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University of San Diego is one of the leading colleges in California with the acceptance rate of 53%. Deadlines for application are Regular - December 15 . For more information, call 619-260-4506 or send email at admissions@sandiego.edu.

13287 Enrolled 53% Acceptance Rate 26 - 31 SAT Range
Admissions
Academics
Tuition & Aid
Student Body
Campus Life
Careers

Admissions

  • Overview

    • Applicants: 13,287
    • Average HS GPA: 3.93
    • Acceptance Rate: 53%

  • GPA Breakdown

    • 71% — 3.75 - 3.99
    • 18% — 3.50 - 3.74
    • 8% — 3.25 - 3.49
    • 2% — 3.00 - 3.24
    • 1% — 2.50 - 2.99

  • SAT & ACT Test Scores

    SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    600 - 680
    SAT Math 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    590 - 690
    ACT Composite Scores 25th-75th percentile (enrolled students)
    26 - 31

  • Deadlines

    Regular
    December 15

Academics

  • Majors

    ARCHITECTURE AND RELATED SERVICES.
    Architecture.
    AREA, ETHNIC, CULTURAL, GENDER, AND GROUP STUDIES.
    Ethnic Studies.
    Italian Studies.
    BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES.
    Biochemistry.
    Biology/Biological Sciences, General.
    Biophysics.
    Neuroscience.
    BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND RELATED SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Accounting.
    Business Administration and Management, General.
    Business/Managerial Economics.
    Finance, General.
    International Business/Trade/Commerce.
    Marketing/Marketing Management, General.
    Real Estate.
    COMMUNICATION, JOURNALISM, AND RELATED PROGRAMS.
    Communication, General.
    COMPUTER AND INFORMATION SCIENCES AND SUPPORT SERVICES.
    Computer and Information Sciences, General.
    Computer Science.
    ENGINEERING.
    Electrical and Electronics Engineering
    Engineering, General.
    Industrial Engineering.
    Mechanical Engineering.
    ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE/LETTERS.
    English Language and Literature, General.
    FOREIGN LANGUAGES, LITERATURES, AND LINGUISTICS.
    French Language and Literature.
    Spanish Language and Literature.
    HISTORY.
    History, General.
    LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES, GENERAL STUDIES AND HUMANITIES.
    Humanities/Humanistic Studies.
    Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies.
    MATHEMATICS AND STATISTICS.
    Mathematics, General.
    NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION.
    Environmental Science.
    PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES.
    Philosophy.
    Religion/Religious Studies.
    PHYSICAL SCIENCES.
    Chemistry, General.
    Physics, General.
    PSYCHOLOGY.
    Psychology, General.
    SOCIAL SCIENCES.
    Anthropology.
    Economics, General.
    International Relations and Affairs.
    Political Science and Government, General.
    Sociology.
    VISUAL AND PERFORMING ARTS.
    Art History, Criticism and Conservation.
    Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General.
    Music, General.
    Visual and Performing Arts, General.

  • Degrees

    • Bachelor's
    • Doctoral Other
    • Doctoral/Professional
    • Doctoral/Research
    • Master's
    • Post-Bachelor's certificate

  • Prominent Alumni

    Marcy Carsey
    Founding Partner, Carsey-Werner Productions
    John Irving
    Novelist: The World According to Garp, The Cider House Rules
    Tom Hayes
    President and CEO, Ocean Spray, Former President and CEO, Tyson Foods Inc
    Shawn Gorman
    Chairman, L.L. Bean
    Jennifer Lee
    Academy Award winning screenwriter/director of Frozen (2013)/Frozen 2 (2019) and Chief Creative Officer at The Walt Disney Company
    Anne Finucane
    Vice Chairman, Bank of America
    Lori Robinson
    first female officer to command a major Unified Combatant Command in the history of the United States Armed Forces

Tuition & Aid

  • Dates

    Notification Date
    Mar 1

  • Required Forms

    • FAFSA

  • Expenses per Academic Year

    Tuition
    $50450
    Required Fees
    $736
    Average Cost for Books and Supplies
    $1970
    Tuition / Fees Vary by Year of Study
    No
    Board for Commuters
    N/A
    Transportation for Commuters
    $1134
    On-Campus Room and Board
    $14126

  • Available Aid

    Financial Aid Methodology
    Federal
    Scholarships and Grants Need-Based
    • Need-Based College/University Scholarship or Grant Aid from Institutional Funds
    • Need-Based Federal Nursing Scholarships
    • Need-Based Federal Pell
    • Need-Based Other
    • Need-Based Private Scholarships
    • Need-Based SEOG
    • Need-Based State Scholarships
    • TEACH Grant
    Federal Direct Student Loan Programs
    • Direct PLUS Loans
    • Direct Subsidized Stafford Loans
    • Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
    Federal Family Education Loan Programs (FFEL)
    • College/university loans from institutional funds
    Is Institutional Employment Available (other than Federal Work Study)
    Yes
    Direct Lender
    Yes

  • Financial Aid Rating

    • Financial Aid Rating 89/99

Student Body

  • Student Body Profile

    Total Undergraduate Enrollment
    5919
    Foreign Countries Represented
    57

  • Demographics

    • Asian 6.92%
    • African-American 3.23%
    • Hispanic 21.1%
    • Caucasian 50.14%
    • Male 44%
    • Female 56%
    • Аre out of state 39

