| USC Columbia | |||
| New Freshmen Profile (Fall 2006) | |||
| Application Information | |||
| # of Applicants: | 13,946 | ||
| # Admitted: | 8,782 | ||
| # Enrolled: | 3,697 | ||
| General Information | |||
| Males: | 1,593 | 43.09% | |
| Females: | 2,104 | 56.91% | |
| High School Representation | |||
| # of SC High Schools Represented: | 228 | ||
| # Who Attended High Schools Out of State: | 1,482 | ||
| State Representation (Top 10) | |||
| South Carolina | 61.75% | ||
| North Carolina | 6.06% | ||
| Georgia | 4.73% | ||
| Virginia | 4.35% | ||
| Maryland | 3.38% | ||
| New Jersey | 2.87% | ||
| Pennsylvania | 2.62% | ||
| Ohio | 1.97% | ||
| Florida | 1.41% | ||
| New York | 1.33% | ||
| Foreign Country Representation | |||
| # of Students | 33 | 0.89% | |
| Foreign Countries Represented | |||
| Bahamas, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, India,??? | |||
| Kazakhstan, North Korea, South Korea, Lithuania, Oman, Saudi Arabia, | |||
| Switzerland, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Serbia and Montenegro | |||
| Ethnic Diversity | |||
| Non-Resident Alien | 26 | 0.70% | |
| African American | 362 | 9.79% | |
| American Indian | 11 | 0.30% | |
| Asian | 106 | 2.87% | |
| Hispanic | 51 | 1.38% | |
| White | 2758 | 74.60% | |
| Unknown | 383 | 10.36% | |
| Academic Achievement | |||
| High School Rank* | |||
| Top 10% | 31.58% | ||
| 2nd Tenth | 23.81% | ||
| 3rd Tenth | 17.93% | ||
| 4th Tenth | 12.02% | ||
| 5th Tenth | 7.85% | ||
| 6th Tenth | 3.71% | ||
| 7th Tenth | 1.70% | ||
| Bottom 3 Tenths | 1.40% | ||
SAT by Score Range |
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Verbal |
Math |
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| 700-800 | 5.27% | 6.68% | |
| 600-699 | 26.54% | 34.11% | |
| 500-599 | 39.28% | 34.92% | |
| 400-499 | 10.38% | 6.03% | |
| 300-399 | 0.41% | 0.08% | |
| 200-299 | - |
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| Not Reported: 18.18% | |||