Student Population at University of Southern California

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
48,945	20,699	28,246

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 48,945 students have enrolled in University of Southern California with 20,699 undergraduate and 28,246 graduate students.

By gender, 22,574 male and 26,371 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

6,276 students are enrolled exclusively, and 10,206 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

University of Southern California has a total of 48,945 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 20,699 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 28,246 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 22,574 male and 26,371 female students (the male-female ratio is 46:54) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	48,945	20,699	28,246
Men	22,574	9,916	12,658
Women	26,371	10,783	15,588

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 12,147 White, 2,882 Black, and 9,495 Asian students out of a total of 48,945 are attending at University of Southern California. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	82	34	48
Asian	9,495	4,225	5,270
Black	2,882	1,052	1,830
Hispanic	7,523	3,006	4,517
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	108	49	59
White	12,147	5,624	6,523
Two or more races	1,949	859	1,090
Race Unknown	1,703	757	946

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	29	16	13
Asian	5,041	2,402	2,639
Black	1,326	501	825
Hispanic	3,590	1,628	1,962
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	54	29	25
White	6,138	3,116	3,022
Two or more races	1,285	575	710
Race Unknown	434	208	226

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	53	18	35
Asian	4,454	1,823	2,631
Black	1,556	551	1,005
Hispanic	3,933	1,378	2,555
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	54	20	34
White	6,009	2,508	3,501
Two or more races	664	284	380
Race Unknown	1,269	549	720

Student Age Distribution

By age, USC has 394 students under 18 years old and 57 students over 65 years old. There are 31,440 students under 25 years old, and 17,505 students over 25 years old out of 48,945 total students.

USC has 20,247 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 452 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at USC, 5 students are younger than 18 and 57 students are older than 65. It has 11,193 graduate students aged under 25 and 17,053 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	394	254	140
18-19	7,925	4,297	3,628
20-21	10,263	5,506	4,757
22-24	12,858	6,872	5,986
25-29	9,755	5,180	4,575
30-34	3,582	1,903	1,679
35-39	1,726	928	798
40-49	1,652	944	708
50-64	733	452	281
Over 65	57	35	22

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	389	251	138
18-19	7,892	4,283	3,609
20-21	9,518	5,062	4,456
22-24	2,448	1,026	1,422
25-29	288	91	197
30-34	84	32	52
35-39	37	13	24
40-49	30	14	16
50-64	13	11	2

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	5	3	2
18-19	33	14	19
20-21	745	444	301
22-24	10,410	5,846	4,564
25-29	9,467	5,089	4,378
30-34	3,498	1,871	1,627
35-39	1,689	915	774
40-49	1,622	930	692
50-64	720	441	279
Over 65	57	35	22

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At University of Southern California, 6,276 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 10,206 students are enrolled in some online courses.

4,187 students lived in California or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,089 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	48,945	6,276	10,206
Undergraduate	20,699	25	2,305
Graduate	28,246	6,251	7,901

Online Student Population by Locality
	California Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	4,187	1,899	190
Undergraduate	20	5	0
Graduate	4,167	1,894	190

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 20,699 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,297 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 6.27%.1,287 students have transferred in as full-time status and 10 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	18,898
Transfer-in Full-time	1,287
Regular Part-time	504
Transfer-in Part-time	10

Student Population at University of Southern California

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