Campus Life

  • Campus Life

    Undergrads living on campus
    44%
    Help finding off-campus housing
    Yes
    Quality of life rating 95/99
    First-Year Students living on campus
    95%
    Campus Environment
    Large Urban
    Fire safety rating
    N/A

  • Special Needs Admissions

    College Entrance Tests Required
    Yes
    Interview Required
    No

  • Student Activities

    Registered Student Organizations
    153
    Number of Honor Societies
    22
    Number of Social Sororities
    9

  • Sports

    Athletic Division
    Division I
    Men's Sports (Crimson) (8)
    • Baseball
    • Basketball
    • Crew Rowing
    • Cross Country
    • Football
    • Golf
    • Soccer
    • Tennis
    Women's Sports (Crimson) (11)
    • Basketball
    • Cheerleading
    • Crew Rowing
    • Cross Country
    • Diving
    • Soccer
    • Softball
    • Swimming
    • Tennis
    • Track Field Outdoor
    • Volleyball

  • Student Services

    Day Care
    Health
    Womens Center
    LGBT Support Groups
    Minority Support Groups
    Army ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: San Diego State University Navy ROTC Offered on-campus Air Force ROTC Offered at cooperating institutions: San Diego State University

  • Sustainability

    As a leader in conservation and sustainability, the University of San Diego works to foster an ethic of innovation and preservation. USD has installed more than five thousand photovoltaic panels throughout the campus, generating 8 percent of its power needs through a 1.23-megawatt renewable energy system. The university maintains its beautiful landscaping through satellite controlled smart irrigation sensor systems that automatically conserve water after rainfall. The university’s efficiency savings from 2010–2011 includes 6 million kilowatts of electricity and well over 30 million gallons of water. The University reduced its energy consumption by 20 percent and reduced its water consumption by 39 percent over its peak consumption years (2005 and 2010 respectively). All recycling bins on campus accept plastics 1–7 along with other common recyclables. Additionally, nearly 1.5 million pounds of green waste is diverted annually by being chipped and reused as soil or composted off site USD also opened a full time electronic waste collection center, collecting over 1,000,000 pounds of old electronics. This collection center, the first of its kind on a college campus, diverts e-waste from landfills and developing nations with the goal of raising money for student scholarships. The university offers environmental courses allowing students to participate in hands-on environmental research projects. The Center of Peace and Commerce is a joint project of the School of Business Administration and the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies that aims to drive the new global economy to measure success in the five P’s “people, planet, profit, peace and prosperity.” USD’s Career Services Office and Office of Community Service Learning jointly sponsor an annual “Careers with a Conscience” program. USD is the lead institution for one of six national programs dedicated to Climate Change Education funded by the National Science Foundation. This multidisciplinary and multi-institution program is focused on creating new resources for and education of decision makers and community leaders. USD also houses the Climate Collaborative a unique collaboration of academia, utilities, community foundations and local governments sharing best practices to prepare for the impacts of Climate Change.

    Green rating
    N/A

  • Campus Security Report

    Campus Security Report
    The Jeanne Clery Act requires colleges and universities to disclosetheir security policies, keep a public crime log, publish an annualcrime report and provide timely warnings to students and campusemployees about a crime posing an immediate or ongoing threat tostudents and campus employees.
    Please visit The Princeton Review’s page on campus safety foradditional resources: http://www.princetonreview.com/safety
    The Princeton Review publishes links directly to each school's CampusSecurity Reports where available. Applicants can also access allschool-specific campus safety information using the Campus Safety andSecurity Data Analysis Cutting Tool provided by the Office ofPostsecondary Education of the U.S. Department of Education:https://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/

  • Other Information

    Campus-wide Internet Network
    Yes
    % of Classrooms with Wireless Internet
    100

Careers

  • Graduation Rates

    Graduate in 4 years
    68%
    Graduate in 5 years
    79%
    Graduate in 6 years
    80%

  • Career Services

    On-Campus Job Interviews Available
    Yes
    Career Services
    • Alumni Network
    • Alumni Services
    • Classes
    • Interest Inventory
    • Internships
    • Regional Alumni
    Opportunities at School
    • Experiential
    • Internship

  • ROI & Outcomes

    Information from PayScale:
    Starting Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $60200
    Mid-Career Median Salary (Up to Bachelor's degree completed, only)
    $115700
    Starting Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $61800
    Mid-Career Median Salary (At least Bachelor's degree)
    $120600
    Percent High Job Meaning
    49%
    Percent STEM
    12%
    • Return on Investment (ROI) rating 86/99

    Contact & Visit

    • Campus Tours

      Campus Visiting Center
      • Monday-Friday and select Saturday
      • 8:30 am-5 pm M-F and 10:30 am-1 pm Saturdays
      • 619-260-4506
      Campus Tours
      • Appointment Required: Yes
      • Dates: Year-round
      • Times: Mon-Fri 10 am and 1:30 pm: select Saturadys at 11:00am
      • Average Length: 2 hours

    • On Campus Interview

      Campus Interviews
      No
      Information Sessions
      Not Available
      Times
      N/A
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