2012 USD Fact Book

Academic Excellence An education at the University of San Diego is founded on a single and unwavering principle: the pursuit of academic excellence. A liberal arts education at USD encourages students to develop critical thinking skills, engage in collaborative inquiry and participate in a free exchange of complex ideas. Admission to USD, which consistently ranks among the top schools in the United States, is highly se lective. The university received more than 13,800 applications for approximately 1,150 undergraduate openings in Fall 2011. The Class of 2015 entered with a GPA of 3.89 and an average SAT score of 1220. In 2011, U.S. News & World Report ranked USD as one of the top 100 universities in the nation. Additionally, the publication ranked the School of Law No. 56 among the nation's best law schools, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science among the top 50 graduate schools, the School or Leadership and Education Sciences in the top 100 graduate schools or education, and the Department of Engineering No. 27 among undergraduate engineering programs. According to the Plinceton Review, USD is ranked No. 2 in the category of Best Campus Environment and the fourth most beautirul campus in the country. BusinessWeek ranked the School of Business at No. 36 in Unde rgraduate Business Programs.

Financial Aid Seventy percent of undergraduates enrolled in Fall 2011 received some form of financial aid .

Tuition and Fees (2011-2012)

Undergraduate PerYear / $38,582 Per Unit / $1 ,315 Graduate Pe rYe ar / $22,706 Pe rUnit / $1 , 249 Doctoral Pe rYear / $23,084 Per Unit/ $1 ,270 Law/JD Pe rYear / $42,754 Pe rUnit / $1 ,500

More information is . available at the Office of Financial Aid or its website, www.sandiego. edu/ financial_aid.

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