Common Data Set 2023-2024


A. General Information

A1. Address Information

Name of College/University: University of Southern California
Mailing Address: University Park Campus
City/State/Zip/Country: Los Angeles, CA. 90089
Street Address (if different): 3551 Trousdale Pkwy
City/State/Zip/Country:
Main Phone Number: 213-740-2311
WWW Home Page Address: https://www.usc.edu/
Admissions Phone Number: 213-740-1111
Admissions Toll-Free Phone Number:
Admissions Office Mailing Address: USC Office of Admission
City/State/Zip/Country: Los Angeles, CA. 90089
Admissions Fax Number: 213-821-0200
Admissions E-mail Address:
If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify: http://admit.usc.edu/
If you have a mailing address other than the above to which applications should be sent, please provide:

A2. Source of institutional control (check one only)

___ Public
_X_ Private (nonprofit)
___ Proprietary

A3. Classify your undergraduate institution:

___ Coeducational college
___ Men’s college
___ Women’s college

A4. Academic year calendar:

If your academic year has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, please indicate as other below.

___Semester   ___4-1-4
___Quarter ___Continuous
___Trimester ___Differs by program (describe): 
___Other (describe):    

A5. Degrees offered by your institution:

___Certificate   ___Postbachelor’s certificate
___Diploma ___Master’s
___Associate ___Post-master’s certificate
___Transfer ___Doctoral degree–research/scholarship
___Terminal ___Doctoral degree–professional practice
___Bachelor’s ___Doctoral degree–other

A6. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

If you have a diversity, equity, and inclusion office or department, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:


B. Enrollment and Persistence

B1. Institutional Enrollment – Men and Women

Provide numbers of students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15,2023

  • Note: Report students formerly designated as “first professional” in the graduate cells.
  • For information on reporting study abroad students please see: This Document at NCES.GOV
  • If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the “Another Gender” category.
  • In cases where gender information is not provided, please distribute across the two-binary categories.
 FULL-TIMEPART-TIME
MenWomenAnother GenderMenWomenAnother Gender
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time, first- year 1,6821,880 68 2 1 0
Other first-year, degree-seeking 654 656 17 3 5 0
All other degree-seeking 7,396 7,922 111 240 179 1
Total degree-seeking 9,732 10,458 196 245 196
All other undergraduates enrolled 57 59 0 48 42 0
Total undergraduates 9,789 10,517 196 293 227 1
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time 3,192 3,806 62 354 434 8
All other degree-seeking 6106 7574 47 1,824 1,949 8
All other graduates enrolled in 171 184 4 207 194 0
Total graduate 9,469 11564 113 2,385 2,577 16
Total all students 19,258 22,081 309 2,678 2,804 17

Total all undergraduates: 21,023

Total all graduate: 26,124

GRAND TOTAL ALL STUDENTS: 47,147

Note: Below is the same enrollment table without “Another Gender” parsed out in the counts.

 FULL-TIMEPART-TIME
MenWomen MenWomen 
Undergraduates
Degree-seeking, first-time, first-1,7081,922 21 
Other first-year, degree-seeking660667 35 
All other degree-seeking7,4298,000 241179 
Total degree-seeking9,79710,589 246185 
All other undergraduates enrolled5759 4842 
Total undergraduates9,85410,648 294227 
Graduate
Degree-seeking, first-time3,2183,842 358438 
All other degree-seeking6,1297,598 1,8251,956 
All other graduates enrolled in174185 207194 
Total graduate9,52111,625 2,3902,588 
Total all students19,37522,273 2,6842,815 

B2.  Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category.

Provide numbers of undergraduate students for each of the following categories as of the institution’s official fall reporting date or as of October 15, 2023.

  • Include international students only in the category “Nonresidents.”
  • Complete the “Total Undergraduates” column only if you cannot provide data for the first two columns.
  • Report as your institution reports to IPEDS: persons who are Hispanic should be reported only on the Hispanic line, not under any race, and persons who are non-Hispanic multi-racial should be reported only under “Two or more races.”
  • New guidance from IPEDS for reporting aggregate data:

Racial/ethnic designations are requested only for United States citizens, residents, and other eligible non-citizens. Eligible non-citizens include all students who completed high school or a GED equivalency within the United States (including DACA and undocumented students) and who were not on an F-1 non-immigrant student visa at the time of high school graduation.

More information about other eligible (for financial aid purposes) non-citizens is available at https://studentaid.gov/understandaid/eligibility/requirements/non-us-citizens.

Nonresident – A person who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a student visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. Do not include DACA, undocumented, or other eligible noncitizens in this category.

NOTE – Nonresidents are to be reported separately, in the boxes provided, rather than included in any of the seven racial/ethnic categories or in race/ethnicity unknown.

 Degree-Seeking First-Time First YearDegree-Seeking Undergraduates (include first-time first-year)Total Undergraduates (both degree & non-degree- seeking)
Nonresidents 6042,858  2,977
Hispanic/Latino 731 3,803 3,809
Black or African American, non-Hispanic 283 1,467 1,467
White, non-Hispanic 852 5,739 5,740
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic 8 35 35
Asian, non-Hispanic 811 5,156 5,157
  Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispa 9 49 50
Two or more races, non-Hispanic 277 1,343 1,343
Race and/or ethnicity unknown 58 367 445
TOTAL 3,633 20,817 21,023

Persistence

B3. Number of degrees awarded by your institution from [insert date range].

Certificate/diploma
Associate degrees 
Bachelor’s degrees5,440
Postbachelor’s certificates35
Master’s degrees10,921
Post-Master’s certificates1,248
Doctoral degrees –909
Doctoral degrees – professional practice960
Doctoral degrees – other32

B4-B21: Graduation Rates
The items in this section correspond to data elements collected by the IPEDS Web-based Data Collection System’s Graduation Rate Survey (GRS). 

In the following section for bachelor’s or equivalent programs, please disaggregate the Fall 2016 and Fall 2017 cohorts (formerly CDS B4-B11) into four groups:

  • Students who received a Federal Pell Grant*
  • Recipients of a subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
  • Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
  • Total (all students, regardless of Pell Grant or subsidized loan status)

*Students who received both a Federal Pell Grant and a subsidized Stafford Loan should be reported in the “Recipients of a Federal Pell Grant” column.
For each graduation rate grid below, the numbers in the first three columns for Questions A-G should sum to the cohort total in the fourth column (formerly CDS B4-B11).

For Bachelor’s or Equivalent Programs

Please provide data for the Fall 2017  cohort if available. If Fall 2017 cohort data are not available, provide data for the Fall 2016  cohort.

Fall 2017 Cohort

 Recipients of a Federal Pell GrantRecipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell GrantStudents who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford LoanTotal (sum of 3 columns to the left)
AInitial 2017 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students6915052,1553,351
BOf the initial 2017 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons:
– Deceased
– Permanently Disabled
– Armed Forces
– Foreign Aid Service of the Federal Government
– Official church missions
– Report Total Allowable Exclusions
0257
CFinal 2017 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions6915032,1503,344
DOf the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by Aug. 31, 2021)5213741,6712,566
EOf the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after Aug. 31, 2021 and by Aug. 31, 2022)10079260439
FOf the initial 2017 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after Aug. 31, 2022 and by Aug. 31, 2023)15114571
GTotal graduating within six years (sum of lines D, E, and F)6364641,9763,076
HSix-year graduation rate for 2017 cohort (G divided by C)92%92%92%92%

Fall 2016 Cohort

 Recipients of a Federal Pell GrantRecipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell GrantStudents who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford LoanTotal (sum of 3 columns to the left)
AInitial 2016 cohort of first-time, full-time, bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students5064282,1303,064
BOf the initial 2016 cohort, how many did not persist and did not graduate for the following reasons:
– Deceased
– Permanently Disabled
– Armed Forces
– Foreign Aid Service of the Federal Government
– Official church missions
– Report Total Allowable Exclusions
011112
CFinal 2016 cohort, after adjusting for allowable exclusions5064272,1193,052
DOf the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in four years or less (by Aug. 31, 2020)3573351,7172,409
EOf the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in more than four years but in five years or less (after Aug. 31, 2020 and by Aug. 31, 2021)9655224375
FOf the initial 2016 cohort, how many completed the program in more than five years but in six years or less (after Aug. 31, 2021 and by Aug. 31, 2022)1222640
GTotal graduating within six years (sum of lines D, E, and F)4653921,9672,824
HSix-year graduation rate for 2016 cohort (G divided by C)92%92%93%93%

Note: Questions B12 – B21 have been omitted. They apply to Two-Year Institutions only.

B22. Retention Rates

Report for the cohort of all full-time, first-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered in Fall 2022 (or the preceding summer term).

  • The initial cohort may be adjusted for students who departed for the following reasons:
  • Death
  • Permanent Disability
  • Service in the armed forces
  • Foreign aid service of the federal government
  • Official church missions
  • No other adjustments to the initial cohort should be made.

For the cohort of all full-time bachelor’s (or equivalent) degree-seeking undergraduate students who entered your institution as freshmen in Fall 2022 (or the preceding summer term), what percentage was enrolled at your institution as of the date your institution calculates its official enrollment in Fall 2023 96%.   


C. FIRST-TIME, FIRST-YEAR (FRESHMAN) ADMISSION

C1-C2: Applications

C1.  First-time, first-year (freshman) students: Provide the number of degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled (full- or part-time) in Fall 2023.

  • Include early decision, early action, and students who began studies during summer in this cohort.
  • Applicants should include only those students who fulfilled the requirements for consideration for admission (i.e., who completed actionable applications) and who have been notified of one of the following actions: admission, non-admission, placement on waiting list, or application withdrawn (by applicant or institution).
  • Admitted applicants should include wait-listed students who were subsequently offered admission.
  • Since the total may include students who did not provide gender data, the detail need not sum to the total.
  • If your institution collects and reports non-binary gender data, please use the “Another Gender” category.
  • Note that recent high school graduates and other students without prior postsecondary experience will still be considered “first-time students” for fall enrollment reporting purposes even if they enrolled in the summer prior to fall enrollment.
Total first-time, first-year men who applied35,879
Total first-time, first-year women who applied44,057
Total first-time, first-year men who were admitted3,888
Total first-time, first-year women who were admitted4,110
Total full-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled1,696
Total part-time, first-time, first-year men who enrolled2
Total full-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled1,889
Total part-time, first-time, first-year women who enrolled1

C2. Freshman wait-listed students (students who met admission requirements but whose final admission was contingent on space availability)

School counselors?

