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Matriculating Class 2031  ·  Bulletin No. 04  ·  October 2026

Early Decision  ·  USC  ·  2025-26 Common Data Set

Should you apply Early Decision to USC?

USC does not publish an Early Decision admit rate. Its Common Data Set leaves the Early Decision counts blank. Here is what it does publish.

Not publishedEarly Decision admit rate
11.2%All applicants
9,345Admitted
83,488Applied

Admit rates computed from USC's own counts in its 2025-26 Common Data Set (sections C1 and C21), for applicants who entered in fall 2025.

Test scores of enrolled students

Test25th50th75th
SAT composite147015101540
ACT composite323335

Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted scores (section C9). 33% submitted the SAT, 12% the ACT.

This cycle

No USC results have been reported yet for the Class of 2031. Decisions land in mid-December.

Anonymous reports from applicants, counted as they come in. Share of what was reported, never an admit rate.

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Source USC, 2025-26 Common Data Set, read 2026-10-27. Counts are printed in the school's own filing; rates are computed from them. Nothing here is estimated. File SHA-256 899c1316d80eb570.

Other Early Decision schools

Barnardn/pBoston College33.4%Boston University31.3%Carnegie Mellon20.6%Claremont McKenna22.1%Colgate35.5%Columbia14.0%Cornell18.8%Dartmouth21.6%Davidson29.1%Duken/pEmory22.2%Hamilton28.1%Johns Hopkins10.9%Middlebury39.0%Northwestern20.4%Penn13.3%Reedn/pRice11.3%Smith33.5%Tufts32.0%UChicagon/pVanderbilt14.1%Vassar38.4%Washington & Lee27.6%WashU St. Louis27.0%Wellesley29.4%Wesleyan42.8%Williams26.6%

Number shown is the published Early Decision admit rate; n/p means the school does not publish it.