How Student Population Changes at USC

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 45,174 where 48,945 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

42.29% of total students is undergraduate students and 57.71% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 2,383 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 6,604 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.17 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in USC than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at University of Southern California since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	39,958	18,316	9,032	9,284	21,642	10,313	11,329
2013-14	41,368 1,410	18,445 129	9,157 125	9,288 4	22,923 1,281	10,740 427	12,183 854
2014-15	42,453 1,085	18,739 294	9,285 128	9,454 166	23,714 791	11,056 316	12,658 475
2015-16	43,401 948	18,810 71	9,308 23	9,502 48	24,591 877	11,354 298	13,237 579
2016-17	43,871 470	18,794 -16	9,076 -232	9,718 216	25,077 486	11,545 191	13,532 295
2017-18	45,687 1,816	19,170 376	9,296 220	9,874 156	26,517 1,440	12,111 566	14,406 874
2018-19	47,310 1,623	19,907 737	9,724 428	10,183 309	27,403 886	12,179 68	15,224 818
2019-20	48,321 1,011	20,351 444	9,849 125	10,502 319	27,970 567	12,552 373	15,418 194
2020-21	46,287 -2,034	19,786 -565	9,548 -301	10,238 -264	26,501 -1,469	11,819 -733	14,682 -736
2021-22	49,318 3,031	20,790 1,004	10,074 526	10,716 478	28,528 2,027	12,633 814	15,895 1,213
2022-23	48,945 -373	20,699 -91	9,916 -158	10,783 67	28,246 -282	12,658 25	15,588 -307
Average	45,174	19,437	9,479	9,958	25,737	11,724	14,014

Student Population Changes of University of Southern California

University of Southern California Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 19,437 where 20,699 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Southern California since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	18,316	17,619	8,637	8,982	697	395	302
2013-14	18,445	17,729	8,743	8,986	716	414	302
2014-15	18,739	18,057	8,902	9,155	682	383	299
2015-16	18,810	18,208	8,932	9,276	602	376	226
2016-17	18,794	18,195	8,758	9,437	599	318	281
2017-18	19,170	18,631	8,990	9,641	539	306	233
2018-19	19,907	19,194	9,308	9,886	713	416	297
2019-20	20,351	19,622	9,419	10,203	729	430	299
2020-21	19,786	18,560	8,909	9,651	1,226	639	587
2021-22	20,790	20,206	9,756	10,450	584	318	266
2022-23	20,699	20,185	9,622	10,563	514	294	220
Average	19,437	19,437	9,089	9,657	19,437	390	301

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes of University of Southern California

University of Southern California Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 25,737 where 28,246 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at University of Southern California since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,642	17,205	8,038	9,167	4,437	2,275	2,162
2013-14	22,923	18,166	8,270	9,896	4,757	2,470	2,287
2014-15	23,714	18,395	8,382	10,013	5,319	2,674	2,645
2015-16	24,591	19,091	8,697	10,394	5,500	2,657	2,843
2016-17	25,077	19,705	9,023	10,682	5,372	2,522	2,850
2017-18	26,517	20,650	9,434	11,216	5,867	2,677	3,190
2018-19	27,403	21,758	9,655	12,103	5,645	2,524	3,121
2019-20	27,970	21,875	9,762	12,113	6,095	2,790	3,305
2020-21	26,501	20,047	8,873	11,174	6,454	2,946	3,508
2021-22	28,528	22,425	9,914	12,511	6,103	2,719	3,384
2022-23	28,246	22,784	10,192	12,592	5,462	2,466	2,996
Average	25,737	25,737	9,113	11,078	25,737	2,611	2,936

Graduate Enrollment Changes of University of Southern California

University of Southern California Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 24.82% and the percentage of black students is 5.89% at University of Southern California. 19.40% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at University of Southern California over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	85	7,514	2,011	4,880	77	14,465	1,225
2013-14	75	7,686	2,139	5,128	80	14,180	1,303
2014-15	73	7,696	2,238	5,286	104	13,922	1,380
2015-16	84	7,755	2,362	5,441	95	14,637	1,430
2016-17	93	7,715	2,452	5,724	104	14,507	1,444
2017-18	85	7,601	2,606	6,436	115	14,437	1,550
2018-19	88	7,970	2,664	7,013	121	14,516	1,677
2019-20	85	8,157	2,547	7,051	121	14,039	1,747
2020-21	79	8,652	2,535	6,924	122	13,656	1,802
2021-22	88	9,417	2,861	7,708	119	13,482	1,956
2022-23	82	9,495	2,882	7,523	108	12,147	1,949
Average	83	8,151	2,482	6,283	106	13,999	1,588

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes of University of Southern California

University of Southern California Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

6,276 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 13% of total students. The number of online students has increased 35.17% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at University of Southern California from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	42,453	4,643	884	36,926
2015-16	43,401	4,913	1,188	37,300
2016-17	43,871	5,435	1,587	36,849
2017-18	45,687	5,953	1,655	38,079
2018-19	47,310	6,707	1,874	38,729
2019-20	48,321	6,651	1,552	40,118
2020-21	46,287	37,923	3,189	5,175
2021-22	49,318	7,556	15,291	26,471
2022-23	48,945	6,276	10,206	32,463
Average	46,177	9,562	4,158	32,457

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes of University of Southern California

Enrollment Trends at USC

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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