Do you have a policy of placing students on a waiting list? ___Yes     _X_No

        If yes, please answer the questions below for Fall 2023 admissions:

WAITING LISTTOTAL
Number of qualified applicants offered a place on waiting list:
Number accepting a place on the waiting list:
Number of wait-listed students admitted:

Is your waiting list ranked? __
If yes, do you release that information to students? ___
Do you release that information to school counselors? ___

C3-C5: Admission Requirements

C3. High school completion requirement
Check the appropriate box to identify your high school completion requirement for degree-seeking entering students:

___ High school diploma is required and GED is accepted
_X_ High school diploma is required and GED is not accepted
___ High school diploma or equivalent is not required

C4. Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?

___ Require
_X_ Recommend
___ Neither require nor recommend

C5. Distribution of high school units required and/or recommended. Specify the distribution of academic high school course units required and/or recommended of all or most degree-seeking students using Carnegie units (one unit equals one year of study or its equivalent). If you use a different system for calculating units, please convert.

 RequiredRecommended
Total academic units1620
English44
Mathematics34
Science23
Of these, units that must be23
Foreign language23
Social studies23
History  
Academic electives33
Computer Science  
Visual/Performing Arts  
Other (specify)  

C6-C7: Basis for Selection

C6. Do you have an open admission policy, under which virtually all secondary school graduates or students with GED equivalency diplomas are admitted without regard to academic record, test scores, or other qualifications? No
If so, check which applies:

Open admission policy as described above for all students ___

Open admission policy as described above for most students, but
selective admission for out-of-state students ___
selective admission to some programs ___
other (explain) ___

C7. Relative importance of each of the following academic and nonacademic factors in your first-time, first-year, degree-seeking (freshman) admission decisions.

 Very ImportantImportantConsideredNot Considered
Academic
Rigor of secondary school recordx   
Class rank   x
Academic GPAx   
Standardized test scores x  
Application Essayx   
Recommendation(s)x   
Nonacademic
Interview   x
Extracurricular activities x  
Talent/ability x  
Character/personal qualities x  
First generation  x 
Alumni/ae relation  x 
Geographical residence   x
State residency   x
Religious affiliation/commitment   x
Racial/ethnic status  x 
Volunteer work  x 
Work experience  x 
Level of applicant’s interest   x

C8: SAT and ACT Policies

C8. Entrance exams

A. Does your institution make use of SAT, ACT, or SAT Subject Test scores in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants? 
_X_Yes     ___No
If yes, place check marks in the appropriate boxes below to reflect your institution’s policies for use in admission for Fall [insert year].

ADMISSION
 RequireRecommendRequire for SomeConsider If SubmittedNot Used
SAT or ACT   X 
ACT only    X 
SAT only    X 

C8B. Has been removed from the CDS.

C8C. Has been removed from the CDS.

D. In addition, does your institution use applicants’ test scores for academic advising?
__Yes     _X_No

E. Latest date by which SAT or ACT scores must be received for fall-term admission:  Feb 1, 2025
Latest date by which SAT Subject Test scores must be received for fall-term admission: 

F. If necessary, use this space to clarify your test policies (e.g., if tests are recommended for some students, or if tests are not required of some students): 

G. Please indicate which tests your institution uses for placement (e.g., state tests):

SAT___
ACT___
SAT Subject Tests___
AP_X_
CLEP___
Institutional Exam_X_
State Exam (specify):_________

C9-C12: Freshman Profile

Provide information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, full-time and part-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2023, including students who began studies during summer, international students/nonresident aliens, and students admitted under special arrangements.

C9. Percent and number of first-time, first-year (freshman) students enrolled in Fall 2023 who submitted national standardized (SAT/ACT) test scores.

  • Include information for ALL enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted test scores.
  • Do not include partial test scores (e.g., mathematics scores but not critical reading for a category of students) or combine other standardized test results (such as TOEFL) in this item.
  • Do not convert SAT scores to ACT scores and vice versa.
  • If a student submitted multiple sets of scores for a single test, report this information according to how you use the data. For example:
  • If you consider the highest scores from either submission, use the highest combination of scores (e.g., verbal from one submission, math from the other).
  • If you average the scores, use the average to report the scores.
 PercentNumber
Submitting SAT Scores32%1,154
Submitting ACT Scores14%494

For each assessment listed below, report the score that represents the 25th percentile (the score that 25 percent of the freshman population scored at or below) and the 75th percentile score (the score that 25 percent scored at or above).

Assessment25th Percentile50th Percentile75th Percentile
SAT Composite 1450 1490 1530
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and 700 730 760
SAT Math 740 780 790
ACT Composite 32 33 35
ACT Math 30 33 35
ACT English 34 35 35
ACT Writing   
ACT Science 31 34 35
ACT Reading 33 34 36

Percent of first-time, first-year (freshman) students with scores in each range:

Score RangeSAT Evidence-SAT Math
700-800 80.94% 88.82%
600-699 17.59% 9.27%
500-599 1.30% 1.82%
400-499 0.17% 0.09%
300-399  
200-299  
Totals should = 100% 100%100% 
Score RangeSAT Composite
1400-1600 88.04%
1200-1399 10.23%
1000-1199 1.73%
800-999 
600-799 
400-599 
Totals should = 100% 
Score RangeACT CompositeACT EnglishACT MathACT ReadingACT Science
30-36 94.33% 94.33% 78.74% 93.32% 87.45%
24-29 5.26% 5.06% 6.28% 6.28% 11.34%
18-23 0.41% 0.61% 1.02% 0.40% 1.21%
12-17     
6-11     
Below 6     
Totals should = 100% 100%100% 100% 100% 100% 

C10.       Percent of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school class rank within each of the following ranges (report information for those students from whom you collected high school rank information)

AssessmentPercent
Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class67.2%
Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class91.1%
Percent in top half of high school graduating class98.2%
Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class1.8%
Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class
Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:30.1%

C11.  Percentage of all enrolled, degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who had high school grade-point averages within each of the following ranges (using 4.0 scale).

