| USC Columbia | |||
| New Freshmen Profile (Fall 2008) | |||
| Application Information | |||
| # of Applicants: | 17,018 | ||
| # Admitted: | 9,954 | ||
| # Enrolled: | 3,859 | ||
| General Information | |||
| Males: | 1,715 | 44.44% | |
| Females: | 2,144 | 55.56% | |
| High School Representation | |||
| # of SC High Schools Represented: | 210 | ||
| # Who Attended High Schools Out of State: | 1,617 | ||
| State Representation (Top 10) | |||
| South Carolina | 57.50% | ||
| North Carolina | 8.84% | ||
| Georgia | 5.18% | ||
| Virginia | 4.82% | ||
| Maryland | 3.96% | ||
| Pennsylvania | 2.80% | ||
| New Jersey | 2.72% | ||
| Ohio | 2.23% | ||
| New York | 1.53% | ||
| Florida | 1.09% | ||
| Foreign Country Representation | |||
| # of Students | 50 | 1.30% | |
| Foreign Countries Represented | |||
| Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Germany, India, ??? | |||
| Jamaica, Kenya, Kuwait, Mexico, Republic of Korea, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, | |||
| United Kingdom, Vietnam | |||
| Ethnic Diversity | |||
| Non-Resident Alien | 42 | 1.09% | |
| African American | 297 | 7.70% | |
| American Indian | 11 | 0.29% | |
| Asian | 115 | 2.98% | |
| Hispanic | 74 | 1.92% | |
| White | 3,008 | 77.95% | |
| Unknown | 312 | 8.08% | |
| Academic Achievement | |||
| High School Rank* | |||
| Top 10% | 25.21% | ||
| 2nd Tenth | 18.42% | ||
| 3rd Tenth | 13.60% | ||
| 4th Tenth | 8.58% | ||
| 5th Tenth | 5.60% | ||
| 6th Tenth | 3.19% | ||
| 7th Tenth | 1.76% | ||
| Bottom 3 Tenths | 1.32% | ||
SAT by Score Range |
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Verbal |
Math |
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| 700-800 | 5.34% | 6.94% | |
| 600-699 | 27.91% | 33.61% | |
| 500-599 | 33.92% | 30.32% | |
| 400-499 | 7.02% | 3.58% | |
| 300-399 | 0.29% | 0.03% | |
| 200-299 | - |
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| Not Reported: 25.52% | |||