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University Of Southern California, California

Overview of University Of Southern California

Southern Cal can be found in Los Angeles, California (a large city). The school is a private, not-for-profit institution. The Doctoral degree is the highest degree at Southern Cal.

Areas of Study

The school offers a wide range of choices in programs of study. The most common majors at Southern Cal are in engineering, music, drama and performing arts, and photography and commercial art.

Southern Cal Selectivity

The school does not have an open admissions system. Not everyone who applies is accepted. Southern Cal turned down 73% of potential students in 2005. Only 25% of students scored 620 or lower in 2005 on the verbal SAT test. Math SAT scores at the school centered around 650 to 730, but ranged both higher and lower. People attending Southern Cal come from a variety of states around the country.

Faculty

A tenure system is one way the school works to keep a high-quality staff. Instructors at Southern Cal are well-paid.

Student Body

In 2005, 32,836 students were enrolled in the school. Southern Cal has a large minority student population.

Student Life

Full-time students are the norm at the school. Southern Cal student athletes compete in Pacific-10 Conference competitions.

More complete details are provided below.

Contacting Southern Cal

University Of Southern California
University Park
Los Angeles, CA 90089
General Phone: (213) 740-2311
Admissions Phone: (213) 740-8899
Financial Aid Phone: (213) 740-1111
http://www.usc.edu/

Southern Cal Programs and Degrees (2005)

Southern Cal awarded degrees in these major categories in 2005:

General CategoryDegreesMost Common Majors [see all]
Business And Management1,868business management, accounting, business administration, business and related services, non-profit management, human resources
Liberal Arts1,157international relations, political science, economics, creative writing, history, sociology, English, Spanish language, ...
Engineering1,106electrical engineering, industrial engineering, aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, civil engineering courses, biomedical engineering, systems engineering, chemical engineering, ...
Medicine714dentistry, pharmacy, medicine, public health, gerontology, advanced dentistry, neuroscience, pharmacy administration, ...
Computer Science And Engineering592computer and info science, computer engineering, computer and media applications, computer and info science courses, software engineering
Family And Social Work563social work, public policy analysis, public administration, social work courses, social service professions
Media562communication studies, communication and journalism, public relations, broadcast journalism, journalism, media studies, journalism courses
Photography And Commercial Art479cinematography, film studies, drawing, film and photography
Education And Teaching399education, school counseling, multilingual education, higher education administration, curriculum and instruction, community college education, music teaching, college student counseling, ...
Therapy And Counseling366psychology, physical therapy, marriage and family therapy, psychology courses
Music328music performance, music management, music theory and composition, music, jazz, various music studies, conducting, music history and theory
Science254biology, chemistry, biochem/biophysics/molecular biology, pathology, geology, biostatistics, physics, biochemistry, ...
Architecture And Planning250urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture
Law240law, foreign lawyers
Drama And Performing Arts161drama, playwriting and screenwriting, acting, directing
Nutrition And Exercise Therapy149occupational therapy, exercise science
Medical Adminstration117health care facilities management, public health education, health care administration, pharmacy courses
Medical Assistant And Technician68dental hygienist, physician assistant
Mathematics61mathematics and statistics, mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, systems science and theory
Religion And Philosophy45philosophy, religion
Art Studies38arts management, art studies
Hospitality26restaurant and food services management
Conservation And Resource Management18environmental studies, environmental science
Nursing And Emergency Medicine16nurse anesthetist, registered nursing, critical care nursing, nurse practitioner, nurse midwifery, various nursing, nursing administration
Fine Arts6fine arts studies
Engineering Technician0occupational safety tech

Number of programs and degrees for Southern Cal in 2005:

Degree LevelTotal
Awarded
Number of
Programs
Bachelor's degree4,139171
Master's degree3,892122
First-professional degree7044
Doctor's degree65776
Postbaccalaureate certificate13916
First-professional certificate417
Post-master's certificate1110

Southern Cal Student Body

In 2005, Southern Cal had a total enrollment of 32,836 students (30,365 full-time equivalent).

Students in the Freshman Class (2005):

GroupPercent
Men49%
Women51%
Full-Time100%
Part-Time0%

More details are available, using 2004 data:

Students By Class (2004):

GroupPercent
Undergraduate52%
Graduate40%
First Professional8%

Racial Diversity (2004):
RacePercent
White40%
Black5%
Hispanic10%
Asian21%
American Indian1%
Other Races6%
(Foreign Students)17%

Students by Age (2004):

AgePercent
Under 181%
18-1919%
20-2122%
22-2421%
25-2921%
30-349%
35-393%
40-493%
50-641%
65+0%

Incoming (Freshman) Students by Place of Residence (2004):
(From available data sampling)

ResidencePercent
California63%
Texas4%
Hawaii2%
Washington2%
New York2%
Arizona2%
Illinois2%
Oregon2%
Colorado2%
Florida1%
Massachusetts1%
Nevada1%
Connecticut1%
Georgia1%
New Jersey1%
Ohio1%
Pennsylvania1%
Maryland1%
Minnesota1%
Missouri1%
Virginia1%
Louisiana1%
Michigan1%
Kansas1%

Southern Cal Graduation, Retention, and Transfers

Retention Rates (2004):

GroupReturning From
Previous Year
Full-Time96 %
Part-Time50 %

Southern Cal Room and Board (2005)

Southern Cal offers campus housing for 6,500 of its 30,365 (full-time) students.

(Please refer to our profile of Los Angeles, California for details about the area surrounding the campus. Also see our list of other California Colleges).

The school does not offer students a meal plan.

Southern Cal Admissions and Selectivity (2005)

Acceptances:

GroupApplicantsAcceptedPercent
Accepted
EnrolledPercent of
Accepted Enrolled
Total31,6348,41827%2,74133%
Men14,5754,06528%1,34533%
Women17,0594,35226%1,39632%

Standardized Test Scores:

Test25th Percentile75th Percetile
SAT Verbal620710
SAT Math650730
ACT Verbal2733
ACT Math2732
ACT Composite2832

Application Requirements:

ItemRequirement
GPArequired
Class Ranknot required
High School Recordrequired
College Prep Programrequired
Recommendationsrequired
Formal Demonstration of Competencerecommended
Standardized Tests (SAT and/or ACT)required
Percent of Applicants Submitting SAT86%
Percent of Applicants Submitting ACT27%
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)not required

Admissions Phone Number: (213) 740-8899

Southern Cal Expenses and Financial Aid (2005)

Expenses and Financial Aid:

ExpenseAmount
In-state tuition and fees$ 32,008
Out-of-state tuition and fees$ 32,008
Room and board$ 9,610
Room charge$ 5,260
Board (meal plan) charge$ 4,350
Books and supplies$ 750
Other expenses$ 2,214

Financial Aid:
Southern Cal participates in Federal Title IV financial aid programs. (The school's OPE ID is 132800)

Financial Aid Phone Number: (213) 740-1111

Southern Cal Faculty

Southern Cal has a tenure system for faculty.

Tenure Status of Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelMenWomen
Tenured909225
Non-tenured, but on tenure track18195
Non-tenured and not on tenure track863614

Salaries for full-time faculty:

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professorcalendar year30$149,9307$138,527
Associate professorcalendar year52$104,64823$96,357
Assistant professorcalendar year23$80,48324$88,485
Instructorcalendar year9$56,18128$58,398
Lecturercalendar year4$50,0487$47,656
All faculty totalcalendar year118$105,90389$81,778

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Full-Time Faculty (2004):

Full-Time Faculty LevelContract LengthNumber MenAvg Salary MenNumber WomenAvg Salary Women
Professoracademic year473$124,93390$117,316
Associate professoracademic year189$87,92388$78,465
Assistant professoracademic year134$79,31181$67,134
Instructoracademic year1*7$62,399
Lectureracademic year126$48,70593$44,982
All faculty totalacademic year923$100,347359$76,661

*: salaries are not displayed where there are fewer than 3 professors in the category.

Southern Cal Athletics

Athletic Conferences (2005):

SportConference
FootballPacific-10 Conference
BasketballPacific-10 Conference
BaseballPacific-10 Conference
TrackPacific-10 Conference

Students on Athletic Scholarships (2004):

SportMenWomenTotal
Total212153365
Football94094
Track142034
Basketball131427
Baseball20020
All Other Sports71119190

Southern Cal Degree Programs (2005)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES
Art/Art Studies, General
Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
Accounting
Business Administration and Management, General
Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other
Business, Management, Marketing & Related Support Services, Other
Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration, General
Non-Profit/Public/Organizational Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
Computer Engineering, General
Computer Software Engineering
Computer Software and Media Applications, Other
Computer and Information Sciences, General
Computer and Information Sciences, Other

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Environmental Science
Environmental Studies

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS
Acting
Directing and Theatrical Production
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General
Playwriting and Screenwriting

EDUCATION AND TEACHING
Bilingual and Multilingual Education
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
Community College Education
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
Curriculum and Instruction
Education, General
Foreign Language Teacher Education
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
Music Teacher Education
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Biomedical/Medical Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering, General
Civil Engineering, Other
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Engineering, General
Engineering, Other
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Manufacturing Engineering
Materials Engineering
Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering
Ocean Engineering
Operations Research
Petroleum Engineering
Structural Engineering
Systems Engineering
Transportation and Highway Engineering
Water Resources Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
Occupational Safety and Health Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK
Public Administration
Public Administration and Social Service Professions, Other
Public Policy Analysis
Social Work
Social Work, Other