  • Report information only for those students from whom you collected high school GPA.
Score RangePercent
Percent who had GPA of 4.0 31.0%
Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99 49.2%
Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.74 14.4%
Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49 3.4%
Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24 1.3%
Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99 1.3%
Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49 0.5%
Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99 0.2%
Percent who had GPA below 1.0 0.0%
Totals should = 100% 100%

C12.

 Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted GPA:3.86
Percent of total first-time, first-year (freshman) students who submitted high school GPA:99.9%

C13-C20: Admission Policies

C13. Application fee

  • If your institution has waived its application fee for the Fall [insert year] admission cycle please select no.

Does your institution have an application fee?  _X_Yes   ___No
Amount of application fee:  $85
Can it be waived for applicants with financial need?  _X_Yes   ___No

If you have an application fee and an on-line application option, please indicate policy for students who apply on-line:
Same fee: _X_
Free: ___
Reduced: ___

Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?   _X_Yes   ___No

C14. Application closing date
Does your institution have an application closing date?  _X_Yes   ___No
Application closing date (fall): Jan 15
Priority date:  Dec 1

C15. Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?  _X_Yes   ___No

C16. Notification to applicants of admission decision sent (fill in one only)
On a rolling basis beginning (date):  ___
By (date): 1-April
Other:  ___

C17. Reply policy for admitted applicants (fill in one only)
Must reply by (date):  1-May
No set date:  ___
Must reply by set date
Other:  ___

Deadline for housing deposit (MMDD): __________
Amount of housing deposit: $800
Refundable if student does not enroll?
_X_ Yes, in full
___ Yes, in part
___ No

C18. Deferred admission: Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?
  _X_Yes   ___No
If yes, maximum period of postponement:  1 year

C19. Early admission of high school students: Does your institution allow high school students to enroll as full-time, first-time, first-year (freshman) students one year or more before high school graduation?  ___Yes   _X_No

C20. Common application: Question removed from CDS. (Initiated during 2006-2007 cycle)

C21-C22: Early Decision and Early Action Plans

C21. Early decision: Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year (freshman) applicants for fall enrollment?   ___Yes   _X_No

If “yes,” please complete the following: 

First or only early decision plan closing date:  ___
First or only early decision plan notification date:  ___

Other early decision plan closing date:  ___
Other early decision plan notification date:  ___

For the Fall [insert year] entering class:

Number of early decision applications received by your institution:  ___
Number of applicants admitted under early decision plan:  ___
Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:  ___

C22. Early action: Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?  _X__Yes   __No

If “yes,” please complete the following:

Early action closing date: Nov 1
Early action notification date: Jan 19

Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?   ___Yes   _X__No


D. TRANSFER ADMISSION

D1-D2: Fall Applicants

D1. Does your institution enroll transfer students?  _X_Yes   ___No
(If no, please skip to Section E)
If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?
  _X_Yes   ___No

D2. Provide the number of students who applied, were admitted, and enrolled as degree-seeking transfer students in Fall [insert year].

 ApplicantsAdmittedEnrolled
Men 4751 1090 657
Women 4570 1188 667
Another Gender 127 32 11
Total 9448 2310 1335

D3-D11 Application for Admission

D3. Indicate terms for which transfers may enroll:

_X_Fall   ___Winter   _X_Spring   ___Summer

D4. Must a transfer applicant have a minimum number of credits completed or else must apply as an entering freshman?
__Yes   _X_No
If yes, what is the minimum number of credits and the unit of measure? __

D5. Indicate all items required of transfer students to apply for admission:

 Required of AllRecommended of AllRecommended of SomeRequired of SomeNot required
High school transcriptX    
College transcript(s)X    
Essay or personal statementX    
Interview    X
Standardized test scores     X
Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)    X

D6. If a minimum high school grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):  n/a

D7. If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):  n/a

D8. List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:

D9. List application priority, closing, notification, and candidate reply dates for transfer students. If applications are reviewed on a continuous or rolling basis, place a check mark in the “Rolling admission”column.

 Priority DateClosing DateNotification DateReply DateRolling Admission
Fall 2/155/316/30 
Winter     
Spring     
Summer     

D10. Does an open admission policy, if reported, apply to transfer students? ___Yes   _X_No

D11. Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:

D12-D17: Transfer Credit Policies

D12. Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit:  C-

D13. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution: n/a  
Number: 64   Unit type: semester credits

D14. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a four-year institution: n/a  
Number: 64   Unit type: semester credits

D15. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn an associate degree:  n/a  

D16. Minimum number of credits that transfers must complete at your institution to earn a bachelor’s degree:  64.00

D17. Describe other transfer credit policies:

D18. Does your institution accept the following military/veteran transfer credits: 

  Yes No
American Council on Education (ACE)   _X_   ___
College Level Examination Program (CLEP) ___ _X_
DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST) ___ _X_

D19. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on military education evaluated by the American Council on Education (ACE): n/ap
Number: 64   Unit type: semester credits

D20. Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred based on Department of Defense supported prior learning assessments (College Level Examination Program (CLEP) or DANTES Subject Standardized Tests (DSST)):n/ap
Number:___   Unit type:  ___

D21. Are the military/veteran credit transfer policies published on your website?: n/ap   _X_Yes   ___No
If yes, please provide the URL where the policy can be located:

https://arr.usc.edu/students/transfer-credit-services

D22. Describe other military/veteran transfer credit policies unique to your institution: Credit policies are for all students. Military/verteran credit transfer policies are the same.


