university of southern california

University Park, Los Angeles, California

General information:	(213) 740-2311
Website:	www.usc.edu/
Type:	Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Post-master's certificate Doctor's degree First-professional degree First-professional certificate
Campus setting:	City Large
Campus housing:	Yes

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General information:

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Undergraduate academic year prices

Detailed expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
Tuition and fees	$37,693	$35,809	$33,892
Books and supplies	$796	$750	$750
Living arrangement
On campus
Room and board	$11,212	$10,750	$10,190
Other	$2,180	$2,180	$2,180
Off campus
Room and board	$11,298	$10,858	$10,190
Other	$2,180	$2,180	$2,180
Off campus with family
Other	$4,240	$4,198	$4,198
Total expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
On campus	$51,881	$49,489	$47,012
Off campus	$51,967	$49,597	$47,012
Off campus with family	$42,729	$40,757	$38,840

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $65

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	35900	16586	19314
Percent admitted:	22%	22%	22%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	35%	35%	35%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program	X
Recommendations	X
Admission test scores	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	2370	86%
ACT	1064	38%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	620	720
SAT Math	650	750
SAT Writing	640	730
ACT Composite	28	33
ACT English	28	34
ACT Math	28	34

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Certificate	Doctor
Natural resources and conservation.
Environmental Studies	6	-	-	-
Environmental Science	1	-	-	-
Category total	7	-	-	-
Architecture and related services.
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)	113	29	9	-
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning	-	97	-	3
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	-	1	3	-
Category total	113	127	12	3
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
American/United States Studies/Civilization	20	32	-	2
East Asian Studies	1	3	-	-
African-American/Black Studies	1	-	-	-
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies	3	-	-	-
Asian-American Studies	1	-	-	-
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other	6	-	6	-
Category total	32	35	6	2
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric	269	13	-	15
Communication and Media Studies, Other	-	173	-	-
Journalism	43	23	-	-
Broadcast Journalism	36	19	-	-
Journalism, Other	-	1	-	-
Public Relations/Image Management	36	23	-	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	384	252	-	15
Communications technologies/technicians and support services.
Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	-
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Computer and Information Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics	-	16	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences, Other	-	-	-	-
Computer Science	52	400	-	45
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other	-	26	-	-
Computer and Information Systems Security	-	6	-	-
Computer/Info Tech Services Administration & Management, Other	-	5	-	-
Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other	4	-	-	-
Category total	56	453	-	45
Education.
Education, General	15	23	-	-
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	-	-	-	-
Curriculum and Instruction	-	-	-	6
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	-	-	125
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	-	48	-	-
Community College Education	-	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	-	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	-	-	-
Foreign Language Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Music Teacher Education	-	10	-	-
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other	-	85	-	-
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	70	-	-
Category total	15	236	-	131
Engineering.
Engineering, General	-	-	-	-
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering	38	70	-	2
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	57	67	-	13
Chemical Engineering	23	30	-	7
Civil Engineering, General	14	7	-	9
Geotechnical Engineering	-	2	-	-
Structural Engineering	20	29	-	-
Transportation and Highway Engineering	-	3	-	-
Water Resources Engineering	-	-	-	-
Civil Engineering, Other	2	19	-	-
Computer Engineering, General	-	27	-	6
Computer Software Engineering	-	-	-	-
Computer Engineering, Other	24	-	-	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	91	423	4	46
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	4	8	-	5
Materials Engineering	-	8	-	-
Mechanical Engineering	65	58	-	9
Ocean Engineering	-	-	-	-
Petroleum Engineering	-	8	2	1
Systems Engineering	-	97	6	-
Materials Science	-	8	-	2
Industrial Engineering	46	36	1	5
Manufacturing Engineering	-	2	-	-
Operations Research	-	5	-	-
Engineering, Other	-	79	1	-
Category total	384	986	14	105
Engineering technologies/technicians.
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician	-	-	-	-
Category total	-	-	-	-
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Linguistics	2	10	-	6
Comparative Literature	12	7	-	1
Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services, Other	1	-	-	2
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	23	2	-	1
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other	-	-	-	-
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	-	2	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	-	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	1	1	-	-
French Language and Literature	8	1	-	1
Italian Language and Literature	2	-	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	20	-	-	-
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	11	1	-	3
Category total	80	24	-	14
Legal professions and studies.
Law (LLB, JD)	-	-	-	207
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)	-	85	-	-
Comparative Law (LLM, MCL, JSD/SJD)	-	2	-	-
Category total	-	87	-	207
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	55	5	-	5
Creative Writing	73	73	-	-
American Literature (United States)	5	-	-	-
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other	-	-	-	3
Category total	133	78	-	8
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	5	-	-	-
Category total	5	-	-	-
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	151	-	-	1
Biochemistry	19	-	-	-
