Basic Information

Type Private
Geographical Reach National
Population 11,000,000
Map of the United States

Weather

Comfortable Days 135 (97% 😎)
Sunshine Hours 3,300 (96% ☀️)
Days Without Precipitation 327 (98% 🏖️)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 20,939
Men / Women 48% / 52%
From State 43%
From Region 4%
Athletes 3.6%

Racial/Ethnic

White 25%
Asian 23%
Hispanic 20%
International 13%
Black 7%
Mixed 6%
Native American 0%

Schools & Majors

Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism 463 32% / 68% 11% $66,375 41 93%
Communication 238 +4 32% / 68% 15% $68,352 47 91%
Journalism 118 +3 42% / 58% 3% $64,540 35 97%
Public Relations 37 +2 22% / 78% 11%
Public Relations and Advertising 62 +5 13% / 87% 8% $62,282 28 94%
Digital Communication 8 75% / 25% 25%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences 2,396 46% / 54% 12% $73,485 60 91%
Cybersecurity 102 +12 53% / 47% 4% $87,062 81
Astronomy 2 50% / 50% 50% $77,275 68
Chemistry 12 33% / 67% 0% $47,551 4 89%
Computational and Applied Mathematics 87 +3 72% / 28% 39% $83,559 78 85%
Earth Sciences 12 +2 42% / 58% 17% $61,549 26
Financial Mathematics 36 75% / 25% 58% $83,559 78 85%
Mathematics 20 +1 85% / 15% 25% $60,017 22 89%
Physical Sciences 1 100% / 0% 0% $77,481 68
Physics 20 +4 80% / 20% 25% $78,370 70
Biochemistry 42 +1 48% / 52% 7% $78,340 70 88%
Biological Sciences 66 +3 56% / 44% 6% $68,214 46 96%
Biophysics 1 +1 100% / 0% 0% $78,340 70 88%
Biotechnology 13 54% / 46% 8% $74,981 63
Cellular and Molecular Biology 4 25% / 75% 0% $75,175 64
Computational Biology 34 +1 56% / 44% 12% $74,175 61
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology 3 33% / 67% 0% $59,337 20
Human Biology 292 +4 37% / 63% 4% $71,230 54 96%
Neurobiology and Neurosciences 11 45% / 55% 9% $69,068 49 84%
Neuroscience 89 40% / 60% 12% $69,068 49 84%
Environmental Science 36 33% / 67% 8% $70,844 53 90%
Environmental Studies 18 +4 44% / 56% 6% $70,844 53 90%
Marine Biology 1 0% / 100% 0% $59,229 20
Behavioral Aspects of Health 74 32% / 68% 1% $71,963 56 90%
Exercise Science and Kinesiology $62,926 30
Health and Human Sciences 4 0% / 100% 0% $74,559 62
International Public Health/International Health 37 27% / 73% 5% $71,963 56 90%
Pharmaceutics and Drug Design 14 43% / 57% 29% $150,475 100 91%
Pharmacology and Toxicology 36 61% / 39% 8% $126,800 99
Economics 255 +22 73% / 27% 33% $86,999 81 93%
Political Economy 22 +1 68% / 32% 9% $68,859 48 93%
African American Studies 4 50% / 50% 0% $47,679 4 94%
American Studies and Ethnicity 3 +2 0% / 100% 0% $59,029 20 100%
Anthropology 9 +2 22% / 78% 11% $55,859 13
Archaeology 2 +1 50% / 50% 0% $57,600 16
Area Studies 2 50% / 50% 0% $59,029 20 100%
Asian-American Studies +1 $47,679 4 94%
Classical Languages 4 +1 50% / 50% 25% $58,208 18
Cognitive Science 89 +4 36% / 64% 8% $80,834 74 100%
Comparative Literature 6 +2 50% / 50% 0% $57,987 17
Contemplative Studies 34 +6 82% / 18% 6% $83,881 78 84%
Creative Writing 24 +3 38% / 62% 8% $58,417 18 79%
East Asian Languages and Cultures 6 +5 50% / 50% 0% $55,730 13 73%
East Asian Studies 4 0% / 100% 0% $59,029 20 100%
English 23 +2 39% / 61% 4% $51,137 7 93%
Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies 2 +2 0% / 100% 0% $47,679 4 94%
French 6 +4 17% / 83% 17% $58,747 19 86%
Geographic Information Science and Cartography 12 42% / 58% 17% $76,919 67 91%
Hispanic-American, Puerto Rican, and Mexican-American/Chicano Studies 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $47,679 4 94%
History 22 +2 55% / 45% 14% $62,590 29 90%
History 55 +3 29% / 71% 5% $62,590 29 90%
Interdisciplinary Studies 32 +3 44% / 56% 3% $52,919 9 92%
International Relations 128 +10 44% / 56% 7% $77,395 68 88%
International/Globalization Studies 6 +3 50% / 50% 0% $51,208 7 91%
Italian 1 +3 100% / 0% 0% $58,747 19
Jewish/Judaic Studies 1 0% / 100% 0% $67,410 44
Linguistics 4 +1 50% / 50% 0% $58,675 19
Linguistics 9 33% / 67% 33% $58,630 19
Near and Middle Eastern Studies $59,029 20 100%
Philosophy 63 +8 51% / 49% 8% $83,881 78 84%
Political Science 120 +9 50% / 50% 2% $68,859 48 93%
Psychology 181 +12 24% / 76% 10% $59,197 20 92%
Public Policy Analysis 50 38% / 62% 4% $64,459 35 90%
Religion/Religious Studies 2 +1 50% / 50% 100% $67,588 44
Russian 1 +1 0% / 100% 0% $59,000 19
Social Sciences 19 +2 53% / 47% 11% $52,513 8 88%
Sociology 44 +10 25% / 75% 2% $59,257 20 88%
Spanish 11 +3 27% / 73% 0% $58,747 19 86%
Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects 16 38% / 62% 12% $58,006 17
Art History 12 +2 8% / 92% 8% $54,193 11 90%
Urban Studies 18 50% / 50% 17% $69,163 49
