The University of Southern California is a private university in CA, founded in 1880 and offers Bachelor’s degrees for undergraduates and Master’s and Doctoral degrees for graduate students. The undergraduate enrollment is 19,606, and the graduate enrollment is 26,501. The University of Southern California is a hyper-selective school, receiving 59,712 applications and accepting 16.1% of applicants. University of Southern California’s athletics teams competes at the intramural and varsity level. Additionally, the University of Southern California employs 2,113 full-time instructional staff (92% of whom hold doctorate degrees) and has an 8:1 student to faculty ratio.