University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA - USC
Admissions Prediction
Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017
Admission Overview
| Applicants | 54,280 |
| Admitted | 9,022 |
| Acceptance rate | 16.6% |
| Yield rate | 34.0% |
Acceptance Rate by Gender
25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at University of Southern California.
University of Southern California's average SAT scores fall between:
- Verbal: 630 and 730
- Math: 650 and 770
- Writing: 30 and 33
This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile ACT scores of admitted students at University of Southern California.
University of Southern California's average composite ACT score falls between 30 and 35.
Degree Completions
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This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:
| Major | Men | Women | Total |
| Accounting | 99 | 123 | 222 |
| Acting | 14 | 14 | 28 |
| Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Advanced/Graduate Dentistry & Oral Sciences, Other | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering | 29 | 9 | 38 |
| African-American/Black Studies | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (LL.M., M.C.J., J.S.D./S.J.D.) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Anthropology | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| Applied Behavior Analysis. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Applied Mathematics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Applied Psychology. | 17 | 32 | 49 |
| Archeology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology. | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Architectural Engineering | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Architectural History & Criticism | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Architecture & Related Programs, Other | 15 | 7 | 22 |
| Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 52 | 48 | 100 |
| Area Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Art History, Criticism & Conservation | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Art/Art Studies, General | 17 | 57 | 74 |
| Artificial Intelligence & Robotics | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, General. | 11 | 12 | 23 |
| Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Asian-American Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Astronomy | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law (LL.M., J.S.D./S.J.D.). | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Behavioral Aspects of Health. | 26 | 51 | 77 |
| Biochemistry | 18 | 17 | 35 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Biochemistry/Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 5 | 12 | 17 |
| Bioinformatics | 8 | 4 | 12 |
| Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 62 | 63 | 125 |
| Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other | 3 | 10 | 13 |
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 34 | 34 | 68 |
| Biophysics | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Biostatistics | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Biotechnology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brass Instruments. | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Broadcast Journalism | 8 | 30 | 38 |
| Business Administration/Management | 622 | 433 | 1055 |
| Business Statistics | 17 | 5 | 22 |
| Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services, | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Business/Commerce, General | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Business/Managerial Operations, Other | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Cartography | 10 | 14 | 24 |
| Cell/Cellular & Molecular Biology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cell/Cellular Biology & Anatomical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Central/Middle & Eastern European Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemical Engineering | 28 | 22 | 50 |
| Chemical Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chemistry, General | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Cinematography & Film/Video Production | 52 | 37 | 89 |
| City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning | 61 | 42 | 103 |
| Civil Engineering, General | 17 | 14 | 31 |
| Civil Engineering, Other | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Clinical and Industrial Drug Development. | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Cognitive Science, General. | 6 | 15 | 21 |
| College Student Counseling & Personnel Services | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| Communication and Media Studies, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Communication, General. | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric | 79 | 228 | 307 |
| Communications, Journalism, & Related Fields, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Comparative Law (LL.M., M.C.L., J.S.D./S.J.D.) | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Comparative Literature | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics. | 14 | 7 | 21 |
| Computational Biology. | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Computer & Information Systems Security | 21 | 10 | 31 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Computer Engineering, General | 26 | 8 | 34 |
| Computer Science | 123 | 36 | 159 |
| Computer Software Engineering | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Computer Systems Networking & Telecommunications | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Conducting | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Construction Management, General. | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Creative Writing. | 13 | 29 | 42 |
| Dance, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration | 29 | 11 | 40 |
| Dental Hygiene/Hygienist | 11 | 44 | 55 |
| Dentistry (DDS, DMD) | 89 | 93 | 182 |
| Design & Applied Arts, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Development Economics & International Development | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Digital Arts. | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Digital Communications & Media/Multimedia | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Directing & Theatrical Production | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dispute Resolution. | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 25 | 47 | 72 |
| Dramatic/Theatre Arts & Stagecraft, Other | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| East Asian Studies | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Economics, General | 119 | 57 | 176 |
| Education, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Education, Other | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented. | 3 | 14 | 17 |
| Educational Administration & Supervision, Other | 1 | 10 | 11 |
| Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 90 | 21 | 111 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering, Other. | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Elementary Education & Teaching | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Engineering, Other | 13 | 2 | 15 |
| English Language & Literature, General | 10 | 20 | 30 |
| Entrepreneurial & Small Business Operations, Other | 24 | 26 | 50 |
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Environmental Science | 8 | 32 | 40 |
| Environmental Studies | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Epidemiology | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ethics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, & Gender Studies, Other | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Evolutionary Biology | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Family Practice Nurse/Nursing. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Film/Cinema Studies | 51 | 63 | 114 |
| Finance, General | 14 | 5 | 19 |
| Financial Mathematics. | 30 | 10 | 40 |
| Fine Arts & Art Studies, Other | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Foreign Language Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| French Language & Literature | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Game and Interactive Media Design. | 17 | 9 | 26 |
| Genetics, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Geography | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| German Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gerontology | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Health Professions & Related Clinical Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND RELATED PROGRAMS. | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 8 | 18 | 26 |
| Health/Medical Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| Hispanic and Latin American Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, & Mexican-American/Chicano | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Historic Preservation & Conservation | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| History, General | 16 | 10 | 26 |
