Does USC rank among the Top 100 Universities?

The University of Southern California's QS ranking is #146 in 2026. In the previous year, this university ranked at #125 in 2025. In the QS ranking of the current year, USC ranks among the Top 150 Universities in the world. Some of the subject rankings of this university for 2025 are given below: 

• Communication and Media Studies: #7
• Petroleum Engineering: 37
• Computer Science and Information Systems: #49
• Psychology: #51

The Master of Music Scoring course of the University of Southern California is a 9-month course designed for composers who want to work in the music industry. No auditions are required for admission to USC Master of Music course. Students must have an UG degree for admission to this course. An application fee for USD 105 (Around INR 9,500) has to be paid too along with the academic transcripts, resume, LOR, etc. 

Popular courses at the University of Southern California campus include MBA, MSc in Finance, etc. The list of some of the popularly chosen majors at USC as of Fall 2023,  along with the percentage of degree recipients are listed below:

USC is among the top choices of Indian students to continue higher education. India is one of the top countries of origin with more than 2,400 students accounting for the Indian origin students. The stats for other countries as of 2024 are mentioned below:

In the National Universities category by U.S. News & World Report, the University of Southern California ranks at #27 in 2025. Whereas, according to Times Higher Education (THE) rankings, this university ranks at #30 in 2025. This shows that this university ranks among the Top 50 Universities in the U.S.