Biophysics	5	-	-	-
Molecular Biology	-	-	-	7
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology	-	9	-	12
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Other	-	2	-	-
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	-	4	-	2
Microbiology, General	-	5	-	4
Genetics, Other	-	-	-	1
Physiology, General	-	-	-	2
Pathology/Experimental Pathology	-	8	-	6
Molecular Pharmacology	-	1	-	7
Molecular Toxicology	-	-	-	-
Pharmacology and Toxicology	-	-	-	-
Biostatistics	-	9	-	2
Bioinformatics	-	-	-	2
Biomathematics and Bioinformatics, Other	-	6	-	-
Marine Biology and Biological Oceanography	-	3	-	-
Evolutionary Biology	-	-	-	1
Epidemiology	-	1	-	6
Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other	-	-	-	1
Category total	175	48	-	54
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	16	5	-	3
Applied Mathematics	-	5	-	4
Computational Mathematics	2	-	-	-
Statistics, General	-	4	-	-
Mathematics and Statistics, Other	13	20	-	-
Category total	31	34	-	7
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	-	-	-
Systems Science and Theory	-	-	-	-
Gerontology	10	15	-	4
Historic Preservation and Conservation	-	4	3	-
International/Global Studies	-	14	-	-
Neuroscience	50	1	-	9
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other	27	-	2	1
Category total	87	34	5	14
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	30	-	-	-
Category total	30	-	-	-
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	30	2	-	3
Ethics	5	-	-	-
Religion/Religious Studies	7	-	-	3
Category total	42	2	-	6
Physical sciences.
Physical Sciences	-	-	-	-
Astronomy	3	-	-	-
Chemistry, General	12	9	-	19
Chemical Physics	-	-	-	-
Geology/Earth Science, General	5	5	-	4
Physics, General	5	3	-	13
Physics, Other	1	-	-	-
Category total	26	17	-	36
Psychology.
Psychology, General	233	8	-	15
Counseling Psychology	-	24	-	5
Educational Psychology	-	-	-	1
Psychology, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	233	32	-	21
Public administration and social service professions.
Public Administration	-	80	-	2
Public Policy Analysis	116	89	1	2
Social Work	-	293	-	8
Social Work, Other	-	-	-	-
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	116	462	1	12
Social sciences.
Social Sciences, General	36	-	-	-
Anthropology	9	-	-	5
Anthropology, Other	8	-	-	-
Archeology	1	-	-	-
Demography and Population Studies	-	-	-	-
Economics, General	106	32	-	10
Economics, Other	-	-	-	-
Geography	6	-	-	4
Geography, Other	-	-	8	-
International Relations and Affairs	171	6	-	4
Political Science and Government, General	170	-	-	9
Political Science and Government, Other	-	-	-	-
Sociology	86	5	-	6
Urban Studies/Affairs	-	-	-	13
Category total	593	43	8	51
Visual and performing arts.
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	72	-	-	-
Technical Theatre/Theatre Design and Technology	6	-	-	-
Playwriting and Screenwriting	24	35	-	-
Acting	19	-	-	-
Directing and Theatrical Production	-	-	-	-
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft, Other	5	-	-	-
Film/Cinema Studies	103	25	-	8
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	81	99	-	-
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other	17	36	-	-
Art/Art Studies, General	-	-	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts, General	63	8	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	37	5	4	1
Arts Management	-	-	-	-
Drawing	-	-	-	-
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other	-	13	-	-
Music, General	17	-	-	-
Music History, Literature, and Theory	-	1	-	-
Music Performance, General	14	27	32	14
Music Theory and Composition	7	2	17	1
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	-	-	-	2
Conducting	-	1	-	-
Piano and Organ	3	13	-	9
Voice and Opera	8	12	-	2
Music Management and Merchandising	52	-	-	-
Jazz/Jazz Studies	4	6	-	1
Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments	19	20	-	9
Music Pedagogy	4	7	-	7
Music, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	555	310	53	54
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)	-	-	-	259
Advanced General Dentistry (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	7	-
Oral Biology and Oral Pathology (MS, PhD)	-	-	2	-
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	10	-
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	3	-
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	7	-
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	8	-
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	4	-
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)	-	-	6	-
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other	-	9	-	3
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist	32	-	-	-
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	-	42	14	-
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management	-	29	-	-
Physician Assistant	-	34	-	-
Medicine (MD)	-	-	-	169
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)	-	6	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	-	32	-	-
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)	-	-	-	-
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)	-	-	-	-
Nurse Anesthetist	-	15	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner	-	-	-	-
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery	-	-	-	-
Critical Care Nursing	-	-	-	-
Nursing, Other	-	-	-	-
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])	-	-	-	180
Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)	-	28	-	-
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)	-	2	-	6
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD)	-	-	-	-
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other	-	-	1	-
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)	-	84	-	-
Public Health Education and Promotion	114	-	-	3
Occupational Therapy/Therapist	22	105	-	20
Physical Therapy/Therapist	-	6	7	85
Category total	168	392	69	725
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business Administration and Management, General	946	677	-	7
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	-	-	-	-
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other	18	-	2	-
Accounting	249	62	-	-
Finance, General	-	-	16	-
Restaurant/Food Services Management	-	-	32	-
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General	-	-	-	-
Taxation	-	60	-	-
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, Other	-	-	-	-
Category total	1213	799	50	7
History
History, General	50	4	-	6
Category total	50	4	-	6
Grand total	4528	4455	218	1523

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