USC Columbia
New Freshmen Profile (Fall 2007)
Application Information
# of Applicants: 14,994
# Admitted: 8,908
# Enrolled: 3,719
General Information
Males: 1,588 42.70%
Females: 2,131 57.30%
High School Representation
# of SC High Schools Represented: 210
# Who Attended High Schools Out of State: 1,549
State Representation (Top 10)
South Carolina 57.38%
North Carolina 7.50%
Virginia 5.38%
Georgia 5.27%
Maryland 4.01%
New Jersey 2.66%
Ohio 2.39%
New York 1.48%
Florida 1.21%
Massachusetts 1.08%
Foreign Country Representation
# of Students 27 1.43%
Foreign Countries Represented
Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Egypt, France, Germany, India, ???
Israel, South Korea, Madagascar, Mexico, Nicaragua, Oman, Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sweden, Thialand, United Kingdom, Venezuela, Vietnam,
Serbia
Ethnic Diversity
Non-Resident Alien 43 1.16%
African American 301 8.09%
American Indian 9 0.24%
Asian 112 3.01%
Hispanic 79 2.12%
White 3021 81.23%
Unknown 154 4.14%
Academic Achievement
High School Rank*
Top 10% 31.60%
2nd Tenth 25.13%
3rd Tenth 18.24%
4th Tenth 10.55%
5th Tenth 7.19%
6th Tenth 4.27%
7th Tenth 1.73%
Bottom 3 Tenths 1.29%
SAT by Score Range
Verbal
Math
700-800 6.02% 5.86%
600-699 25.14% 34.01%
500-599 36.00% 31.19%
400-499 7.72% 4.11%
300-399 0.43% 0.13%
200-299
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Not Reported: 24.68%