E. ACADEMIC OFFERINGS AND POLICIES

E1. Special study options: Identify those programs available at your institution. Refer to the glossary for definitions.

___Accelerated program    _X_Honors program
_X_Cooperative education program _X_Independent study
___Cross-registration  _X_Internships
_X_Distance learning  _X_Liberal arts/career combination
_X_Double major _X_Student-designed major
___Dual enrollment _X_Study abroad
_X_English as a Second Language (ESL) ___Teacher certification program
_X_Exchange student program (domestic) ___Weekend college
___External degree program
_X_Other (specify): Learning communities, Thematic Option, Undergraduate Research, and Freshman Seminars

E2. Has been removed from the CDS.

E3. Areas in which all or most students are required to complete some course work prior to graduation:

___Arts/fine arts   _X_Humanities
___Computer literacy ___Mathematics
_X_English (including composition) ___Philosophy
_X_Foreign languages _X_Sciences (biological or physical)
_X_History _X_Social science
_X_Other (describe):
Diversity requirement; Coursework in either arts, literature or philosophy


F. STUDENT LIFE

F1. Percentages of first-time, first-year (freshman) degree-seeking students and degree-seeking undergraduates enrolled in Fall [insert year] who fit the following categories:

 First-time, first- year studentsUndergraduate s
Percent who are from out of state (exclude international/nonresidents from the numerator and denominator) 45.0% 40.0%
Percent of men who join fraternities 0.0% 1.8%
Percent of women who join sororities 0.0% 11.9%
Percent who live in college-owned, -operated, or – affiliated housing 97.0% 36.0%
Percent who live off campus or commute 3.0% 64.0%
Percent of students age 25 and older 0.0% 0.2%
Average age of full-time students 18 20
Average age of all students (full- and part-time) 18 20

F2. Activities offered Identify those programs available at your institution.

_X_Campus Ministries _X_Literary magazine _X_Radio station
_X_Choral groups   _X_Marching band   _X_Student government
_X_Concert band _X_Model UN _X_Student newspaper
_X_Dance _X_Music ensembles _X_Student-run film society
_X_Drama/theater _X_Musical theater _X_Symphony orchestra
_X_International Student Organization _X_Opera _X_Television station
_X_Jazz band _X_Pep band _X_Yearbook

F3. ROTC (program offered in cooperation with Reserve Officers’ Training Corps)

 Marine Option (for Naval ROTC)On CampusAt Cooperating InstitutionName of Cooperating
Army ROTC is offered:   
Naval ROTC is offered:x   
Air Force ROTC is offered:   

F4. Housing: Check all types of college-owned, -operated, or -affiliated housing available for undergraduates at your institution.

_X_Coed dorms   _X_Special housing for disabled students
___Men’s dorms _X_Special housing for international students
___Women’s dorms _X_Fraternity/sorority housing
_X_Apartments for married students _X_Cooperative housing
_X_Apartments for single students_X_Theme housing
_X_Living Learning Communities_X_Wellness housing
_X_Other housing options (specify): 

G. ANNUAL EXPENSES

G0. Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator: 

Provide 2024-2025 academic year costs of attendance for the following categories that are applicable to your institution.

_X_Check here if your institution’s 2024-2025 academic year costs of attendance are not available at this time and provide an approximate date (i.e., month/day) when your institution’s final 2024-2025 academic year costs of attendance will be available:

G1. Undergraduate full-time tuition, required fees, room and board
       
List the typical tuition, required fees, and room and board for a full-time undergraduate student for the FULL 2024-2025 academic year. (30 semester hours or 45 quarter hours for institutions that derive annual tuition by multiplying credit hour cost by number of credits).

  • A full academic year refers to the period of time generally extending from September to June; usually equated to two semesters, two trimesters, three quarters, or the period covered by a four-one-four plan.
  • Room and board is defined as double occupancy and 19 meals per week or the maximum meal plan.
  • Required fees include only charges that all full-time students must pay that are not included in tuition (e.g., registration, health, or activity fees.)
  • Do not include optional fees (e.g., parking, laboratory use).
 First-YearUndergraduates
PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS  
Tuition:$66,640$66,640
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS  
Tuition: In-district  
Tuition: In-state (out-of-district):  
Tuition: Out-of-state:  
Tuition: Non-resident  
FOR ALL INSTITUTIONS
Required Fees$2,047$1,597
Room and Board (on-campus):$19,200$19,200
Room Only (on-campus):$11,910$11,910
Board Only (on-campus meal plan):$7,290$7,290

Comprehensive tuition and room and board fee (if your college cannot provide separate tuition and room and board fees): ___

Other:___

G2. Number of credits per term a student can take for the stated full-time tuition:
12 minimum     18 maximum

G3. Do tuition and fees vary by year of study (e.g., sophomore, junior, senior)? No

G4. Do tuition and fees vary by undergraduate instructional program? No
If yes, what percentage of full-time undergraduates pay more than the tuition and fees reported in G1? ___

G5. Provide the estimated expenses for a typical full-time undergraduate student:

 ResidentsCommutersCommuters
Books and supplies:$1,200$1,200
Room only:  
Board only:  $2,674
Room and board total*   
Transportation:$441$1,914
Other expenses:$2,006$2,006

G6. Undergraduate per-credit-hour charges (tuition only):

PRIVATE INSTITUTIONS:$2,244
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS: 
In-district: 
In-state (out-of-district): 
Out-of-state: 
NONRESIDENTS: 

H. FINANCIAL AID

Aid Awarded to Enrolled Undergraduates

H1. Enter total dollar amounts awarded to enrolled full-time and less than full-time degree-seeking undergraduates (using the same cohort reported in CDS Question B1, “total degree-seeking” undergraduates) in the following categories.

