USF at a Glance
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- Our 55-acre campus sits atop a hill next to Golden Gate Park, overlooking downtown San Francisco and the Pacific Ocean.
- We offer over 100 undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
- Our faculty members published 8,989 books and scholarly articles, and were cited 71,098 times in publications.
- Our ever-expanding network of 95,849 alumni live in all 50 states, 6 US territories, and 116 countries.
In-depth information about our history, Jesuit Catholic values, and academic programs across our five schools is readily available, but here are some basic statistics:
Student Body Statistics for Fall 2012
| Undergraduate Students |
| Arts and Sciences |
3,499 |
| Management |
2,030 |
| Nursing and Health Professions |
717 |
| Special Students |
98 |
| Total |
6,344 |
| Graduate Students |
| Arts and Sciences |
712 |
| Management |
805 |
| Nursing and Health Professions |
476 |
| Education |
959 |
| Special Students |
49 |
| Law |
672 |
| Total |
3,673 |
| Grand Total |
10,017 |
| Undergraduate Student Diversity |
| African American |
4% |
| Asian-American |
23% |
| Caucasian |
34% |
| International |
16% |
| Latino/Hispanic |
19% |
| Native American |
2% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
1% |
| Unspecified (or Chose Not to Disclose) |
1% |
Freshman Facts
- The University of San Francisco enrolled 1,353 first-time freshmen in the fall semester of 2012.
- The class comes from 38 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and nearly 35 other countries.
| Freshmen Diversity |
| African American |
5% |
| Asian-American |
23% |
| Caucasian |
28% |
| International |
20% |
| Latino/Hispanic |
20% |
| Native American |
1% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
1% |
| Unspecified (or Chose Not to Disclose) |
2% |
Faculty
USF employs over 400 full-time faculty members, who are joined by several hundred part-time faculty members with specialized expertise in their disciplines. Over 92 percent of our full-time faculty hold the highest or terminal degree in their academic discipline (e.g., Ph.D., Ed.D, J.D., M.F.A.).
| Average Class Size |
| Core |
29 |
| Major/Elective |
21 |
| Student - Faculty Ratio |
16:1 |
Athletics
The USF Dons, USF's NCAA Division I teams, have won eight national championships since 1949, including four in men’s soccer, three in men’s basketball, and one in men’s tennis. Our colors are green and gold.
Division I Sports Teams
Men's Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Golf, Cross Country, Tennis, Track
Women's Basketball, Soccer, Volleyball, Golf, Cross Country, Tennis, Track
More Rankings and Accolades
- U.S. News & World Report ranks USF as 8th in undergraduate student ethnic diversity and 10th in international student enrollment among national universities.
- The Princeton Review names USF one of the "Best Western Colleges" and San Francisco 6th in the nation for "Great College Towns."
- USF is one of five universities in the nation to be honored as a 2012 Higher Education Civic Engagement Award recipient by The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars (TWC).
- Forbes magazine and The Princeton Review ranks USF among the top 25 most entrepreneurial campuses.
- Washington Monthly rates USF in the top 100 universities in the country on the school's contribution to the public good.
- For the sixth straight year, USF is named to the President's Higher Education Community Services Honor Roll by the Corporation for National and Community Services, recognizing USF students' exemplary services on issues ranging from poverty and homelessness, to environmental justice.
- The American Bar Association recognized USF's School of Law with the Henry J. Ramsey Award for Diversity.
- USF’s Masagung Graduate School of Management is named one of 300 “outstanding institutions” in the 2011 edition of the Princeton Review Annual Best Business Schools Guidebook.
- The Sierra Club ranks USF as one of the "coolest" universities in the nation, based on environmental practices, green initiatives, and quality of education in fields related to sustainability.
