University of Southern California Rankings and Quick Facts
Motto: Palmam qui meruit ferat - English: Let whoever earns the palm bear it.
| Ranking - Times 400 (UK) | 119 |
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| University world Ranking - Jiao tong 500 (China) | 50 |
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| University world Ranking - Newsweek 100 (USA) | 54 |
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| PBA Top 100 Colleges | 30 |
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| USnews American ranking | 27 |
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| American Rank (Jiaotong) | 33 |
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University of Southern California facts |
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| Students (Undergraduates / PG/ Total) | 16,385 |
17,025 |
33,410 |
| USC Location | Los Angeles, California, USA | ||
| Faculty / Staff | 4,600 |
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| Established | 1880 |
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| Endowment - USA Rank | $3,065,935,000 - 22nd | ||
| Endowment per student | $91,766 |
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| Research Spending - USA Rank | $445,036,000 - 28th | ||
| Number of foreign students | 6,881 |
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| Affiliations | AAU, APRU, PAC 10 |
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About the University of Southern California (USC)
The university name is usually shortened to the abbreviation USC, and it is located in southern California in the USA. It was founded in 1880 as a private institution having been proposed as a methodist university. It is situated in an urban campus in Los Angeles.
There are around 16,500 undergraduate students and approximately 15,900 postgraduate scholars at the university of southern california, in addition to the 4,400 staff and faculty. The fees for undergraduate study are $32,000 per annum. The University of Southern California has an endowment of 2.7 billion US dollars, and spends $430 per year on research. The president is Steven B. Sample. The schools mascot is a white horse named traveler. It is a member of the Pacific Ten Conference.
University of Southern California Alumni
With close to 200,000 alumni at USC it is no surprise that many important people have passed through the university gates over the years. Some of the university southern california alumni include the astronaut and first man on the moon Neil Armstrong; Film people such as George Lucas, John Wayne, Will Ferrell and Forest Whitaker; Sports star O.J. Simpson; architects Qingyun Ma and Raphael Soriano; and the desert storm conflict leader Norman Schwarzkopf.
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University of Southern California library
There are twenty two libraries associated with the University of Southern California. In total these house over four million books, and have a further six million volumes available on microfilm. Of all of the hundreds of universities in the USA, the USC library system is ranked 35th overall.
University of Southern California Address
University Park Campus,
USC,
Los Angeles,
CA 90089, USA