- Other expenses
- $2,006
- Total
- $95,234
- $77,4592019–2019–20
- $80,1512020–2120–21
- $81,6592021–2221–22
- $85,0642022–2322–23
- $90,4532023–2423–24
- $95,2342024–2524–25
Net price by family income, 2022–23
Students of all incomes paid $31,927 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
- 38%
- Average share of need met
- 99.4%
- Average need-based grant
- $56,128
- Required forms
- FAFSA, CSS Profile, and CSS Noncustodial Profile
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 Southern California’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 Southern California admitted of applicants, a admit rate. Of those, enrolled, a yield, across 5 years of Common Data Set filings.
University of Southern California runs a nonbinding Early Action plan.
The enrolled class is roughly international, and about of its domestic students come from out of state. University of Southern California admits in-state applicants at 11.4%, out-of-state applicants at 9.8%, and international applicants at 13.7%.
Enrolled first-years by geography
3,759 first-years
Admit odds by pool
Test scores are considered but not required. SAT or ACT scores must arrive by Feb 20. Of enrolled first-years, submitted an SAT and an ACT, down from 19% in 2021–22.
Some students submit both an SAT and an ACT, so the two shares overlap. They don’t add up to a single “submitted a test” rate.
SAT composite
33% of the class submitted an SAT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
ACT composite
12% of the class submitted an ACT
Middle 50%
Shape smoothed from reported percentiles and score bands
University of Southern California’s enrolled first-years averaged a high-school GPA, among the 99.9% who submitted one. ranked in the top tenth of their high-school class, among the 30% who submitted class rank.
High-school GPA
shares of all enrolled first-years
Average 3.85
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 Southern California rates 5 factors "very important." Each column reads strongest first.
Academic
- Rigor of secondary school record
- Very important
- Academic GPA
- Very important
- Application essay
- Very important
- Recommendation(s)
- Very important
- Standardized test scores
- Considered
- Class rank
- Not considered
Nonacademic
- Character / personal qualities
- Very important
- Extracurricular activities
- Important
- Talent / ability
- Important
- First generation
- Considered
- Alumni/ae relation
- Considered
- Volunteer work
- Considered
- Work experience
- Considered
- Interview
- Not considered
- Geographical residence
- Not considered
- State residency
- Not considered
- Religious affiliation/commitment
- Not considered
- Level of applicant's interest
- Not considered
University of Southern California 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: SAT / ACT score bands (C9) · Admissions factor grid (C7)
University of Southern California’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 $89,087 sticker. Each figure averages only families who received federal aid in that income band (College Scorecard); $31,927 across all aid recipients. Aid share: 1,501 of 3,975 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
Merit aid reached of the class, or of enrolled first-years. For international applicants, University of Southern California offers merit aid only: nonresidents received aid, averaging .
Waitlist activity, as reported to the Common Data Set.
Offered a place
Not disclosedAccepted a place
Not disclosedAdmitted off waitlist
Not disclosedWaitlist ranked
Not disclosed96.5% of University of Southern California’s first-years return for a second year and 92% 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