2024 USD Fact Book

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE A University of San Diego education is founded on an unwavering principle: the pursuit of academic excellence. Admission to USD is highly selective. The university selected its class from nearly 16,000 applications and enrolled 1,245 first-year students in Fall 2023. Our students excel in the classroom, as evidenced by the average grade point average of 4.05, as well as their academic backgrounds which include a wide array of honors, advanced placement, dual enrollment and international baccalaureate classes. Our entering class is selected through a holistic review of their academic accomplishments, personal characteristics and extracurricular activities. Students choose from undergraduate and graduate degree programs in academic divisions that include the College of Arts and Sciences, the Knauss School of Business, the Shiley-Marcos School of Engineering, the School of Leadership and Education Sciences, the School of Law, the Hahn School of Nursing and Health Science, the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies and Professional and Continuing Education. To learn more, go to sandiego.edu/academics and sandiego.edu/rankings . # 2 MOST BEAUTIFUL URBAN CAMPUS PRINCETON REVIEW # 14 BEST UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING PROGRAMS U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT # 8 BEST DRAMA SCHOOL FOR AN MFA HOLLYWOOD REPORTER # 5 PUBLIC SERVICE WASHINGTON MONTHLY

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