by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
University of San Diego was awarded 30 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is business administration & management.
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USD landed the #240 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This puts it in the top 20% of all schools in the nation.
USD is also ranked #35 out of 161 schools in California.
The acceptance rate at University of San Diego is a competitive 53%, so make sure you take your application seriously when putting it together. Even leaving out a minor detail could be a reason to move you to the rejection pile.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, University of San Diego is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at University of San Diego is 52%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 90% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like University of San Diego enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At USD the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 69%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at University of San Diego.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 5,529 undergraduates at USD with 5,294 being full-time and 235 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $19,659 | $15,964 | $22,611 | $27,219 | $42,844 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of USD, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At USD, approximately 38% of students took out student loans averaging $7,044 a year. That adds up to $28,176 over four years for those students.
See which majors at University of San Diego make the most money.
Get more details about the location of University of San Diego.
Contact details for USD are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 5998 Alcala Park, San Diego, CA 92110-2492 |
| Phone: | 619-260-4600 |
| Website: | www.sandiego.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 253 | $51,056 |
| Law | 248 | NA |
| Finance & Financial Management | 204 | $64,819 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 161 | NA |
| Real Estate | 131 | $54,073 |
| General Psychology | 123 | $35,595 |
| Marketing | 116 | $56,313 |
| Legal Support Services | 106 | NA |
| Neurobiology & Neurosciences | 100 | $33,641 |
| Educational Administration | 100 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 970 students took at least one online class at University of San Diego. This is a decrease from the 993 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 970 | 970 |
| 2021-2022 | 993 | 993 |
| 2020-2021 | 788 | 788 |
| 2018-2019 | 736 | 713 |
Learn more about online learning at University of San Diego.
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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