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Common Data Set 2024-2025

University of Southern California

CA · Private (nonprofit) · ~20,600 undergraduates

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Acceptance rate · 2024-2025
9.8%

University of Southern California's admit rate has held within a 3.2-point band over 4 reported cycles.

SAT · 50th
1495
Range 1450–1550
6-yr grad
92.0%
Retention 95.6%
Undergrads
20,630
8:1 student-faculty
Drawn directly from University of Southern California's officially-published 2024-2025 Common Data Set. View source →
University of Southern California Admission

At a glance

The headline numbers, drawn from CDS sections A–H.

Admit rate9.8% SAT (50th)1,495 ACT (50th)33 Undergraduates20,630 6-yr graduation92.0% Retention95.6% Tuition (FT)$72,097 Student–faculty ratio8:1

Recent years

Per-cycle Common Data Set values. Enrolled is first-year matriculants (CDS B1), not total undergraduate population. Blank cells mean the field was not published in that year's source CDS.

YearAdmit rateEnrolled6-yr gradRetentionSAT (50th)
2024-20259.8%3,48992.0%95.6%—
2023-202410.8%1,69892.0%96.0%—
2022-202312.0%3,418———
2021-2022—————
2020-2021—————

Schools also worth looking at

Cross-admits and statistical look-alikes, surfaced from the CollegeNumbers peer model.

Where University of Southern California applicants also apply
University of California-Los AngelesCA · 9.4% admit · 33,534 UG New York UniversityNY · 9.2% admit · SAT 1520 · 29,060 UG Boston UniversityMA · 12.8% admit · SAT 1470 · 18,289 UG Georgetown UniversityDC · 13.5% admit · SAT 1480 · 7,908 UG University of California-BerkeleyCA · 11.4% admit · 33,513 UG Emory UniversityGA · 10.3% admit · SAT 1510 · 7,407 UG Vanderbilt UniversityTN · 5.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 7,366 UG
Statistically similar — worth a look
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA · 13.3% admit · SAT 1460 · 21,028 UG Northeastern UniversityMA · 5.6% admit · SAT 1480 · 22,456 UG University of North Carolina at Chapel HillNC · 15.3% admit · SAT 1470 · 21,075 UG Cornell UniversityNY · 8.4% admit · SAT 1530 · 16,138 UG University of Virginia-Main CampusVA · 16.8% admit · SAT 1470 · 17,901 UG

What the data says about University of Southern California

Comparative observations derived from this school's reported CDS values and from IPEDS / College Scorecard reference data. Every claim is grounded in a number — no editorial overlay.

01

Highly selective — top tier of CDS Atlas schools.

University of Southern California's 9.8% admit rate places it among 50 of 334 covered schools admitting below 15% (~15.0% of the index).

02

Six-year graduation rate exceeds the national median by 36 percentage points.

University of Southern California's 92.0% six-year graduation rate exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 56.3% (per IPEDS, n=1555) by 35.7 pp.

03

First-year retention is among the highest in the index.

University of Southern California's 95.6% first-year retention exceeds the national 4-year-institution median of 76.8% by 18.8 pp — a strong signal of student-institution fit at intake.

Sources: each school's officially-published Common Data Set; IPEDS / College Scorecard for federal comparisons. Methodology →

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Methodology

The Common Data Set is a standardized reporting form U.S. colleges file annually — sections A through J covering admissions selectivity, enrollment, aid, faculty resources, and outcomes. CollegeNumbers extracts every value directly from each school's officially published CDS PDF, xlsx, docx, or HTML, then normalizes into a unified schema.

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