University of Southern California Common Data Set 2025-26

CATest policy: Test-optional: SAT or ACT not required, considered if submitted; SAT, ACT and AP used for placement. C8F clarification is truncated in the filing (recommendation for home-schooled or non-regionally-accredited applicants).Compare with other schools AP credit

Acceptance rate

11.2%

9,345 of 83,488

Early decision rate

No ED

SAT middle 50%

1470–1540

ACT middle 50%

32–35

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Admissions

AppliedC1	83,488
AdmittedC1	9,345
EnrolledC1	3,759
YieldC1	40.2%
Early decisionC21	Not offered
Early actionC22	Offered, counts not reported

Waitlist

Offered a placeC2	—
Accepted a placeC2	—
Admitted from waitlistC2	—
Odds if you stay on the listC2	—

Test scores and GPA

Submitted SATC9	33%
Submitted ACTC9	12%
SAT Reading & Writing (25th–75th)C9	720–760
SAT Math (25th–75th)C9	740–790
Average high school GPAC12	3.85
GPA of 4.0C11	28.2%
GPA 3.75–3.99C11	52%
GPA 3.50–3.74C11	14.3%
GPA below 3.50C11	5.5%

Cost and financial aid

TuitionG1	$66,640
Required feesG1	$2,047
Food and housingG1	$19,200
Need fully met (first-years)H2	91.1%
Average % of need metH2	99.4%
Average need-based packageH2	$90,648
Average need-based grantH2	$56,128

What admissions looks at

Rigor of secondary school recordVery important
Class rankNot considered
Academic GPAVery important
Standardized test scoresConsidered
Application essayVery important
Recommendation(s)Very important
InterviewNot considered
Extracurricular activitiesImportant
Talent/abilityImportant
Character/personal qualitiesVery important
First generationConsidered
Alumni/ae relationConsidered
Geographical residenceNot considered
State residencyNot considered
Religious affiliation/commitmentNot considered
Volunteer workConsidered
Work experienceConsidered
Level of applicant's interestNot considered

From item C7.

Outcomes

UndergraduatesB1	20,768
First-year retentionB22	95.2%
4-year graduation rateB	—
6-year graduation rateB	90.3%

Notes on this filing

Filing header reads 2024-2025 but enrollment, admissions and cost data are Fall 2025 / 2026-27; year set to 2025-26.
A2 checks Public, but the cost section fills only the PRIVATE tuition row ($66,640); public in-state/out-of-state fields are blank, so tuition is entered as a single figure.
C2: the institution answers No to a waiting list policy, and all waitlist count rows are blank.
C21/C22: early decision is not offered; early action is offered (nonbinding, closing 11/1), but early action applicant and admit counts are not printed.
C8F clarification text is cut off in the PDF.
C9 SAT/ACT percentages are taken from the 'percent submitting' rows (33% SAT, 12% ACT), not the enrolled-student share of the C9 table.
gpa.pct_below_3_50 is the sum of the C11 all-enrolled bands below 3.50 (3.25-3.49: 3.50; 3.00-3.24: 1.10; 2.50-2.99: 0.70; 2.00-2.49: 0.20; 1.00-1.99: 0.00; below 1.0: 0.00).
Graduation: 6-year rate is from the Fall 2019 cohort (H line 0.90310323). No 4-year rate is printed, so grad_rate_4yr is null.
Aid (H2) reflects the 2024-2025 final year per the H1 selection. pct_with_need_awarded_aid is not printed; line d / line c would be 1501/1501, but that is not reported here.
pct_need_fully_met computed as H line h (1368) / H line d (1501) = 91.1%.
Retention 95.18% is the printed B22 value (3,319 retained of 3,487 entering cohort).
Admissions totals match the printed residency table totals (applied 83,488; admitted 9,345; enrolled 3,759).

Source: University of Southern California Common Data Set 2025-26 . “—” means the college left the item blank.