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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.
- In the last year our faculty experts were quoted in more than 1,000 print, online, and broadcast media news stories.
- Our ever-expanding network of 93,430 alumni live in all 50 states, 6 US territories, and 111 countries.
- U.S. News and World Report ranks USF in the top 30 national universities for student ethnic diversity and international student enrollment.
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:
IPEDS Graduation Rates
Student Body
Fall 2010 - Undergraduate
| Arts and Sciences |
3,283 |
| Business and Professional Studies |
1,779 |
| Nursing |
656 |
| Special Students |
120 |
| Total |
5,838 |
Fall 2010 - Graduate
| Arts and Sciences |
831 |
| Business and Professional Studies |
810 |
| Nursing |
318 |
| Education |
993 |
| Special Students |
29 |
| Law |
766 |
| Total |
3,747 |
| Grand Total |
9,585 |
Undergraduate Student Diversity (Fall 2010)
| African American |
4% |
| Asian-American |
21% |
| Caucasian |
35% |
| International |
11% |
| Latino/Hispanic |
15% |
| Native American |
1.5% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
1.5% |
| Unspecified (or Chose Not to Disclose) |
11% |
Freshman Facts
- The University of San Francisco enrolled 1,176 first-time freshmen in the fall semester of 2010.
- The class comes from 48 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and nearly 50 other countries.
Freshmen Diversity
| African American |
5% |
| Asian-American |
24% |
| Caucasian |
32% |
| International |
12% |
| Latino/Hispanic |
17% |
| Native American |
3% |
| Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander |
2% |
| Unspecified (or Chose Not to Disclose) |
6% |
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 91 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.).
Student to Faculty Ratio: 15:1
Average Class Size Core (General Ed) To Major/ Elective
All Undergraduate 29 21
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
- 2011 U.S. News & World Report lists USF as a Tier One National University and rates USF as 27th in undergraduate student ethnic diversity among national universities.
- Forbes magazine and The Princeton Review ranks USF among the top 25 most entrepreneurial campuses.
- USF ranks among the list of Best Colleges by The Princeton Review.
- Washington Monthly rates USF in the top 100 universities in the country on the school's contribution to the public good. USF receives the Top 20 Award in the Service Category for National
Universities in the 2010 Washington Monthly College Guide.
- 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.