  • If the data being reported are final figures for the 2022-2023 academic year (see the next item below), use the 2022-2023 academic year’s CDS Question B1 cohort.
  • Include aid awarded to international students (i.e., those not qualifying for federal aid).
  • Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be reported in the need-based aid column.
  • For a suggested order of precedence in assigning categories of aid to cover need, see the entry for “non-need-based scholarship or grant aid” on the last page of the definitions section.
  • Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indicate the academic year for which data are reported for items H1H2H2A, and H6 below:
2022-2023 final

Which needs-analysis methodology does your institution use in awarding institutional aid?

___Federal methodology (FM)
___Institutional methodology (IM)
_X_Both FM and IM
 Need-basedNon-need-
Scholarships/Grants 
Federal  $31,454,876 
State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located $25,879,796 
Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below). $374,997,276 $85,551,414
Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college $16,643,475 $21,646,779
Total Scholarships/Grants $448,975,423 $107,198,193
Self-Help  
Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans) $42,110,052 $27,537,181
Federal Work-Study $24,738,386 
State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)  
Total Self-Help $66,848,438 $27,537,181
Parent Loans  $88,972,996
Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere. $14,766,520 $38,066,372
Athletic Awards $7,708,776 $16,716,799

H2. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Aid: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who applied for and were awarded financial aid from any source.

  • Aid that is non-need-based but that was used to meet need should be counted as need-based aid.
  • Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1.
  • In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.
  • Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Full-time First-time First-yearFull-time Undergrad (Incl. Fresh)Less Than Full-time Undergrad
ANumber of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item B1 if reporting on Fall 2022 cohort) 3418 20057 448
BNumber of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid 2195 10837 133
CNumber of students in line b who were determined to have financial need 1374 8332 87
DNumber of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid 1374 8329 84
ENumber of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid 1227 7479 69
FNumber of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid 1,207 7,660 72
GNumber of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid 1,113 5,211 28
HNumber of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) 1,212 7,574 76
IOn average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans). 101.0% 99.0% 88.0%
JJ. The average financial aid package of those in line (D). Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans). $67,015.00 $62,741.00 $27,437.00
KAverage need-based scholarship and grant award of those in line (E) $50,322.00 $48,474.00 $22,017.00
LAverage need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f $7,022.00 $5,474.00 $6,869.00
MAverage need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line (F) who were awarded a need-based loan $4,596.00 $5,685.00 $4,595.00

H2A. Number of Enrolled Students Awarded Non-need-based Scholarships and Grants: List the number of degree-seeking full-time and less-than-full-time undergraduates who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid.

  • Numbers should reflect the cohort awarded the dollars reported in H1.
  • In the chart below, students may be counted in more than one row, and full-time freshmen should also be counted as full-time undergraduates.
  • Do NOT include any aid related to the CARES Act or unique to the COVID-19 pandemic.
  Full-time First-time First-yearFull-time Undergrad (Incl. Fresh.)Less Than Full-time Undergrad
NNumber of students in line a who had no financial need and who were awarded institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid (exclude those who were awarded athletic awards and tuition benefits) 909 4,704 52
OAverage dollar amount of institutional non-need-based scholarship and grant aid awarded to students in line (N) $20,312.00 $18,095.00 $8,851.00
PNumber of students in line (A) who were awarded an institutional non-need-based athletic scholarship or grant 117 525 4
QAverage dollar amount of institutional non-need-based athletic scholarships and grants awarded to students in line (P) $39,027.00 $46,121.00 $46,168.00

Note: These are the graduates and loan types to include and exclude in order to fill out CDS H4 and H5. 

Include:

  • [insert year] undergraduate class: all students who started at your institution as first-time students  and received a bachelor’s degree between [insert date] and [insert date].
  • only loans made to students who borrowed while enrolled at your institution.
  • co-signed loans.

Exclude:

  • students who transferred in.
  • money borrowed at other institutions.
  • parent loans
  • students who did not graduate or who graduated with another degree or certificate (but no bachelor’s degree.
  • Any aid related to the CARE Act or unique the COVID-19 pandemic.

H4. Provide the number of students in the [insert year] undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor’s degree between [insert date] and [insert date]. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.  3,056

H5. Number and percent of students in class (defined in H4 above) borrowing from federal, nonfederal, and any loan sources, and the average (or mean) amount borrowed. NOTE: The “Average per-undergraduate-borrower cumulative principal borrowed,” is designed to provide better information about student borrowing from federal and nonfederal (institutional, state, commercial) sources. The numbers, percentages, and averages for each row should be based only on the loan source specified for the particular row. For example, the federal loans average (row b) should only be the cumulative average of federal loans and the private loans average (row e) should only be the cumulative average of private loans.

