2025-26 Facts
Be a part of our community. FALL 2025
1,401
undergraduates enrolled
603 Communication 309 Journalism 489 Public Relations and Advertising
First-year class:
2,880
FALL 2025
1,034 67
applied
on-campus graduate students enrolled
Communication Doctorate
290 Communication Management 278 Digital Social Media 32
Global Media and Communication
21
Journalism
33
Public Diplomacy
144 Public Relations and Advertising 26
Specialized Journalism
10
Specialized Journalism (Arts and Culture)
TOTAL STUDENT BODY Students are from
34 states
Students are from
54 countries
admitted
4.04
average GPA
Transfer class:
180
applied
133 Communication Data Science
383
127
admitted
116
entering*
*includes USC change of majors
15
undergraduate minors
41%
of undergraduates have a minor
206
faculty members
Including winners of Emmys, Pulitzers, Silver Anvils and the MacArthur “Genius” Grant, among many other distinctions.
5:1
graduate student to faculty ratio
7:1
undergraduate student to faculty ratio
centers 19 faculty-led of research Centers focus on matters of global importance, including addressing issues of inequality in entertainment, exploring health challenges across America, and studying the transformation of urban communities through a globalized lens. Learn more at: annenberg.usc.edu/research