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 2022 was the single most challenging year to be admitted to University of Southern California ever. For the Class of 2022, 64,256 students applied to University of Southern California of which 8,258 students were accepted, yielding an overall acceptance rate of 12.9%. Overall applications increased by 14.7% over last year (2021 to 2022) from 56,000 to 64,256.
