University of Southern California Business Programs

Located in Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of USC is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

University of Southern California Rankings

USC is ranked #37 out of 1,477 schools in the nation for overall quality on our 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 5% of all schools in the nation. Out of the 102 colleges in California, it is ranked at #6.

Our rankings are based on an outcomes-based approach rather than subjective ones used by other media outlets. As such, we utilize data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard, among other sources. Visit our rankings and methodology section to learn more.

USC has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#23	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#29	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#33	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Business Doctor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at USC.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Real Estate Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Construction Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#2	Best Hospitality Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Other Business & Marketing Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Real Estate Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best International Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Public Relations & Advertising Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#7	Best Human Resource Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#16	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#18	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards USC has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Real Estate Development Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Public Relations & Advertising Schools	College Factual
#4	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#6	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#7	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#57	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is University of Southern California?

Contact details for USC are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	University Park, Los Angeles, CA 90089
Phone:	213-740-2311
Website:	www.usc.edu/
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/usc
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/usc

How Do I Get Into USC?

You can apply to USC online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for USC

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	required
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into USC?

The acceptance rate at USC is 16%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 17%, and the acceptance rate for women is 16%.

Average Test Scores

About 66% of students accepted to USC submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 660 and 740. Math scores were between 680 and 790.

USC received ACT scores from 41% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 28 and 34. Composite scores were between 30 and 34.

Can I Afford University of Southern California?

The overall average net price of USC is $55,651. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At USC, approximately 28% of students took out student loans averaging $7,798 a year. That adds up to $31,192 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at USC is 1.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Southern California Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 19,786 undergraduate students at USC, with 18,560 being full-time and 1,226 being part-time.

There are also 26,501 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,560 full-time undergraduates at USC, 48% are male and 52% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Southern California students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	4,369
Black or African American	960
Hispanic or Latino	3,095
White	6,370
International Students	2,245
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,521

Geographic Diversity

California students aren't the only ones who study at University of Southern California. At this time, all 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

At this time, 50 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 130 countries are represented at USC. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Southern California

In 2019-2020, 41,112 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at USC has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of USC

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Southern California was $60,275 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how USC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Restaurant/Food Services Management	#1	#1
Construction Management	#25	#25
Construction Management	#25	#25
Taxation	#34	#34
Taxation	#34	#34
Project Management	#71	#71

Online Affordability Rankings of USC Rankings

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Southern California was $60,275 for both in-state and out-of-state students. The following table shows how USC is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Project Management	#51	#51

Online Growth Rankings of USC

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Southern California was 122.9%. This is the #326 largest growth rate of all schools that are mostly online. This refers to all students at USC regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at USC ranks compared to all other mostly online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at USC.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	#7
Project Management	#13
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	#34
Human Resource Management	#56
Business Administration & Management	#229

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Southern California Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	1,035	0	445	10	1,490
Management Science	0	13	382	0	395
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	221	0	118	0	339
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	267	0	267
Real Estate Development	123	14	40	0	177
Accounting	175	0	0	0	175
Project Management	0	0	148	0	148
Public Relations	78	0	66	0	144
Interior Design Management	0	34	107	0	141
Business Statistics	0	55	85	0	140
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	0	125	0	125
Other Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	0	0	85	0	85
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management	0	53	12	0	65
International Business/Trade/Commerce	14	0	42	0	56
Restaurant/Food Services Management	0	29	18	0	47
Real Estate	40	0	0	0	40
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	0	36	0	0	36
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	26	6	0	32
Taxation	0	0	23	0	23
Supply Chain Management	0	22	0	0	22
International & Intercultural Communication	0	0	19	0	19
General Economics	0	0	0	18	18
Finance	0	14	0	0	14
Construction Management	0	0	11	0	11
International Business, Trade, & Tax Law	0	0	10	0	10
Business Management & Marketing	0	5	3	0	8
General Business/Commerce	0	1	0	0	1
Development Economics & International Development	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	1,686	302	2,012	28	4,028

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Original uploader was Padsquad19 at en.wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.