Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked USC's combined departments of engineering and computer sciences as 11th in the world, physical sciences 52nd, social sciences 35th, life sciences 51st, clinical medicine and pharmacy 47th.[85] USC is also among top 10 dream colleges in the United States. Princeton Review's "College Hopes & Worries" 2010 survey reports USC as the 9th dream

y 7th,[80] the USC School of Social Work 8th. The Philosophical Gourmet Report ranks USC's graduate philosophy program as 11th nationally,[81]
USC was named "College of the Year 2000" by the editors of Time and The Princeton Review for the university's extensive community-service programs.[82]
"The Hollywood Reporter" ranked USC School of Cinematic Arts the #1 film school in the world, beating out the "American Film Institute" and "UCLA"—two schools who have been previous top contenders. "Best Film Schools". The Hollywood Reporter. 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-31.
The Princeton Review ranked USC video game design program as 1st out of 150 schools in North America.[83] The university's video game design programs are interdisciplinary, involving the Interactive Media Division of the USC School of Cinematic Arts and the GamePipe program in the Department of Computer Science at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering.[84]
The Institute of Higher Education at Shanghai Jiao Tong University ranked USC's combined departments of engineering and computer sciences as 11th in the world, physical sciences 52nd, social sciences 35th, life sciences 51st, clinical medicine and pharmacy 47th.[85] USC is also among top 10 dream colleges in the United States. Princeton Review's "College Hopes & Worries" 2010 survey reports USC as the 9th dream college for both students and parents separately.[86]
Student body[edit]

Ethnic composition of student body[87]
Undergraduate    Graduate &
Professional    U.S. Census[88]
Caucasian    47.0%    31.9%    73.9%
Black    5.8%    4.2%    12.1%
Asian    21.0%    20.2%    4.3%
Hispanic    13.6%    8.1%    14.5%
Native American    0.8%    0.4%    0.9%
International    9.1%    24.7%    (N/A)
USC has a total enrollment of 36,896 students, of which 17,380 are at the undergraduate and 19,516 at the graduate and professional levels.[30] The male-female ratio at USC is nearly 1:1. 31.2% of incoming students are drawn from the greater Los Angeles metropolitan area, 20.9% from other areas in California, 39.5% from the rest of the United States, and 8.4% from abroad.[89] USC's student body encompasses 7,115 international students, more than any other university in the United States[90] and the university maintains offices in several countries.[b] There are approximately 200,000 living Trojan Alumni.[91]
Admissions[edit]
First-Time Freshman Profile[92][93][94][95]
2012    2011    2010    2009