Advanced Legal Research/Studies 26 31% / 69% 12% $70,895 53 91%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Glorya Kaufman School of Dance 15 40% / 60% 7% $32,835 1 96%
Dance 15 40% / 60% 7% $32,835 1 96%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Leonard Davis School of Gerontology 17 41% / 59% 0% $65,998 40 92%
Gerontology 17 41% / 59% 0% $65,998 40 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Marshall School of Business 1,244 55% / 45% 16% $95,853 89 94%
Accounting 125 55% / 45% 16% $94,922 88 97%
Artificial Intelligence for Business 49 55% / 45% 16% $131,156 99 94%
Business Administration 1,020 55% / 45% 16% $92,541 86 94%
International Business 50 56% / 44% 16% $131,156 99 94%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Mrs. T.H. Chan Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy 9 44% / 56% 0% $77,623 68 92%
Nursing $90,430 85
Occupational Therapy 9 44% / 56% 0% $77,623 68 92%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Price School of Public Policy 101 79% / 21% 4% $92,817 86 100%
Real Estate Development 101 79% / 21% 4% $92,817 86 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Roski School of Art and Design 52 23% / 77% 19% $63,328 31 94%
Art 10 +2 20% / 80% 20% $54,193 11 90%
Design 29 21% / 79% 21% $70,573 53 97%
Fine Arts 13 31% / 69% 15% $54,193 11 90%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Architecture 74 43% / 57% 9% $68,065 46 99%
Architectural Studies 9 33% / 67% 11% $67,683 45 93%
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology 65 45% / 55% 9% $68,118 46 100%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Cinematic Arts 264 45% / 55% 9% $47,669 4 93%
Interactive Media and Games 21 52% / 48% 10% $70,573 53 97%
Cinema and Media Studies 84 +4 44% / 56% 6% $47,600 4 93%
Animation and Digital Arts 32 41% / 59% 19% $49,149 5 91%
Film and Television Production 102 +5 47% / 53% 11% $47,600 4 93%
Playwriting and Screenwriting 25 36% / 64% 0% $27,055 1 91%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
School of Dramatic Arts 137 34% / 66% 4% $27,055 1 91%
Acting 41 +4 37% / 63% 12% $27,055 1 91%
Dramatic/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft 4 0% / 100% 0% $27,055 1 91%
Musical Theatre 9 56% / 44% 0% $27,055 1 91%
Musical Theatre 76 +2 33% / 67% 0% $27,055 1 91%
Stage Management 7 29% / 71% 0% $27,055 1 91%
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Thornton School of Music 143 44% / 56% 6% $29,204 1 87%
Brass Instruments 4 50% / 50% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Choral Music 24 58% / 42% 4% $21,859 1 86%
Composition 5 20% / 80% 20% $21,859 1 86%
Jazz/Jazz Studies 13 85% / 15% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Keyboard Instruments 6 50% / 50% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Music 6 +1 33% / 67% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Music 2 100% / 0% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Music Industry 64 28% / 72% 9% $37,418 2 88%
Percussion Instruments $21,859 1
Stringed Instruments 5 60% / 40% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Visual and Performing Arts 2 50% / 50% 50% $49,149 5 91%
Voice and Opera 9 +1 56% / 44% 0% $21,859 1 86%
Woodwind Instruments 3 33% / 67% 0% $21,859 1
Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Viterbi School of Engineering 931 59% / 41% 15% $131,223 99 94%
Aerospace Engineering 61 64% / 36% 8% $100,558 92 98%
Biomedical Engineering 61 36% / 64% 8% $99,311 91 95%
Chemical Engineering 27 48% / 52% 7% $93,925 87 98%
Civil Engineering 14 57% / 43% 7% $103,086 93 98%
Electrical & Computer Engineering 53 58% / 42% 21% $138,474 99
Environmental Engineering 13 23% / 77% 15% $97,378 90
Industrial and Systems Engineering 44 48% / 52% 18% $121,457 98 96%
Mechanical Engineering 105 66% / 34% 10% $94,975 88 94%
Structural Engineering 20 30% / 70% 0% $103,086 93 98%
Water Resources Engineering $103,086 93
Artificial Intelligence $107,336 95
Computer Engineering and Computer Science 50 56% / 44% 12% $142,380 100 93%
Computer Science 378 66% / 34% 19% $159,694 100 93%
Computer Science (Games) 47 57% / 43% 17% $145,846 100 91%
Human Technology Interaction 5 20% / 80% 60% $118,390 98
Informatics 20 +24 75% / 25% 30% $117,016 98
Arts, Technology and the Business of Innovation 33 52% / 48% 15% $83,153 77 100%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $76,115
ROI Percentile 78th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 96%
4-Year Graduation Rate 74%
6-Year Graduation Rate 92%
Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

% Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Business & Economics 28.3% 1,655 60% / 40% 18% $93,692 87 94%
Humanities & Social Sciences 26.3% 1,536 37% / 63% 8% $65,850 39 91%
Arts 10.8% 634 40% / 60% 9% $42,544 2 92%
Computer Science 10.7% 623 62% / 38% 16% $140,662 99 93%
Life & Natural Sciences 9.5% 555 42% / 58% 7% $71,265 55 93%
Engineering 6.8% 398 53% / 47% 11% $105,916 94 96%
Physical Sciences & Math 3.3% 190 71% / 29% 36% $76,772 67 86%
Health Sciences 3.0% 174 38% / 62% 6% $89,978 84 90%
Agriculture & Food Science 0.9% 55 36% / 64% 7% $70,633 53 90%
Professional 0.4% 26 31% / 69% 12% $70,895 53 91%

Research R1

Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Life & Natural Sciences $486M #3 49% $78.0M 82 #29 578 83
Health Sciences $356M #30 53% $39.0M 54 #37 192 171
Computer Science $125M #5 97% $0.3M 62 #7 355 5
Engineering $90.8M #56 83% $2.7M 114 #28 844 75
Humanities & Social Sciences $84.3M #15 52% $0.3M 145 #22 318 21
Physical Sciences & Math $43.4M #79 62% $2.0M 65 #40 514 60
Business & Economics $40.7M #9 87% $0 25 #49 76 2
Education $15.4M #38 22% $0.3M 335 #2
Agriculture & Food Science $0 #318 $0 2
Total $1,243M #25 59% $122M 882 #3 2,877 419

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 11%
Yield (Unbound) 40%
Early Decision 1 Nov 1
Early Action Nov 1
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 11% 10% 14%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 45%
SAT Range 1470 – 1540
SAT Math Range 740 – 790
SAT RW Range 720 – 760

Rankings

Academics

Syllabus Week Lasts All Semester Grade Hyperinflation
GPA Paradise

College Costs

We Marked It Up Just to Put It on Sale Highest List Price
Sticker Shock

Fun and Games

Party til You Drop (Out) Party Schools
Legendary

Politically Incorrect

Equal Opportunity Objectification Most Attractive Men
Greek God Territory
I'm Getting Cancelled in 3, 2, 1... Most Attractive Women
Instagram vs Reality (It's Real)

Prestige

Grandma Eyebrow Raisers Easy Brags for the Prestigious-Conscious
Big City, World Famous

