University of Southern California

American Film Institute and USC are two film schools that are top film schools in the USA for Indian students. AFI Conservatory is a hand-on graduate school focused on specialised filmmaking. Whereas, USC is a major university that offers UG and PG courses and there is one School of Cinematic Arts. AFI is more selective as its acceptance rate is around 1%. 

The University of Southern California acceptance rate for MBA course is 31%. The average GMAT score is 742 for the Class of 2025. The average GPA is 3.55. Other details for USC MBA are-

• Average GRE: 322
• Class size: 176
• Average years of work experience: 6
• International student percentage: 43%
• Women: 31%

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 has to be paid too along with the academic transcripts, resume, LOR, etc.