FINE ARTS
Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other

HOSPITALITY
Restaurant/Food Services Management

LAW
Law (LLB, JD)
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS
African-American/Black Studies
American Literature (United States)
American/United States Studies/Civilization
Anthropology
Anthropology, Other
Asian-American Studies
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General
Comparative Literature
Creative Writing
Demography and Population Studies
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
East Asian Studies
Economics, General
Economics, Other
English Language and Literature, General
English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, and Gender Studies, Other
French Language and Literature
Geography
Geography, Other
German Language and Literature
Hispanic-American,Puerto Rican & Mexican-American/Chicano Studies
Historic Preservation and Conservation
History, General
International Relations and Affairs
Italian Language and Literature
Linguistics
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
Political Science and Government, General
Russian Language and Literature
Slavic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General
Sociology
Spanish Language and Literature

MATHEMATICS
Applied Mathematics
Mathematics and Statistics, Other
Mathematics, General
Statistics, General
Systems Science and Theory

MEDIA
Broadcast Journalism
Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
Communication and Media Studies, Other
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
Journalism
Journalism, Other
Public Relations/Image Management

MEDICAL ADMINSTRATION
Health/Health Care Administration/Management
Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration, Other
Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND TECHNICIAN
Dental Hygiene/Hygienist
Physician Assistant

MEDICINE
Advanced/Graduate Dentistry and Oral Sciences, Other
Dentistry (DDS, DMD)
Endodontics/Endodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Gerontology
Medical Scientist (MS, PhD)
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
Medicine (MD)
Neuroscience
Oral/Maxillofacial Surgery (Cert, MS, PhD)
Orthodontics/Orthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Pediatric Dentistry/Pedodontics (Cert, MS, PhD)
Periodontics/Periodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Pharmacoeconomics/Pharmaceutical Economics (MS, PhD)
Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)
Prosthodontics/Prosthodontology (Cert, MS, PhD)
Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC
Conducting
Jazz/Jazz Studies
Music History, Literature, and Theory
Music Management and Merchandising
Music Performance, General
Music Theory and Composition
Music, General
Music, Other

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE
Critical Care Nursing
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
Nurse Anesthetist
Nurse Midwife/Nursing Midwifery
Nursing Administration (MSN, MS, PhD)
Nursing, Other
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY
Kinesiology and Exercise Science
Occupational Therapy/Therapist

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART
Cinematography and Film/Video Production
Drawing
Film/Cinema Studies
Film/Video and Photographic Arts, Other

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy
Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE
Astronomy
Biochemistry
Biochemistry/Biophysics and Molecular Biology
Biological and Physical Sciences
Biology/Biological Sciences, General
Biophysics
Biostatistics
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology
Chemical Physics
Chemistry, General
Epidemiology
Geology/Earth Science, General
Microbiology, General
Molecular Biology
Molecular Toxicology
Pathology/Experimental Pathology
Pharmacology and Toxicology
Physical Sciences
Physics, General
Physics, Other
Physiology, General

THERAPY AND COUNSELING
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
Physical Therapy/Therapist
Psychology, General
Psychology, Other

Southern Cal Highlights

(Details are provided further down on this page.)

What Sets Southern Cal Apart:

CategoryTrophy 
Number of degree programs
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Southern Cal Number of degree programs
Number of students
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Southern Cal Number of students
Salaries of full-time faculty
(vs. all colleges)
Top 1%Southern Cal Salaries of full-time faculty
Student SAT scores
(vs. all colleges)
Top 3%Southern Cal Student SAT scores
Selectivity (based on % of applicants accepted)
(vs. all colleges)
Top 4%Southern Cal Selectivity (based on % of applicants accepted)
% of degrees in medicine
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 8%Southern Cal % of degrees in medicine
% of degrees in music
(vs. all colleges)
Top 9%Southern Cal % of degrees in music
% of degrees in computer science and engineering
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 13%Southern Cal % of degrees in computer science and engineering
% of degrees in engineering
(vs. all colleges)
Top 14%Southern Cal % of degrees in engineering
% of degrees in media
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 15%Southern Cal % of degrees in media
% of students from other states
(vs. all colleges)
Top 15%Southern Cal % of students from other states
% of degrees in architecture and planning
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 16%Southern Cal % of degrees in architecture and planning
% of degrees in photography and commercial art
(vs. colleges with similar degree levels)
Top 16%Southern Cal % of degrees in photography and commercial art
Minority % of student body
(vs. colleges with similar degree levels)
Top 17%Southern Cal Minority % of student body
Male % of student body
(vs. all colleges)
Top 18%Southern Cal Male % of student body
% of degrees in drama and performing arts
(vs. all colleges)
Top 19%Southern Cal % of degrees in drama and performing arts
Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
(vs. colleges of similar size)
Top 20%Southern Cal Faculty/student ratio (full-time)
Explanation of the Highlights categories

Notable:
Accepts some high school credits
Grants credits for AP courses
Offers distance learning
Career counseling
Career placement services
Student employment services
On-campus day care
Option to study abroad
Offers campus housing
Offers part-time study
On-campus library
Offers campus housing
Tenure system for quality teaching
Has ROTC (army, navy, air force)
Offers athletic scholarships
NCAA athletic conference member

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