          Source/Type of Loan  Number in the class (defined in H4 above) who borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column  Percent of the class (defined above) who borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column (nearest 1%)Average per- undergraduate- borrower cumulative principal borrowed from the types of loans specified in the first column (nearest $1)
    AAny loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.979   32%$25,836
  BFederal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans. 93631%$17,405
CInstitutional loan programs.   
DState loan programs.   
  E  Private student loans made by a bank or lender. 1505% $59,025

Aid to Undergraduate Degree-seeking Nonresident Aliens (Note: Report numbers and dollar amounts for the same academic year checked in item H1.)

H6. Indicate your institution’s policy regarding institutional scholarship or grant aid for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens:

___Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
_X_Institutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
___Institutional scholarship and grant aid is not available

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid: 889

Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $25,588.00

Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresident aliens: $22,747,641.00

H7. Check off all financial aid forms nonresident alien first-year financial aid applicants must submit:

___Institution’s own financial aid form
___CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
___International Student’s Financial Aid Application
___International Student’s Certification of Finances
___Other:  Equivalent of parents’ complete federal income tax returns from two years ago (or wage statements). CSS Business/Farm Supplement when requested by Financial Aid Office.

Process for First-Year/Freshman Students

H8. Check off all financial aid forms domestic first-year (freshman) financial aid applicants must submit:

_X_FAFSA
___Institution’s own financial aid form
_X_CSS/Financial Aid PROFILE
___State aid form
___Noncustodial PROFILE
_X_Business/Farm Supplement
_X_Other: Student/parent tax information; supplemental documents as requested.

H9. Indicate filing dates for first-year (freshman) students:

Priority date for filing required financial aid forms: Feb 17
Deadline for filing required financial aid forms: 
No deadline for filing required forms (applications processed on a rolling basis): ___

H10. Indicate notification dates for first-year (freshman) students (answer a or b):
a) Students notified on or about (date):  April 1
b) Students notified on a rolling basis:  ___Yes   ___No     If yes, starting date: ___

H11. Indicate reply dates:
Students must reply by (date): May 1
or within ___ weeks of notification.

Types of Aid Available

Please check off all types of aid available to undergraduates at your institution:

H12. Loans

FEDERAL DIRECT STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM (DIRECT LOAN)

_X_Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
_X_Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
_X_Direct PLUS Loans
___Federal Perkins Loans
___Federal Nursing Loans
___State Loans
_X_College/university loans from institutional funds
___Other (specify):  ___

H13. Scholarships and Grants

Need-Based:
_X_Federal Pell
_X_SEOG
_X_State scholarships/grants
_X_Private scholarships
_X_College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds
___United Negro College Fund
___Federal Nursing Scholarship
___Other (specify):  ___

H14. Check off criteria used in awarding institutional aid. Check all that apply.

 Non-Need BasedNeed-Based
Academicsx 
Alumni affiliationx 
Artx 
Athleticsx 
Job skills  
ROTCx 
Leadershipx 
Minority status  
Music/dramax 
Religious affiliation  
State/district residency  

H15. If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details below:

For students entering USC in Fall 2020: Students from U.S. families with an annual income of $80,000 or less with typical assets will attend USC tuition free. Owning a home will not be counted in the calculation used to determine a student’s financial need. Ensures total university need-based grant funding will continue to outpace annual tuition growth – promising more available grants and scholarships for USC’s talented student body.

Are these policies related to the COVID-19 pandemic?

___Yes
_X_No

I. INSTRUCTIONAL FACULTY AND CLASS SIZE

I-1. Please report the number of instructional faculty members in each category for Fall [insert year]. Include faculty who are on your institution’s payroll on the census date your institution uses for IPEDS/AAUP.

The following definition of full-time instructional faculty is used by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) in its annual Faculty Compensation Survey (the part time definitions are not used by AAUP). Instructional Faculty is defined as those members of the instructional-research staff whose major regular assignment is instruction, including those with released time for research. Use the chart below to determine inclusions and exclusions:

  Full-timePart-time
    AInstructional faculty in preclinical and clinical medicine, faculty who are not paid (e.g., those who donate their services or are in the military), or research-only faculty, post- doctoral fellows, or pre-doctoral fellows      ExcludeInclude only if they teach one or more non- clinical credit courses
  BAdministrative officers with titles such as dean of students, librarian, registrar, coach, and the like, even though they may devote part of their time to classroom instruction and may have faculty status    ExcludeInclude if they teach one or more non- clinical credit courses
COther administrators/staff who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses even though they do not have faculty status  Exclude  Include
DUndergraduate or graduate students who assist in the instruction of courses, but have titles such as teaching assistant, teaching fellow, and the like  Exclude  Exclude
EFaculty on sabbatical or leave with payIncludeExclude
FFaculty on leave without payExcludeExclude
GReplacement faculty for faculty on sabbatical leave or leave with payExcludeInclude

Full-time instructional faculty: faculty employed on a full-time basis for instruction (including those with released time for research)

Part-time instructional faculty: Adjuncts and other instructors being paid solely for part-time classroom instruction. Also includes full-time faculty teaching less than two semesters, three quarters, two trimesters, or two four-month sessions. Employees who are not considered full-time instructional faculty but who teach one or more non-clinical credit courses may be counted as part-time faculty.

Minority faculty: includes faculty who designate themselves as Black, non-Hispanic; American Indian or Alaska Native; Asian, Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, or Hispanic.

