2019 USD Fact Book

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE

A University of San Diego education is founded on an unwavering principle: the pursuit of academic excellence.

Admission to the University of San Diego is highly selective. The university received more than 13,287 applications that resulted in 1,310 new first-year students in Fall 2018. The Class of 2021 entered with an average GPA of 3.9 and an average SAT score of 1,275.

RANKINGS

USD ranked first for undergraduate study-abroad participation among doctorate- granting universities by the Institute of International Education in 2018. 1

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In 2018, Princeton Review ranked USD at No. 14 for best

campus food.

In 2018, U.S. News &World Report ranked the School of

Law’s Tax Programat No. 16.

The Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science’s master

program in nursingwas ranked No. 30 by U.S. News &World Report in 2018.

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USDwas ranked at No. 85 in the nation by U.S. News &

World Report in 2018, making the university the youngest independent university among the top 100.

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The School of Leadership and Education Sciences

ranks in the top 100 graduate schools of education by U.S. News &World Report in 2018.

For a current list of rankings, visit sandiego.edu/rankings .

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