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#56 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#37 Best Value Schools
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#29 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#8 Accounting
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#11 Entrepreneurship
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#17 Finance
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#7 International Business
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#12 Management
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#15 Marketing
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#5 Real Estate
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#18 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#26 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
At schools whose highest degree is a doctorate
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#5 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#147 Top Performers on Social Mobility
University of Southern California is ranked #22 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
78
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
20
Graduation and retention rank
23
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
92%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
96%
Social Mobility Rank
147
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
91%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
93%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
92%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
0
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.9
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
39
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
51
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
81.4%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
92%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
58.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
13%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
30
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1350-1530
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
22
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
4
Average alumni giving rate
41.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