Doctorate: includes such degrees as Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Education, Doctor of Juridical Science, and Doctor of Public Health in any field such as arts, sciences, education, engineering, business, and public administration. Also includes terminal degrees formerly designated as “first professional,” including dentistry (DDS or DMD), medicine (MD), optometry (OD), osteopathic medicine (DO), pharmacy (DPharm or BPharm), podiatric medicine (DPM), veterinary medicine (DVM), chiropractic (DC or DCM), or law (JD).

Terminal master’s degree: a master’s degree that is considered the highest degree in a field: example, M. Arch (in architecture) and MFA (master of fine arts in art or theater).

 Full-TimePart-TimeTotal
ATotal number of instructional faculty 2161 1505 3666
BTotal number who are members of minority groups 864 662 1526
CTotal number who are women 901 6431544 
DTotal number who are men 1260 8622122 
ETotal number who are nonresidents (international) 78 886 
FTotal number with doctorate, or other terminal degree 1976 9452921 
GTotal number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s 81 204285 
HTotal number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s 86 266352 
ITotal number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.) 18 90108 
JTotal number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students 204 219423 

I-2. Student to Faculty Ratio

Report the Fall [insert year] ratio of full-time equivalent students (full-time plus 1/3 part time) to full-time equivalent instructional faculty (full time plus 1/3 part time). In the ratio calculations, exclude both faculty and students in stand-alone graduate or professional programs such as medicine, law, veterinary, dentistry, social work, business, or public health in which faculty teach virtually only graduate level students.

  • Do not count undergraduate or graduate student teaching assistants as faculty.

Fall [insert year] Student to Faculty ratio:  9 to 1 (based on  20530 students and 2386 faculty).

I-3. Undergraduate Class Size

In the table below, please use the following definitions to report information about the size of classes and class sections offered in the Fall 2023 term.

  • Please include classes that have been moved online in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Class Sections:  A class section is an organized course offered for credit, identified by discipline and number, meeting at a stated time or times in a classroom or similar setting, and not a subsection such as a laboratory or discussion session. Undergraduate class sections are defined as any sections in which at least one degree-seeking undergraduate student is enrolled for credit. Exclude distance learning classes and noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Exclude students in independent study, co-operative programs, internships, foreign language taped tutor sessions, practicums, and all students in one-on-one classes. Each class section should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of course catalog cross-listings.

Class Subsections:  A class subsection includes any subsection of a course, such as laboratory, recitation, and discussion subsections that are supplementary in nature and are scheduled to meet separately from the lecture portion of the course. Undergraduate subsections are defined as any subsections of courses in which degree-seeking undergraduate students enrolled for credit. As above, exclude noncredit classes and individual instruction such as dissertation or thesis research, music instruction, or one-to-one readings. Each class subsection should be counted only once and should not be duplicated because of cross-listings.

Using the above definitions, please report for each of the following class-size intervals the number of class sections and class subsections offered in Fall [insert year]. For example, a lecture class with 800 students who met at another time in 40 separate labs with 20 students should be counted once in the “100+” column in the class section column and 40 times under the “20-29” column of the class subsections table.

Number of Class Sections with Undergraduates Enrolled

Undergraduate Class Size (provide numbers)

 2-910-1920-2930-3940-4950-59100+Total
CLASS SECTIONS54314103692402512631153191
 2-910-1920-2930-3940-4950-59100+Total
CLASS SUB- SECTIONS125694670915764331734

J. Disciplinary areas of DEGREES CONFERRED

Degrees conferred between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2023

For each of the following discipline areas, provide the percentage of diplomas/certificates, associate, and bachelor’s degrees awarded. To determine the percentage, use majors, not headcount (e.g., students with one degree but a double major will be represented twice). Calculate the percentage from your institution’s IPEDS Completions by using the sum of 1st and 2nd majors for each CIP code as the numerator and the sum of the Grand Total by 1st Majors and the Grand Total by 2nd major as the denominator. If you prefer, you can compute the percentages using 1st majors only.

  Category  Diploma/Certificates  Associate  Bachelor’sCIP 2020 Categories to Include
Agriculture 0  0.0 1
Natural resources and conservation 0  0.9 3
Architecture 0  3.2 4
Area, ethnic, and gender studies 0  0.4 5
Communication/journalism 0  8.2 9
Communication technologies 0  0.0 10
Computer and information sciences  6.8 11
Personal and culinary services  0.0 12
Education  0.0 13
Engineering  8.3 14
Engineering technologies  0.5 15
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics  1.4 16
Family and consumer sciences  0.0 19
Law/legal studies  0.0 22
English  1.0 23
Liberal arts/general studies  0.0 24
Library science  0.0 25
Biological/life sciences  4.1 26
Mathematics and statistics  2.6 27
Military science and military technologies  0.0 28 and 29
Interdisciplinary studies  6.7 30
Parks and recreation  0.0 31
Philosophy and religious studies  1.5 38
Theology and religious vocations  0.0 39
Physical sciences  0.7 40
Science technologies  0.0 41
Psychology  3.5 42
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting,  0.4 43
Public administration and social services  0.8 44
Social sciences  10.8 45
Construction trades  0.0 46
Mechanic and repair technologies  0.0 47
Precision production  0.0 48
Transportation and materials moving  0.0 49
Visual and performing arts  12.1 50
Health professions and related programs100   2.3 51
Business/marketing  22.4 52
History  1.4 54
Other    
TOTAL (should = 100%)100.00%0.00%100.00%