My Tribe

Call Your Mother! Most Jewish
Significant Community

Engineering

It Actually IS Rocket Science Aerospace Engineering
Rocket Scientists
It's Not About Molecules, It's About Pipes Chemical Engineering
Polymer Whisperers & Battery Bros
Playing House Civil Engineering
Hard Hat Ready
Resistance Is Futile Computer Engineering
O(1) Touch Grass (Theoretically Computable)
Resistance Is Not Futile Electrical Engineering
Ohm My God
Drill, Baby, Drill Energy & Mining Engineering
Black Gold Elite
Making Spreadsheets Go Brrrr Industrial Engineering
The Suits
Is It a Solid? Is It a Liquid? Yes. Materials Engineering
Composite Crew
WD-40 & Duct Tape Mechanical Engineering & Robotics
Whiteboard-preferred

Computer Science

Chat-GPT? Claude? I can do better. Artificial Intelligence
AI is the New CS
No, I Can't Fix Your Printer Computer Science (Eng)
LeetCode Grinders
Hoodie Not Included Cybersecurity
NSA Recruiters Already Have Your Number
import pandas as pd Data Science
Jupyter Notebook Jockeys
Pixels, Psychology, and Post-its Human-Computer Interaction
The HCI & Gaming Overlords

Physical Sciences & Math

Quants, Proofs & p < 0.05 Applied Mathematics & Statistics
Actuaries, Modelers & Aspiring Quants
Breaking Bad Chemistry
Pre-Med Darwinian Thunderdome
Rocks and Whales Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Fossil Hunters
The "I Understand Interstellar" Elite Physics & Astronomy
Biophysics, Soft Matter, and Interdisciplinary Physics
No Words Allowed Pure Mathematics
Number Crunchers

Life & Natural Sciences

Pre-Med Reject Waiting Room Biology
Cell Division
Memorizing 206 Bones Human Biology
Bone Collectors
Action Potentials Neuroscience
Serotonin Seekers

Agriculture & Food Science

Doomsday Prepping with Data Environmental Science
Carbon Neutral

Health Sciences

Open Wide Dentistry & Oral Health
Plaque Attackers
Behind Every Doctor Health Services
Hospital VIPs
Legal Drug Dealers Pharmacy
Pill Counters
Sweat Equity Sports & Fitness
Game Day Ready

Business & Economics

LIFO the Party Accounting
GAAP Gatekeepers
PowerPoint Presentation Power Rankings Business Administration
Suit & Tie on a Tuesday Pre-Professionals
Pivot Tables & Missing Pallets Business Analytics
Just-In-Time Jugglers
It's Basic Supply and Demand, Bro Economics
I Actually Wanted to do Finance
Move Fast, Break Tuition Entrepreneurship & Innovation
Future Founders
Wolf of Wall Street Prep Finance
Sun, Sand, and Syndication
Office Politics 101 Human Resources
Org Chart Architects
Passport Stamp Power Rankings International Business
Fluent in Four Languages, One of Them PowerPoint
Tik-Tok Generation Marketing
Brand Builders
Glengarry Glen Ross Prep Real Estate
Location, Location, Location
Ballers, Shot Callers & Hollywood Hustlers Sports & Entertainment Business
The "Do You Know Who I Am?" Elite

Humanities & Social Sciences

I Think, Therefore I Major Cognitive Science
The Applied Cyborgs
Much Ado About Nothing English, Literature & Writing
Well-Versed
Model UN Generation Government & Politics
Campaign Trail
Hindsight is 20/20 (And So is My Salary) History & Archaeology
The Time Travelers
Passport Stamp Collectors International Relations
Globe Trotters
Nosy for a Living Journalism
The "We Trained the Anchor You're Watching" Cartel
Professional Yapping Media & Communication Studies
The "Our Alumni Control Your Feed" Mafia
The "Why Are We Here?" Support Group Philosophy & Ethics
The Questioners
Spin Class Professional Communication
The "Damage Control" Dream Team
I Want To Understand Myself Psychology
The Manipulation Majors
Everything is a Construct Sociology & Anthropology
Field Observers
Grammar Police Academy World Languages & Linguistics
Grammar Nerds

Education

Surviving PTA Karens General Education
Lesson Planners
Gym Class Heroes and Art Teachers Specific Subjects Education
Studio to Schoolroom

Arts

Sleep Deprivation by Design Architecture
Design Visionaries
Trapped in the Render Queue Digital Arts & Photography
The Pixar Pipeline
Lights, Camera, Tuition Film
Hollywood Pipeline
Eight Hours of Scales Music
The Maestros' Lounge
Theatre Kid Generation Performing Arts
Standing Ovation