Historic
University of Southern California
Since 1880
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal[a]) is a private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in California and has an enrollment of more than 47,000 students.
The university is composed of a liberal arts school, the Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, and 22 undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools, enrolling roughly 21,000 undergraduate and 28,500 post-graduate students from all fifty U.S. states and more than 115 countries.
Why it's on the map
The historic portion of the main campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.
The USC School of Architecture was established in 1916, the first in Southern California.
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