| History, Other | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| Human Biology. | 62 | 84 | 146 |
| Industrial & Physical Pharmacy & Cosmetic Sciences (MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Industrial Engineering | 53 | 39 | 92 |
| Informatics. | 13 | 8 | 21 |
| Intellectual Property Law. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International and Intercultural Communication. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| International Policy Analysis. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| International Public Health/International Health | 4 | 16 | 20 |
| International Relations and Affairs. | 97 | 97 | 194 |
| International/Global Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Italian Language & Literature | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Jazz/Jazz Studies | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Jewish/Judaic Studies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Journalism | 3 | 21 | 24 |
| Kinesiology & Exercise Science | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Law (LL.B., J.D.) | 105 | 94 | 199 |
| Law, Legal Services, & Legal Studies, Other | 122 | 108 | 230 |
| Learning Sciences. | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Library Science/Librarianship | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other. | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Linguistics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Logistics & Materials Management | 42 | 26 | 68 |
| Long Term Care Administration/Management. | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Management Science, General | 48 | 27 | 75 |
| Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods, Other | 17 | 21 | 38 |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Marine Biology & Biological Oceanography | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marine Sciences. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 25 | 25 | 50 |
| Marriage & Family Therapy/Counseling | 6 | 39 | 45 |
| Materials Engineering | 31 | 11 | 42 |
| Materials Science. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Mathematics, General | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 25 | 106 |
| Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Medicine (MD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Microbiology and Immunology. | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Modeling, Virtual Environments and Simulation. | 30 | 3 | 33 |
| Molecular Biology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Molecular Genetics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Molecular Medicine. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Molecular Pharmacology | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 12 | 17 | 29 |
| Music History, Literature, & Theory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Music Management. | 47 | 23 | 70 |
| Music Pedagogy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Music Performance, General | 12 | 13 | 25 |
| Music Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Music Technology. | 16 | 5 | 21 |
| Music Theory & Composition | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Music, General | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Music, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Musicology & Ethnomusicology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Near & Middle Eastern Studies | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Neurobiology and Anatomy. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences, Other. | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Neuroscience. | 23 | 47 | 70 |
| Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 10 | 8 | 18 |
| Nurse Anesthetist. | 5 | 11 | 16 |
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Oncology & Cancer Biology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Operations Research | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Oral Biology & Pathology (MS, PhD) | 12 | 5 | 17 |
| Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 4 | 8 | 12 |
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD) | 2 | 11 | 13 |
| Percussion Instruments. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pharmaceutical Sciences. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD) | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| Pharmacy (PharmD, BS/BPharm) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pharmacy Administration & Pharmacy Policy & Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, & Administration, Other | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| Philosophy | 12 | 4 | 16 |
| Philosophy, Other | 26 | 15 | 41 |
| Physical Sciences | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Physician Assistant | 12 | 46 | 58 |
| Physics, General | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Physiology, General | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Physiology, Pathology, & Related Sciences, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Piano & Organ | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Playwriting & Screenwriting | 13 | 15 | 28 |
| Political Economy. | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Political Science & Government, General | 50 | 44 | 94 |
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LL.M., M.C.L.) | 117 | 107 | 224 |
| Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 6 | 4 | 10 |
| Psychology, General | 44 | 130 | 174 |
| Public Administration | 73 | 141 | 214 |
| Public Administration & Services, Other | 14 | 10 | 24 |
| Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) | 45 | 114 | 159 |
| Public Health, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Public Policy Analysis | 9 | 3 | 12 |
| Public Policy Analysis, Other. | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Public Relations/Image Management | 12 | 74 | 86 |
| Real Estate | 18 | 3 | 21 |
| Real Estate Development. | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Religion/Religious Studies | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Religious/Sacred Music | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other. | 4 | 9 | 13 |
| Restaurant/Food Services Management | 24 | 11 | 35 |
| Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Russian Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Secondary Education & Teaching | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Signal/Geospatial Intelligence. | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Social Sciences, General | 22 | 24 | 46 |
| Social Work | 224 | 1209 | 1433 |
| Social Work, Other. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sociology | 21 | 33 | 54 |
| Spanish Language & Literature | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Special Education, General | 1 | 14 | 15 |
| Statistics, General | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Structural Engineering | 6 | 8 | 14 |
| Sustainability Studies. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Systems Engineering | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Tax Law/Taxation (LL.M, J.S.D./S.J.D.). | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Taxation | 43 | 44 | 87 |
| Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Levels & Methods, Other | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | 73 | 206 | 279 |
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | 29 | 77 | 106 |
| Technical Theatre/Theatre Design & Technology | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Telecommunications Engineering. | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Transportation & Highway Engineering | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Urban Education & Leadership | 6 | 11 | 17 |
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Violin, Viola, Guitar & Other Stringed Instruments | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Voice & Opera | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Water Resources Engineering | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Woodwind Instruments. | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 4182 | 5481 | 9663 |
Parchment Member Admissions Statistics
Parchment Members' Admissions Results
| Applied | 11580 |
| Reported Results | 2190 |
| Accepted | 1189 (54%) 54,46 |
| Rejected | 1001 |
| Attending | 254 |
| Yield Rate | 21% |
Admitted Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.77 | 3.95 | |
| SAT I | 600 | 2091 | 2250 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 88 | 786 | 908 |
Rejected Members' Score Range
| 25th | 50th | 75th Percentile | |
| GPA | 3.50 | 3.76 | |
| SAT I | 600 | 1890 | 2070 |
| Selectivity Index™ | 88 | 651 | 775 |
Stats last calculated: Sunday 19th of August 2012 11:00:13 PM
Newest applicant: 131 days, 10 hours, and 30 minutes ago.
All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.
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