University of Southern California admissions

Private universities · CA. Fall 2023 first-year figures from federal (IPEDS) data. USC does not publish admissions by high school, so these figures cover all applicants.

In fall 2023, University of Southern California admitted 8,094 of 80,808 applicants (10%). Its admit rate was 11% in fall 2019 and 10% in fall 2023. 43% of its first-year students in fall 2023 were California residents. 12 California high schools list USC among the colleges their graduates enrolled in.

Admit rate

10%

8,094 admitted of 80,808 applicants

Yield

45%

3,633 admitted students enrolled

SAT, middle 50%

1440–1550

Reading and math combined, among students who submitted scores

ACT, middle 50%

32–35

Composite, among students who submitted scores

By year

Fall	Applicants	Admitted	Admit rate	Enrolled	SAT	ACT
2023	80,808	8,094	10%	3,633	1440–1550	32–35
2022	69,062	8,304	12%	3,420	1450–1550	32–35
2021	71,031	8,884	13%	3,668	1410–1540	32–35
2020	59,712	9,618	16%	3,460	1340–1530	30–34
2019	66,198	7,558	11%	3,168	1360–1530	31–34

A dash means IPEDS has no figure for that year, e.g. test ranges while the college was test-optional.

Where first-year students come from

Where USC's first-year students lived when admitted, fall 2023.

USC fall 2023 first-year students by residence
Lived in	Enrolled	Share
California	1,557	43%
Elsewhere in the U.S.	1,378	38%
Abroad	682	19%

Enrolled students only: the federal data has no applicants or admits by residency. Colleges report this in even-numbered years, and some in odd years too, so the newest year shown may be older than the figures above. Abroad means living outside the U.S. when admitted, not citizenship; students whose residence was not reported are left out. Source: U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS).

California high schools that report graduates here

Graduates of 12 California high schools are reported here, from the schools’ own published lists.