Students from California make up 42% of the first-year class. (USC Photo/Gus Ruelas)
Fall enrollment: New Trojans come from both near and far
This year’s USC first-year students include 200 from LAUSD schools — to go along with international students from 62 places of origin.
USC’s Office of Admission reports that the Los Angeles Unified School District sent 200 first-year Trojans from 70 different schools to USC this fall.
James A. Foshay Learning Center — about a mile from the USC University Park Campus — led with 38 students. After Foshay, the two most represented LAUSD schools are Lincoln High School and Wilson High School. All three schools participate in the USC Leslie and William McMorrow Neighborhood Academic Initiative.
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The enrollment numbers include a record 59 first-year students who participated in NAI. The seven-year program prepares 6th- through 12th-grade students from low-income households in neighborhoods closest to USC’s campuses for college admission and graduation.
“These numbers demonstrate USC’s engagement right here in our own city and our continued commitment to serving the public good,” USC Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management Timothy Brunold said.
USC fall 2024 enrollment: Coast to coast
Students from California make up 42% of the first-year class, far more than any other state. Outside of California, the top five states represented are New York, Illinois, Texas, Washington and Florida.
An impressive 27% of these first-year enrollees were straight-A students during high school; an additional 11% earned only one B. First-year students had an overall grade point average of 3.84 on a 4.0 scale, and 93% of them had a grade point average above 3.5.
The first-year class of 3,489 new Trojans includes students from 47 states in the United States as well as Guam, Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C. International students make up 17% of the first-year class and represent 62 places of origin, led by China, India, Canada, South Korea and Taiwan.
“We had an unprecedented number of applicants, and this new class is diverse by every measure — academic superstars who represent a broad range of backgrounds, dreams and aspirations,” Brunold said. “Many are homegrown, a significant number come from all corners of our country, and international students are well-represented. USC’s graduating class of 2028 is poised to make a lasting impact on our university.”
