University of Southern California

As per U.S. News, the Uni of Southern California ranks among the Top 30 Universities in the country-based rankings. This university ranks at #28 in the National Universities category for 2026. Also, for 2026, this university also ranks at #64 for Best Value schools. 

Uni of Southern California is a NCAA Division I school. It participates in the Big Ten Conference. The student athletes of Uni of Southern California have won 120+ national championships, 97 for men and 26 for women. Few of the sports in which the atheletes of USC take part are:

• Volleyball
• Tennis
• Basketball
• Track & Field

In 2025 the USC UG graduates got mostly employed in the US. The following was the division of the employment location of these students-

• US- 96.97%
• China- 0.51%
• United Kingdom- 0.37%
• Hong Kong S.A.R.- 0.24%
• Japan- 0.16%
• South Korea- 0.16%
• Singapore- 0.15%
• Indonesia- 0.15%
• Canada- 0.15%
• Other- 1.24%

The MBA Class of 2025 of USC was enrolled in the following UG majors before getting admitted to Marshall School of Business-

• Business/Commerce 31%
• Engineering/Computer Science 28%
• Economics 11%
• Sciences 7%
• Social Sciences 10%
• Humanities 6%
• Other 7%

The University of Southern California's QS ranking is #146 in 2026. In the previous year, this university ranked at #125 in 2025. In the QS ranking of the current year, USC ranks among the Top 150 Universities in the world. Some of the subject rankings of this university for 2025 are given below: 

• Communication and Media Studies: #7
• Petroleum Engineering: 37
• Computer Science and Information Systems: #49
• Psychology: #51

As per one global ranking publisher i.e. Times Higher Education, California Southern University ranking is #73 in 2026. This rank places USC ranks among the Top 100 Universities in the world. In the subject rankings of THE 2025, a few of the subjects of this university rank at the following position: 

• Social Sciences: 48
• Computer Science: #64
• Law: #77
• Life Sciences: #88

The Master of Music Scoring course of the University of Southern California is a 9-month course designed for composers who want to work in the music industry. No auditions are required for admission to USC Master of Music course. Students must have an UG degree for admission to this course. An application fee for USD 105 (Around INR 9,500) has to be paid too along with the academic transcripts, resume, LOR, etc. 

Popular courses at the University of Southern California campus include MBA, MSc in Finance, etc. The list of some of the popularly chosen majors at USC as of Fall 2023,  along with the percentage of degree recipients are listed below:

USC is among the top choices of Indian students to continue higher education. India is one of the top countries of origin with more than 2,400 students accounting for the Indian origin students. The stats for other countries as of 2024 are mentioned below: