The University of Southern California (USC) is a private research university in Los Angeles, founded in 1880. It has two main campuses, the University Park Campus and the Health Sciences Campus, and says it has 23 schools and academic divisions.
USC’s Facts and Stats page gives about 21,000 undergraduates and 25,000 graduate and professional students in the 2025-2026 academic year, a total of about 46,000 rounded to the nearest 500, with 4,578 full-time faculty and 19,364 staff. International students numbered 11,959 in fall 2025, the largest groups from China and India. Beong-Soo Kim, previously Senior Vice President and General Counsel, is the 13th president and was formally installed at an investiture on 16 October 2026.