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 | 45 | 59 | 104 |
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 Mathematics | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Archeology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
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 |
Biochemistry | 18 | 17 | 35 |
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 |
Broadcast Journalism | 8 | 30 | 38 |
Business Administration/Management | 7 | 2 | 9 |
Business Statistics | 17 | 5 | 22 |
Business, Management, Marketing, & Related Support Services, | 4 | 2 | 6 |
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 |
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services | 2 | 15 | 17 |
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 |
Computer & Information Systems Security | 21 | 10 | 31 |
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 |
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 Communications & Media/Multimedia | 5 | 10 | 15 |
Directing & Theatrical Production | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Educational Administration & Supervision, Other | 1 | 10 | 11 |
Educational Leadership & Administration, General | 6 | 3 | 9 |
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering | 90 | 21 | 111 |
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 |
Film/Cinema Studies | 51 | 63 | 114 |
Finance, General | 14 | 5 | 19 |
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 |
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/Health Care Administration/Management | 8 | 18 | 26 |
Health/Medical Physics | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration | 14 | 31 | 45 |
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 |
Industrial & Physical Pharmacy & Cosmetic Sciences (MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Industrial Engineering | 53 | 39 | 92 |
International Business/Trade/Commerce | 40 | 12 | 52 |
International Public Health/International Health | 4 | 16 | 20 |
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 |
Legal Research & Advanced Professional Studies, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies | 4 | 1 | 5 |
Library Science/Librarianship | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Linguistics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Logistics & Materials Management | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 25 | 25 | 50 |
Marriage & Family Therapy/Counseling | 6 | 39 | 45 |
Materials Engineering | 31 | 11 | 42 |
Mathematics, General | 8 | 6 | 14 |
Mechanical Engineering | 81 | 25 | 106 |
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD) | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Medicine (MD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Molecular Biology | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Molecular Genetics | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Molecular Pharmacology | 2 | 4 | 6 |
Music History, Literature, & Theory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Music Pedagogy | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Music Performance, General | 12 | 13 | 25 |
Music Teacher Education | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 |
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management | 4 | 9 | 13 |
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 |
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Petroleum Engineering | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 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 Policy Analysis | 9 | 3 | 12 |
Public Relations/Image Management | 12 | 74 | 86 |
Real Estate | 18 | 3 | 21 |
Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions, Other | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Religion/Religious Studies | 5 | 1 | 6 |
Religious/Sacred Music | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Restaurant/Food Services Management | 24 | 11 | 35 |
Russian Language & Literature | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Secondary Education & Teaching | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Slavic Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Social Sciences, General | 22 | 24 | 46 |
Social Work | 224 | 1209 | 1433 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
Zoology/Animal Biology | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Total | 2995 | 4411 | 7406 |
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: 5 days, 5 hours, and 29 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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