University of Southern California is a highly competitive school and its admissions statistics make University of Southern California one of the 50 most competitive schools for undergraduate admissions globally. Similar to the trends across all top schools, University of Southern California acceptance rates have continued to decline over the past 8 years and will almost certainly continue to do so into the future.
The Class of 2021 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to University of Southern California ever to date. For the Class of 2021, 56,000 students applied to University of Southern California of which 8,980 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 16%. Overall applications increased by 3.5% over last year (2020 to 2021) from 54,100 to 56,000.
