| USC Columbia | |||
| New Freshmen Profile (Fall 2011) | |||
| Application Information | |||
| # of Applicants: | 21,311 | ||
| # Admitted: | 13,451 | ||
| # Enrolled: | 4,636 | ||
| General Information | |||
| Males: | 2,072 | 44.69% | |
| Females: | 2,564 | 55.31% | |
| High School Representation | |||
| # of SC High Schools Represented: | 220 | ||
| # Who Attended High Schools Out of State: | 1,989 | ||
| State Representation (Top 10) | |||
| South Carolina | 56.75% | ||
| North Carolina | 8.91% | ||
| Virginia | 5.28% | ||
| Maryland | 4.70% | ||
| Georgia | 3.88% | ||
| New Jersey | 3.15% | ||
| Pennsylvania | 2.65% | ||
| Ohio | 2.55% | ||
| Massachusetts | 1.81% | ||
| New York | 1.23% | ||
| Foreign Country Representation | |||
| # of Students | 46 | 0.99% | |
| Foreign Countries Represented | |||
| Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Equatorial Guinea, Finland, France, Greece, Guinea, India, Republic of Korea, Oman, Norway, Philippines, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Turkey, Venezuela | |||
| Ethnic Diversity | |||
| Non-Resident Alien | 44 | 0.95% | |
| African American | 337 | 7.27% | |
| American Indian | 10 | 0.22% | |
| Asian | 117 | 2.52% | |
| Hispanic | 169 | 3.65% | |
| Hawaiian/Pacific Islander | 8 | 0.17% | |
| White | 3,798 | 81.92% | |
| Two or More Races | 152 | 3.28% | |
| Unknown | 1 | 0.02% | |
| Academic Achievement | |||
| High School Rank* | |||
| Top 10% | 23.19% | ||
| 2nd Tenth | 17.47% | ||
| 3rd Tenth | 13.33% | ||
| 4th Tenth | 8.24% | ||
| 5th Tenth | 6.36% | ||
| 6th Tenth | 3.36% | ||
| 7th Tenth | 1.86% | ||
| Bottom 3 Tenths | 1.21% | ||
SAT by Score Range  | 
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| 700-800 | 7.78% | 10.56% | |
| 600-699 | 38.04% | 46.80% | |
| 500-599 | 45.36% | 38.42% | |
| 400-499 | 8.55% | 4.08% | |
| 300-399 | 0.28% | 0.14% | |
| 200-299 | 0%  | 
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| Not Reported: 38.68% | |||