University of Southern California Teaching Programs

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

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

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	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into USC?

The acceptance rate at USC is 12%, 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 47% of accepted students are men and 53% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 13%, and the acceptance rate for women is 12%.

Average Test Scores

About 34% 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 710 and 760. Math scores were between 740 and 790.

USC received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 0. Composite scores were between 32 and 35.

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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At USC, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $6,300 a year. That adds up to $25,200 over four years for those students.

University of Southern California Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 20,790 undergraduate students at USC, with 20,206 being full-time and 584 being part-time.

There are also 28,528 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 20,206 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	4,868
Black or African American	1,203
Hispanic or Latino	3,503
White	6,442
International Students	2,503
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,687

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 2022-2023, 16,482 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 12th most popular in California for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of USC majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Learning Sciences	54%

University of Southern California Teaching Concentrations

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

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Other Teacher Education & Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	0	387	0	387
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	0	281	281
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	130	0	130
Higher Education/Higher Education Administration	0	79	0	79
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	79	0	79
College Student Counseling & Personnel Services	1	52	0	53
Learning Sciences	24	24	0	48
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	25	0	0	25
Other Education	0	0	14	14
Urban Education & Leadership	0	1	8	9
General Special Education	5	0	0	5
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0
Modern Language Education	0	0	0	0
Music Education	0	0	0	0
Elementary Education	0	0	0	0
Secondary Education	0	0	0	0
Teacher Development & Methodology	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	55	752	303	1,110

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

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